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Love Seneca, of course, but Macauley really had his number
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Strange tales from Ancient Rome. 'These things never happened, but always are.' Sallust
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“And dazzled she sees new worlds of Beauty.”
– C.P. Cavafy, “Horace in Athens”, translated by Rae Dalven.
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Passienus รีทวีตแล้ว
Subura, Argiletum street, Rome C4th AD: the same place in different weather conditions. Recreated by Danyla Loginov of Rome in 3D.
#RomanSiteSaturday
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The Romans were convinced asparagus was a superfood.
From Pliny’s Natural History:
We Love Food@_we_love_food
Does anyone truly like Asparagus?
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She allows Octavian to frame his (completely illegal) war against Antony as a war of national defence against a foreign invader - the founding myth of the principate. Without her, Octavian doesn’t become Augustus.
Scion (PanAfroCore)@ScionofCulture
Cleopatra is probably the most irrelevant historical figure in human history. To this day, there's nothing notable about her other than being a side piece for Julius Caesar.
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And yet the descendants of Rome’s German subjects live longer.
Sama Hoole@SamaHoole
>Be Suebi warrior, 1st century Germania >Diet is exclusively wild boar, venison, cattle, fermented milk >Zero agriculture, Romans call you "barbaric meat-eaters" >Stand three inches taller than legionnaires >Bones so dense Roman swords often bounce off >Terrify the most powerful empire on Earth just by existing >Ambush three Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest >Annihilate 20,000 grain-fed soldiers in three days >Romans never recover psychologically >Modern nutritionists say your saturated fat intake was killing you >Clearly needed more spelt bread
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Passienus รีทวีตแล้ว
Apollo preceding Hector with his Aegis, and dispersing the Greeks, By John Flaxman.
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