Clau-Clau-Claudius

[claudiius-blog1]

{ selfsided​ } ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ idk what dis is. also i can’t find a fit icon like Batiatus in spartacus is almost never afraid like???

❝H-hey, w-w-wait for me. I-I-I don’t want to d-d-die!❞

Claudius was struggling to get away from the mass - his knees giving way under him. His legs never had been good and he fell flat on his face, his hearing aid hitting the asphalt of Jurassic World, only to be crushed by fleeing visitors.

[imperiivm-archived-deactivated2]

Flememe’s 350+ followers giveaway

So I recently hit another milestone (like wtf guys this is going f a s t - so fast i barely can’t believe it) and I wanted to do something back, so I’m doing a giveaway for the first time. I just learned making decent icons so :)))) (but keep in mind im still slow). Also I know a bunch of you are RP’ing Romans from the Dead Romans Society and the lovely chelidon gave me permission to make icons of them. I’m not doing an image because I’m a lazy person.

This giveaway ends on 8/8/2015  (took this date because then theres no confusion)

Rules:

- You have to be a RP blog

- You must be following me

- Likes and reblogs both count.

- Do not unfollow afterwards because that’s rude. Also I will find and fite you together with my meme partners in crime aka the #tagamemnon fandom.

Prizes: 

Three people will win 20 icons of a FC of their choice.

Examples:

[claudiius-blog1]

{avgvstvs-caesar​}

“G-g-good morning Au-Au,” he stammers, immediately stopping as he realizes he is doing so. Biting his lip in FRUSTATION, the taste of blood present in his mouth, he closes his eyes, soundly breathing through his nose before wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

Calming himself, he takes the scroll from under his arm, briefly staring to his own words before placing it on the table. He is no great author like Cicero or Caesar, but he has some talent, and hopes Augustus recognizes it. Lip still trembling, he finally speaks.

❝Good morning, Augustus. I wrote a history on Rome, starting with your late father’s death. Pe-pe-perhaps you are interested in re-re-reading it?❞ 

[imperiivm-archived-deactivated2]

Wanted: historical indie rp for Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.

[the-daughter-of-isis]

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wikipedia & Plutarch’s life.

Before you scroll past this let me tell you a very sad story. imagine the rp potential.

Julius Caesar had a daughter. Her name was Julia. She was at first betrothed to Quintus Servilius Caepio - we suspect it is Brutus (one of Caesar’s assassins) but Caesar married her instead off to Pompey. It was a love match. Despite the difference in age (he was six years older than Caesar) Pompey fell in love with Julia and Julia with Pompey. Pompey neglected his duties in favor to stay with her. I am speaking of ancient Rome - where women weren’t considered equal to men. She became pregnant of a child, but lost it. She became pregnant again. She lost the child and died. Caesar’s only legitimate child died while he was in Gaul - he hadn’t seen her more than FOUR years. Pompey was broken. Caesar and Pompey shared their grief, but their family bond was gone. A few years later, civil war would erupt between the two 

The good news is we have an indie Julia rp, alongside with many other Romans, but we still lack a Magnus. Please, if you are willing to write Pompey the Great hit me up. I am willing to make you a bunch of icons from Spartacus and HBO Rome where he appears in and help you with whatever it is. (psst besides magnus was hot. also caesar did probably the do with another of magnus’ wifes just saying)

Reblogging cause YES.

The Julia muse is an absolutely LOVELY and wonderful individual and I know she would adore a husband muse!

Cleopatra promises that no one will behead him this time, she had her brother thrown in the Nile anyway, it’s all cool!

[ofsolitude]

When you have a good heart:

                              You help too much.

            You trust too much.

                         You give too much.

            You love too much.

And it always seems you hurt the most.

[claudiius-blog1]

Hello, I've heard good things about you, it's nice to meet you. //sorry this is kinda silly but

❝Y-y-you ha-have? I find it a honor to be a-a-approached by such a great poet as you.❞

[claudiius-blog1]

Me: *Brings book with me on the train*

Me: *Brings book with me to the toilet*

Me: *Brings book with me to the dinner table*

Me: *Brings book with me into the shower*

Me: *Brings book with me on graduation day*

Me: *Brings book with me to labor*

Me: *Brings book with me to hell*

[thoodleoo]

Ah, wretched ones whom this god bears down on harshly! But he’s blessed whom peaceful Love breathes gently on.

