#crassus

[catominor]

#my art #crassus #pompey

[historical-kitten]

Ancient Roman Politicians on a Modern Date

Gaius Julius Caesar: He invites you to a dinner party at his house and is a fairly witty and engaging host, but all of his stories seem to be about himself. However, friends assure you he's "every woman's man and every man's woman," so stick around for the nightcap he offers you if that makes you curious.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: For a man who is absolutely the wealthiest you've ever met, it seems a little convenient that he 'forgot his wallet' on your date to that expensive gastropub, so you couldn't go halfsies and had to pay for both your meals. The gold flake dessert shines bright, but you sort of wish he'd choke on it.

Gnaeus Pompeius Maximus: It's kind of weird how he takes you around to show you his art collection since it mainly consists of statues of himself, but hey, at least he's interested in art? He also tells a lot of stories about himself. However, he has a reputation for being a devoted husband and he's in between spouses, so if you're ready for that, give him a chance.

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus aka Augustus: He literally wrote out a plan for your entire date, how it would go, and what he would say to the most commonly asked smalltalk questions. Do not deviate from his script. He takes you somewhere like a museum or a fancy restaurant where they barely feed you, but although he is polished, his romantic delivery seems a little flat until you run into his best friend Agrippa... They are just besties, right?

Marcus Antonius aka Mark Antony: Ok, there are a couple ways this could go. He is either an absolutely fantastic date who takes you to see a hilarious play and finishes off with a fun night on the town, or he takes you to a bar in a seedy part of town where you dance and drink and party all night. Either way he gives you nice gifts and is charming and funny. On a later date he may take you on the most expensive, romantic, fancy date ever. Most likely a good time date, just don't expect things to get serious unless you're the Queen of Egypt.

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus: He never showed up for your date. Completely ghosted you. You track down his coworkers Mark Antony and Octavian and they say they have no idea where he is either. Weird.

Marcus Agrippa: He takes you on a tour of the city, pointing out all the architecture and finishes this off with dinner. He seems nice, intelligent, and is very attentive to your needs. So why isn't he off the market yet? His attachment to his slightly creepy best friend and roommate Octavian, maybe? They were roommates.

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius: A much better date than his father, he takes you to his private boat and gives you a seaside tour. He valiantly fights off pirates during your date, but did you catch one of them winking at him? Regardless, it's an unforgettable adventure.

Who would you rather date? And again, I'm sorry, Lepidus.

As always, thanks to @just-late-roman-republic-things for inspiring these posts.

#ancient roman memes #classics memes #ancient rome #ancient roman politicians #first triumvirate #second triumvirate #julius caesar #pompey #crassus #octavian #mark antony #lepidus #agrippa #sextus pompey

[greekmythcomix]

Roman History Chickens 2:

The First Tri-HEN-virate

Marcus Licinius Crassus (CRAW-sus)

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) (POULTRY the Great)

Gaius Julius Caesar aka CHICKEN CAESAR

#roman history #Roman history chickens #ancient history #ancient history teacher #illustration #ancient history illustration #silly #puns #Caesar #Crassus #Pompey the great #children’s book illustration #roman republic #silly stuff #romans #art #digital art #drawing #lineart #character design #my art

[duxfemina]

It's the late Roman Republic...

Now put in the tags what you selected and who you THINK it's referring to... Because I sneakily had at least two people in mind when I made each option and when the poll is over I'll reveal who I had in mind for each option

#roman history #ancient rome #roman empire #how often do you think about the roman empire #ancient history #julius caesar #pompey #augustus #pompeius magnus #caesar #the roman empire is my roman empire #lucullus #crassus #Marius #gaius marius #marian reforms #sulla #pompey the great #mark antony #brutus #Hamilton #and peggy #lepidus #marcus agrippa #sextus pompey #octavian #the Gracchi #Gracchi brothers

[whynotworms]

cicero would absolutely have had a gossip blog that man was just spilling all the beans (chickpeas) about the triumvirate

#ancient rome #cicero #history #antiquity #rome #triumvirate #cesar #crassus #pompey #roman empire #roman republic

[stcantarella]

#150 #marcus licinius crassus #Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix #crassus #sulla #lucius cornelius sulla

[pedroam-bang]

Spartacus (1960)

#1960 #film #movie #Spartacus #Stanley Kubrick #Kirk Douglas #Peter Ustinov #Lentulus Batiatus #Laurence Olivier #Crassus #Marcus Licinius Crassus #Tony Curtis #Antoninus #Rome #Roman Republic #gladiator #gladius

[edwardscissorfeet]

those toxic gay threesomes will be the ruin of the republic

#cicero voice O CONSCRIPT FATHERS?????? #first triumvirate #gaius julius caesar #pompey #crassus

[wafflelovingbatgirl]

In order:

Pompey, Caesar, Crassus

Octavian, Antony, Lepidus

#the first trimuvirate #the second triumvirate #pompey the great #julius caesar #crassus #Octavian #Augustus #marc anthony #lepidus #Rome #ancient rome

[earlgrey24]

19 + 28?

