Nihil Sub Sole Novum @marcustulliuscicero - Tumblr Blog

“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.”

The Secret History as a ‘50s film classic

#tsh

zayelhawa

idk why it constantly blows my mind that caesar was around two thousand years ago like in my mind the fall of the roman republic happened literally last week

#me talking about catullus clodia caelius drama like i was personally there

inkandiron

Pallas Athena by Rembrandt, 1664

#ars longa

artist-zorn

In the woods, 1893, Anders Zorn

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/in-the-woods-1893

#ars longa

artfoli

A Thorn Amidst the Roses, 1887, by James Sant (1820-1916)

#ars longa

jewfrogs

he lived he served cunt then he died

#NO ITS TRUE

voluptuarian

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI - Frank Cadogan Cowper

#ars longa

pintoras

Sophie Anderson (English, 1823 - 1903): At the well (via Bonhams)

#ars longa

thoodleoo

i love cicero very dearly but i will never get over the fact that when he returned to rome from his exile he literally claims that, upon his arrival in the city, everyone started clapping for him

marcvscicero

thinking about how the ancient romans never got to experience caffeine . sad

ambrosial-sunshine

It would’ve made them all so much worse. but. they deserved it?

marcvscicero

cicero having his first ever 300mg caffeine energy drink before giving a speech n throwing up

flurgburgler

“All hope abandon, ye who enter here!”

Why do my degree work when I could illustrate the Divine Comedy instead amiright??

#art

p1anether

cicero about to say a verb

ultraballantine-deactivated2022

how much of cicero’s orations are just him going “I would of course not say it [proceeds to say it], nor would I dare mention [proceeds to mention], and of course it goes without saying no one needs to hear [makes sure everyone hears]”