Mar 1
History may be written by the victors but even in their writings you can tell they were dicks
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History may be written by the victors but even in their writings you can tell they were dicks
I’m curious
Optimates
Populares
“Best” Versus Populists, Roman Optimates Vs Populares: An Old Story, Now As It Was 21 Centuries Ago
The eternal retun of the same plutocratic phenomenon: want to forget about the absurdity of life? The hate, it will be overwhelming…Optimates Vs Populares are a warning about the hate that is piling up today from those who control the media… Optimates were a political grouping in the late Roman Republic that emerged from conflicts between the senate and the Populares, a grouping that sided with…
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Scipio and his goth gf.
Nova Derivativa Verba Latina / New Latin Derivatives
pessimates -ium m. “pessimates,” “adherents of the worst men” [pessimus “worst” + -as suffix indicating association with a rank] [pessimo- + -at(i)-] stems [pessim- + -at(i)-] o disappears before a [pessimat(i)-] new stem [pessimates] nominative plural
Portrait of a Roman, possibly Sextus Pompeius (Hermitage museum)
The bust was sculpted in the 30s BCE by a so called Ermitage meister and scholars believe that it may depict famous naval commander Sextus Pompeius. This assumption is based on numismatic evidence and one has to admit that there is some resemblance between coin images and this sculpture. The man portrayed is also obviously mourning (=beard) and this has been mentioned as an additional proof.