Thanks for the asks! ^^

19. Favourite historical book?

Definitely The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton, more on that here!

But to mention another one, I really like Carlo Ginzburg's The Night Battles. It's wonderfully weird and I really like the fact that the author clearly has a lot of empathy for the subjects which he's writing about (16th/17th century Venetian villagers accused of witchcraft. They rarely make sense but their heart seems to be in the right place. Usually.)

Also, not sure if it's a historical book per se or if it counts more as a philosophical one, but I've recently read the Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings of Émilie du Châtelet and it's really, really good. It includes a preface about the changing role of women throughout history (confirming, among other things, my long-held opinion that I was right to prefer Plato to Aristotle and my belief that I would have killed it in a medieval convent), her brief biography, some absolute gems of her letters and a lot of her writing!

28. Favourite “dream team” of specific era or the entire history?

Woah, that's a tough one! I love the triumvirates from Roman history (Caesar/Pompey/Crassus? Mark Antony/Octavian/Lepidus Fulvia? I mean hello?), but those were more of a nightmare team than a dream team to be completely fair.

So maybe I'll go with the Encyclopédistes. I have a soft spot for Diderot. Voltaire and Rousseau bring the drama (apparently, the section about Geneva was a sneaky roast of R? I approve wholeheartedly!) d'Alambert seems reasonable, but he's caught in the crossfire. Plus, Émilie should totally be seen as a part of the dream team, since they apparently used a her work and just didn't credit her.

#ask game #ask away! #ask tag #history #roman history #ancient rome #roman republic #historiography #age of enlightenment #enlightenment #philosophy #french history #émilie du châtelet #voltaire #jean jacques rousseau #denis diderot #encyclopedia #18th century #mark antony #julius caesar #fulvia #octavian #crassus

[persephone411]

Things I can’t remember from Latin:

Grammar, vocabularies

Things I can remember:

Crassus was basically Ceasars Sugar Daddy, because Caesar was constantly broke and Crassus paid for his travels

#History #Ancient Rome #gaius julius caesar #Crassus #funny

[doobydoobydoowau]

i think all this classical reading is finally getting to me bc sometimes i'll look at a bust of the mustiest man on the planet and I'll think about it for a moment

#looking at you crassus #ancient rome #Marcus Licinius Crassus #id like to get all up in his senate and the people of rome if you know what i mean #man i hate that i said that #crassus

[thorne1435]

Sort of fucked up how we all understand that war is only good for the one selling the weapons or profiting off of the regime change and yet also the tens of thousands of men who lost their lives in ancient wars are still glorified as heroes and fetishized as the masculine ideal, as if their lives weren't also rendered meaningless by their superiors' selfish desire to expand a fake line.

A fake line that was more of a fake general area, since borders weren't as concrete then as they are now, rendering the deaths of these real people even less meaningful than they already were.

#this post is about rome #crassus #war #20000 men killed at the battle of carrhae #at the very least #but rome was a brilliant and beautiful western empire #the suffering of ancient men means nothing #probably because of the aqueduct i guess

[duxfemina]

If you were going to pin the BEGINNING of the downfall of the Roman Republic on the actions of one Roman

#roman history #ancient rome #roman empire #how often do you think about the roman empire #ancient history #julius caesar #pompey #caesar #pompeius magnus #the roman empire is my roman empire #gaius gracchus #gaius julius caesar #gaius marius #marian reforms #tiberius gracchus #the gracchi #sulla #lucius cornelius sulla #marcus licinius crassus #crassus #Pompey the great #i will cry over every vote for Pompeius

[bubblequartz]

#Triumvirate #Ancient Rome #Julius Caesar #Crassus #Pompey #Spongebob #Patrick #Squidward #Not sure what's wrong with me #Meme #Spongebob Squarepants

[stcantarella]

CRASSUS needs your help!!!! in order to help him put out fires, you need to give him your credit card number, the special little number on the back, and the expiration date!

#150 #marcus licinius crassus #crassus