#sextus pompey

[catilinas]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[pomp-quio]

This is about brothers (and sisters): but this is about brothers who are trying to resurrect their brothers, this is about brothers who mourn, this is about brothers who drag the body of their dead brother around and plead, wait for me! don't go where I can't follow!

Antigone (Sophokles, trans. Frank Nisetich) || Elektra (Euripedes, trans. P Vellacott) || Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Interview with HuffPost) || Antigonick (Anne Carson) || detail from Antigone au chevet de Polynice (Benjamin-Constant) || Antigone (Sophokles, trans. Frank Nisetich) || Orestes (Euripedes, trans. Anne Carson) || Life of Cato Minor (Plutarch) || Oedipus at Colonus (Sophokles, trans. R Fagles) || Life of Lucullus (Plutarch) || detail from Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures (Angelica Kauffmann) || Life of Lucullus (Plutarch) || Elektra (Sophokles, trans. Anne Carson) || Thebaid Book IX (Statius, trans. Jane Wilson Joyce) || detail from Orestes and Elektra || Oedipus at Colonus (Sophokles, trans. R Fagles) || Life of Crassus (Plutarch) || Orestes (Euripedes, trans. Anne Carson) || Magnus Pius: Sextus Pompeius and the transformation of the Roman Republic (Kathryn Welch) || The Phoenician Women (Euripides, trans. P Burian & B Swann) || Magnus Pius: Sextus Pompeius and the transformation of the Roman Republic (Kathryn Welch) || Antigone (Sophokles, trans. Frank Nisetich) || Nemean 10 (Pindar) || detail from Antigone Sentenced to Death by Creon (Giuseppe Diotti) || Nemean 10 (Pindar) || Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic (F K Drogula) || App. BC 5.14.143 || Seven Against Thebes (Aeschylus, trans. A Hecht & H H Bacon) || Oresteia (Aeschylus, a new adaptation by R Icke)

[uncleclaudius]

A bronze portrait of a man, dated to the 30s BC. It has been suggested that the man portrayed could be Sextus Pompey, probably due to the bust's resemblance to his image on the coins he issued when in control of Sicily.

[neighbourhoodthree]

um. the carinae joke but it's house of leaves

Antony & Cleopatra // Vellius Paterculus // Daily Life In Ancient Rome, Jérôme Carcopino // Map of Carinae, Rodolfo Lanciani // 13th Philippic // Magnus Pius: Sextus Pompeius and the Transformation of the Roman Republic, Kathryn Welch // Seneca // Florus // this picture I cannot find the source of // Sextus Pompeius and the Res Publica, Kathryn Welch // Cassius Dio // An Island Amid the Flame: The Strategy and Imagery of Sextus Pompeius, Anton Powell

[pompeiusliker]

many rome guys (i finally finished this sketch page

[historical-kitten]

Ancient Roman Politicians on a Modern Date

Gaius Julius Caesar: He invites you to a dinner party at his house and is a fairly witty and engaging host, but all of his stories seem to be about himself. However, friends assure you he's "every woman's man and every man's woman," so stick around for the nightcap he offers you if that makes you curious.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: For a man who is absolutely the wealthiest you've ever met, it seems a little convenient that he 'forgot his wallet' on your date to that expensive gastropub, so you couldn't go halfsies and had to pay for both your meals. The gold flake dessert shines bright, but you sort of wish he'd choke on it.

Gnaeus Pompeius Maximus: It's kind of weird how he takes you around to show you his art collection since it mainly consists of statues of himself, but hey, at least he's interested in art? He also tells a lot of stories about himself. However, he has a reputation for being a devoted husband and he's in between spouses, so if you're ready for that, give him a chance.

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus aka Augustus: He literally wrote out a plan for your entire date, how it would go, and what he would say to the most commonly asked smalltalk questions. Do not deviate from his script. He takes you somewhere like a museum or a fancy restaurant where they barely feed you, but although he is polished, his romantic delivery seems a little flat until you run into his best friend Agrippa... They are just besties, right?

Marcus Antonius aka Mark Antony: Ok, there are a couple ways this could go. He is either an absolutely fantastic date who takes you to see a hilarious play and finishes off with a fun night on the town, or he takes you to a bar in a seedy part of town where you dance and drink and party all night. Either way he gives you nice gifts and is charming and funny. On a later date he may take you on the most expensive, romantic, fancy date ever. Most likely a good time date, just don't expect things to get serious unless you're the Queen of Egypt.

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus: He never showed up for your date. Completely ghosted you. You track down his coworkers Mark Antony and Octavian and they say they have no idea where he is either. Weird.

Marcus Agrippa: He takes you on a tour of the city, pointing out all the architecture and finishes this off with dinner. He seems nice, intelligent, and is very attentive to your needs. So why isn't he off the market yet? His attachment to his slightly creepy best friend and roommate Octavian, maybe? They were roommates.

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius: A much better date than his father, he takes you to his private boat and gives you a seaside tour. He valiantly fights off pirates during your date, but did you catch one of them winking at him? Regardless, it's an unforgettable adventure.

Who would you rather date? And again, I'm sorry, Lepidus.

As always, thanks to @just-late-roman-republic-things for inspiring these posts.

[dreamsofarachne]

I'm still laughing over the fact that Octavian once mistook Sextus Pompey's ships for his own, and wandered onto the beach only to almost get captured.

Octavian really did not earn himself any cool points in this war (or any war, really)...

[sforzesco]

Plutarch, Antony (trans. Scott-Kilvert)