Tibullus, Elegiae II.I.79-80 (via thoodleoo)

[ahbeeceed-deactivated20250113]

What do you mean that’s not a historical accurate speech of Marcus Tullius ‘did I already mention I was consul once’ Cicero?!

[exorcist-on-paws-blog]

Reblog if I'm allowed to send you in character asks even if we have never talked before.

[historyfilia-deactivated2025061]

The first times of the Republic

Origin of the Roman Republic, Casto Plasencia (1877)

In the year 509 b. C., the Roman aristocracy expelled King Tarquinius Superbus and established a republican government: two supreme magistrates in charge of directing the State collegially are appointed by the popular assembly. These magistrates assumed all powers that previously had fallen on the figure of the king; only religious functions were outside its jurisdiction.

Thus, a new era begins for Rome, which is marked not only by political changes but also social changes. At the end of the monarchic period, the seeds of social conflictivity still remained latent:

The patricians coveted hereditarily occupy key institutions. This closed caste possessed political, economic and religious control.

The plebeians were a heterogeneous mass with a variety of interests, and so, without a clear awareness of being the same class.

However, when members of plebeian origin joined the Senate, the situation began to become unstable. The external conflicts would not expect, since ancient Latin allies saw that Rome had weakened. But even worse: several plebeian groups which still supported Tarquinius threatened to revolt against the patricians.

But this changes later. When the Romans won the Latins in the Battle of Lake Regillus, Rome was consolidated with great force on the other peoples of the region, increasing its power. Soon after, Tarquinius dies, and patricians can breathe again safely. That’s when they begin to monopolize power, and class warfare is innevitable.

[shweller]

Spartacus meme

nine characters - 8/9 Batiatus

[imperiivm-archived-deactivated2]

Permanent Starter call

So idk I’ll be hopping on the bandwagon too. If you like this, it means I can bother you by sending memes, jumping at midnight in your askbox to ask if snails have feelings, write u random starters. Idk this applies to BOTH Caesar and my other muse, claudiius.

MUTUALS ONLY.

[1001classics-deactivated2018011]

Roman superstitions

Ghosts believed to haunt places where there had been murder

Werewolves responsible for killing farmer’s herds

Stepping into houses with your left foot first to avoid bad luck

Avoided black cats and snakes to avoid misfortune

Nightmares meant something bad was going to happen

Natural disasters were warnings from the gods

Vampires would visit the houses of newly deceased and mutilate their corpses (amulets prevented this)

Sibylline books interpreted superstitions

Amulets and charms worn to avoid the ‘evil eye’

Body impressions in beds were smoothed down to prevent them being used for black magic

Garlic helped make soldiers brave

Cabbage prevented the plague

The first days of each month were unlucky

Anniversaries of military disasters were also unlucky days

[themerrywivesofcaesar-blog]

It wasn’t too personal, she had been asked this question many times, but the answer was always the same.  “How can one find another when they have been married to a god?  No one would ever be able to fill the space left by him, and at the end of the day, what value, could I, a woman who could not bear children, be to a man of Rome? They’re all looking for the young ones and it’s been quite some time since I was young.” 

[claudiius-blog1]

Claudius folded his hands in thought, musing. He was a historian, and this part of history was extremely interesting to him. To talk with people who had witnessed the fall of the Republic, to their stories he could listen an eternity. He was calm now, less nervous, and perhaps he could speak this time without stammering.

❝ I understand your reasoning, also I believe your late husband BEQUEATHED you a rather big amount of gold, yet you gave it to Mark Antony, why? ❞

[claudiius-blog1]

do you have any regrets about that whole mess with messalina?

“I do.”

[emperorneckbeard]

You-your mother is a tra-traitorous bitch no-not to be tru-trusted.

she’s dead years ago, pops

[emperorneckbeard]

sorry, i stopped listening halfway through because i got bored. what was that?

[claudiius-blog1]

“I re-regret naming you my heir.”