All things Alera.

A blog dedicated to Jim Butcher's amazing Codex Alera series. 

[pilgrimkitty]

I've just picked up "Furies of Calderon" from the library.

It’s book one in “The Codex Alera,” which is a series by Jim Butcher.  I haven’t really looked at it yet.  I know it’s going to be very different from the Dresden Files (since it is neither detective fiction nor urban fantasy) but I figured since I like his writing I’ll give it a shot.

[holycrapitsbags]

Day 3: Favorite Author and your Favorite book by them

This one is also quite hard….I have like 3 that sort of dance day to day into the no. 1 positions, but over all I’d have to say Jim Butcher. I have never found a books so easy to read yet filled with such depth of character and world building, humor and suspense. as for my “favorite book” by Mr. Butcher, I can’t say “all of them” but I can’t really narrow it down to one.

Lets go with the Codex Alera: a 6 book series loosely based off of the Roman Empire and Pokemon ( I shit you not ). This easy to read, fast past 6 book fantasy not only has one of the most interesting settings, characters, and world building I’ve seen a quite some time. it also has some great twists on the classic “Boy coming of age and discovering his destiny fantasy story line” honestly, I feel like anyone that enjoys a good fantasy series should pick up the Codex Alera.

[burrowingsquid]

My dream in life is to find a new copy of Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher in Hardcover without it costing me $300+ because it’s one of my favorite books of all time and I read it so often that paperbacks don’t last long.

[jocelyncarters]

I started reading The Codex Alera series and hot damn is it good so far.

So many political shenanigans. And the magic system is all kinds of awesome.

[karrin-murphy-dresden]

If you haven’t read The Codex Alera, I suggest you start.

[pandoracampbell]

Roman Memes IV!

I was feeling salty about Carthage today.

Kind of how Carthage felt in 146.

[historyfilia-deactivated2025061]

Roman frescoes of birds from Villa Poppaea (Torre Annunziata), Italy

[marmarinos]

Detail of an ancient Roman statue of the goddess Flora. Originally from Hadrian’s Villa, the statue is currently located in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The full photograph was taken by Carole Raddato. 

[187o]

The past echoes in our souls. Our passion is a burning flame, eternal. Antiquity is a part of us.

[peashooter85]

Tombstones of Ancient Roman Dogs

Aeolidis tumulum festivae cerne catellae, quam dolui inmodice raptam mihi praepete fato.

Behold the tomb of Aeolis, the cheerful little dog, whose loss to fleeting fate pained me beyond measure.

Raeda[r]um custos numquam latravit inepte. nunc silet et cineres vindicat um- bra suos.

This guard of the coaches never barked unsuitably. Now he is silent and his shade protects his ashes.

Quam dulcis fuit ista quam benigna quae cum viveret in sinu iacebat somni conscia semper et cubilis o factum male Myia quod peristi latrares modo si quis adcubaret rivalis dominae licentiosa o factum male Myia quod peristi altum iam tenet insciam sepulcrum nec sevire potes nec insilire nec blandis mihi morsib(us) renides.

How sweet and friendly she was! While she was alive she used to lie in the lap, always sharing sleep and bed. What a shame, Midge, that you have died! You would only bark if some rival took the liberty of lying up against your mistress. What a shame, Midge, that you have died! The depths of the grave now hold you and you know nothing about it. You cannot go wild nor jump on me, and you do not bare your teeth at me with bites that do not hurt.

Portavi lacrimis madidus te nostra catella, quod feci lustris laetior ante tribus. ergo mihi, Patrice, iam non dabis osculla mille nec poteris collo grata cubare meo. tristis marmorea posui te sede merentem et iunxi semper manib(us) ipse meis, morib(us) argutis hominem simulare paratam; perdidimus quales, hei mihi, delicias. tu dulcis, Patrice, nostras attingere mensas consueras, gremio poscere blanda cibos, lambere tu calicem lingua rapiente solebas quem tibi saepe meae sustinuere manus, accipere et lassum cauda gaudente frequenter

Bedewed with tears I have carried you, our little dog, as in happier circumstances I did fifteen years ago. So now, Patrice, you will no longer give me a thousand kisses, nor will you be able to lie affectionately round my neck. You were a good dog, and in sorrow I have placed you in a marble tomb, and I have united you forever to myself when I die. You readily matched a human with your clever ways; alas, what a pet we have lost! You, sweet Patrice, were in the habit of joining us at table and fawningly asking for food in our lap, you were accustomed to lick with your greedy tongue the cup which my hands often held for you and regularly to welcome your tired master with wagging tail.

Source: Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

[hydrargyrus]

Neptuno (Melenara, Gran Canaria).

[ciceros-ghost-deactivated202108]

Does it ever make you want to cry to think about history & how little we actually know about it? Like there were entire empires that existed & they were glorious & powerful & now all we know about them is what we can find out from ruins & sometimes-fragmented writing. There were entire cultures & ways of life, & people who lived back then probably thought those empires would always exist & be powerful, & now they’re in ruins & have almost disappeared, & idk it just makes me so emotional to remember that

[peashooter85]

Ancient Roman gold nipple cover, 1st century AD.

from Czerny’s International Auction House

[verdeste]

Three hundred Roman gold coins dating around the 4th century AD have been found today (7/9/2018) during an excavation in Como, Italy. 

[history-and-stuff-and-things]

[vaeputodeusfio]

On this day: July 19, 64 CE

The Great Fire of Rome: Rome experiences widespread destruction before being brought under control after six days.

[lionofchaeronea]

Votive relief depicting Hercules receiving the Horn of Amaltheia from Pluto.  Artist unknown; 1st cent. CE.  From Pyri, Thebes; now in the Archaeological Museum of Thebes.