#ammianus

[latin-literature-tourney]

Latin Literature Tournament - Round 1

Ammianus Marcellinus vs. Julius Caesar

Ammianus

Caesar

Voting ended onApr 30, 2024

Propaganda under the cut!

Ammianus Propaganda:

Enjoy "Fingers in His Lacunae Sunday"? Well, do I have the text for you

The ethnographies in Ammianus are so fucking neat--he's very interested in the human element, especially in military history

Super cool and accurate description of the 365 Crete Earthquake

Caesar Propaganda

None of these other motherfuckers have a Shakespeare play written about them, do they?

He's everyone's first Latin prose! Accessible, nostalgic, and crisp

The ethnography of the Druids in Book 6 fucking slaps

[kemetic-dreams]

Ammianus Marcellinus, 325-330 A.D. (before the Arab & Turk invasions)

"The men of Egypt are mostly BLACK or BROWN with a skinny dessicated look"... -Ammianus Marcellinus, 325-330 A.D. (Book 22)

[lionofchaeronea]

Epitaph for an Enemy

Anthologia Palatina 11.226 = Ammianus (2nd cent. CE?) Wretched Nearchus, may the dirt Lie light upon you in the earth - So that the dogs may have no trouble Dragging your corpse into the light! Εἴη σοι κατὰ γῆς κούφη κόνις, οἰκτρὲ Νέαρχε,     ὄφρα σε ῥηιδίως ἐξερύσωσι κύνες.

The Grave of Rubens and His Family After Being Opened in 1855, Hendrik Frans Schaefels, 1855

[de-perambulando-ulfilo]

"Those who are unacquainted with ancient records say that today the state has never been more overshadowed by such a dark cloud of peril, but they are deceived by the horror of the recent troubles which have overwhelmed them. For if they study earlier times or those which have recently passed, they will learn quickly that such dire disturbances have often happened."

(Ammianus, Res Gestae 31.5.11)

[swordofthewargod]

We know little of the burial rites of the ancient people who lived east of the carpathian basin. (Iazyges, dacians and Roxolani) They probably were probably similar to the #sarmatian - #alanic population of the eurasian steppes and of the scythians. . The makeup of this Sarmatian pantheon is unknown but if we are to assume they held beliefs to thier ancestors there may have been seven #gods. . Perhaps it was about one of the gods of this pantheon that #Ammianus (31.2.23) wrote, comparing him to the Roman #Mars and relating that the #Alani worshiped him in the form of an unsheathed #sword driven into the ground. . This #ritual may be interpreted as the erection of the #axismundi which joins the world of people with the world of the gods. This driving of the sword into the dirt certainly suits a nomadic people. The #scythians practised a similar ritual but used an altar. . This act could well have been to send the spirits of the fallen safely into the afterlife, rather than allowing the spirit to get trapped or linger in the middle world. . Illustration by Gerry Embleton. . #swordofthewargod #burialrites #sarmatians #Iazyges #writer #writers #bookseries #book #books #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #swordculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CLwz-xanWf9/?igshid=zo5nnvkvncwd

[turkcetarih]

SARMATLAR'IN ÖZELLİKLERİ (Tarihçi) - Türkçe Tarih

SARMATLAR'IN ÖZELLİKLERİ

Bozkır kavimleri içerisinde önemli bir yere sahip olan Sarmatların yaşam biçimleri, adetleri ve kültürleri İskitlere çok benziyordu. Sarmatlar İskitçe konuşuyordu. Onlar da atlı okçuydular ve savaş tanrısının sembolü olarak bir kılıca tapıyorlardı. Ammianus “Sarmatların ülkesinde ne bir tapınak n...

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Ammianus, Diodorus Siculus, Grek, İskitçe, İskitler, Latin, Ovidius, Sarmatlar, Seneca

[turkcetarih]

SARMAT SAVAŞÇILARININ EĞİTİMİ (Tarihçi) - Türkçe Tarih

SARMAT SAVAŞÇILARININ EĞİTİMİ

Bozkır insanı için konar göçer hayat tarzı bir öğretici idi. Sürüler otlatılırken yaylaktan kışlağa, kışlaktan yaylağa gidilip gelinirken başak bir uğraş alanı ise avcılıktı. Ancak hayat tarzı sürü otlatmak ve avcılıktan da ibaret değildi. Çeşitli sporlarla uğraşmakta ve bazı durumlarda akınlar y...

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Ammianus, Bozkır, Diodorus Siculus, Herodotos, Hippokrates, Mazos, oiorpata, Sarmatlar

[ukdamo]

An Epitaph

Ammianus, with a bit of early schadenfreude

Light lie the earth, Nearchus, on thy clay, That so the dogs may easier find their prey.