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happy 1914th birthday, antinous
Emperor Hadrian and Antinous study
idk who to do next
Bust of the Emperor Hadrian ca. AD 117-138 Roman marble sculpture British Museum
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part one of some character turn arounds for a project i’m working on about the Roman Emperor Hadrian
How much is a billion? A billion is 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million), consisting of a 1 followed by nine zeros. It's an unimaginably large amount. A billion—that's an incredibly huuuuge number! To put it into perspective, a billion seconds is about 31.7 years. That takes us to the second half of 1994, when the Western Allied troops and the Russian armed forces officially withdrew from Berlin after almost 50 years. A billion minutes is roughly equivalent to 1,902.6 years. This brings us back to the year 124 AD, a time when Emperor Hadrian, a notable patron of Greek culture, reigned in Rome. Unfortunately, this period also saw the Second and Final Jewish War. When we look at a billion hours, it translates to about 114,155 years. This era was around the time when Neanderthals were migrating through Central Europe. Meanwhile, in Africa, Homo sapiens were moving northeast toward the Near East. A billion days is approximately 2,738,000 years. This is the time of early hominins. For example, Homo habilis, who already used stone tools. One billion weeks corresponds to approximately 19.18 million years. Europe was covered by Parathetis, a vast sea. The Alps were in an intense phase of orogeny. In Africa, the first early forms of hominoids (Hominoidea) developed, such as Proconsul. And what happened a billion years ago? That's when the first multicellular organisms, like microalgae, emerged. These are enormous numbers and timescales. Wait. What was my point? Oh yes. The USA also boasts enormous figures. They rack up debt in record time. On average, one billion dollars in about 3 hours and 10 minutes. Let that sink in and give it some thought. Much obliged.
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