[romeinginthearchives]

Spotted in Mainz-Kastel station, Germany

[seianusfanboy]

At the age of nineteen I fundedmaxxed an army, with which I successfully whitepilled the liberty of the republic when it was oppressed by the tyranny of chudcels. On that account the senate passed decrees in my honor enrolling me as a provider man for it, assigning me the right to give my meta among the consulars and making me OP. In the same year, when both consuls failed to hardmaxx, the people appointed me alpha and dom for the organization of the republic. I aurafarmed on the murderers of my father, and afterwards, when they blackpilled the republic, I twice cucked them in battle.

[markantonynumber1fan]

Agrippa always looks so worried and stressed on his sculptures. Then again if my best friend was Octavian of all people I don’t think I’d be particularly happy either

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Emily Wilson has inadvertently created a fascinating new way to categorize basically any visual media ever made

[hypokeimena]

image description: a cartesian plane with color-coded quadrants. the x-axis goes from 'sex scenes' to 'no sex scenes' and the y-axis goes from 'food looks good' to 'food looks horrible' /end description

[romeinginthearchives]

mark antony really got cancelled for partying, being sexy, and hanging out with the coolest woman in history

[necrophilologist]

if i had to pick an out of context quote from cicero i would pick the one that makes him sound like an evil wizard

[necrophilologist]

“I spread much darkness about the court when before there was light.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

[necrophilologist]

i'm so so niceys so i'm now going to include the context:

ταῦτά τε δὴ φιλότιμα, καὶ τὸ πολλάκις ἐπαιρόμενον τοῦ λόγου τῇ δεινότητι τὸ πρέπον προΐεσθαι. Μουνατίῳ μὲν γάρ ποτε συνηγορήσας, ὡς ἀποφυγὼν τὴν δίκην ἐκεῖνος ἐδίωκεν ἑταῖρον αὐτοῦ Σαβῖνον, οὕτω λέγεται προπεσεῖν ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς ὁ Κικέρων ὥστ᾽ εἰπεῖν: ‘σὺ γὰρ ἐκείνην, ὦ Μουνάτιε, τὴν δίκην ἀπέφυγες διὰ σαυτόν, οὐκ ἐμοῦ πολὺ σκότος ἐν φωτὶ τῷ δικαστηρίῳ περιχέαντος;’ These complaints were characteristic of ambition, as well as the fact that he was often led on by the cleverness of his speech to disregard propriety. For instance, he once served as advocate for Munatius, who was no sooner acquitted than he prosecuted a friend of Cicero's, Sabinus, whereupon, it is said, Cicero was so transported with anger as to say: ‘Was it, pray, on your own merits, Munatius, that you were acquitted, and not because I spread much darkness about the court when before there was light?’

Plut. Cic. 25.1 [greek] [translation source]

[necromycologist]

OKAY i've read all 162 one-star review of the aeneid on goodreads. can i show you my favourite?

[necromycologist]

in latin 😔

[romeinginthearchives]

I think the reason a lot of classicists are talking about Nolan's Odyssey publicly like its promo for the field without engaging more critically is because the field has just been financially cut to shit...but unfortunately I don't see ticket sale equalling job security

[romeinginthearchives]

reading an article published in 2014 with untranslated Latin...are you joking

[mamercus]

i also choose this guy’s dead tribune of the plebs

[exitwound]

interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume?

me: mhm so that’s called a lacuna. it refers to when manuscripts have missing parts, lost to time. for example, the epic of gilgamesh has

[necromycologist]

[taking notes frantically]

[romeinginthearchives]

There is just something queer about holding the sword so someone can commit suicide

[mcaelius]

its normal rome to me. just a glimpse into how ancient my mind has become

[p-clodius-pulcher]

Late republican history always reads like:

In the consulship of whovius giveus ashittus, a plebeian tribune* proposed a law to stop setting poor people on fire to heat the homes of the senators. This sparked weeks of bloody fighting in the streets at the end of which the tribune was exploded badstyle and the law was unanimously voted down

* it is speculated that the tribune was seeking praetorship which is why the law was presented to the senate

[blue--period]

endnotes are hostile user design.

[romeinginthearchives]

I made this silly picture for my icon and maybe you'll enjoy this little cicero in the forum too