Happy Winter Solstice In The Northern Hemisphere! Happy Summer Solstice In The Southern Hemisphere!

Prayers were dead songs lodged in my head, soothing, routine words that meant less to me than they should have.

The autobiography of Allegra Byron. In Almost Famous Women. By Megan Mayhew Bergman. (via iferuniversity)

This is sad. 

The real tragedy. 

julius caesar has been dead for 2063 years and they still havent made a movie that depicts him as the bisexual disaster he was

Julian ( 331/332  – 26 June 363), also known as Julian the Apostate, as well as Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 361 to 363 and a noted philosofer and Greek writer.

Wikipedia

He’s such a complex-adorable-sweet-awesome character ç___ç <3<3<3

Apart from Cleopatra, who would probably be double majoring in linguistics and history, these are largely accurate. 

The Romans and Friends as College Majors

Caesar: Political Science

Cleopatra: Medicine

Brutus: English

Cassius: Philosophy

Antony: Kinesiology (he's a student athlete and got paid to be there)

Cicero: Law

Octavian: Psychology

Crassus: Business

Pompey: General Studies

This is so cool. 

The scale model for my final university project

I designed Abhorsen’s house from the book ‘Sabriel’ by Garth Nix The house sits on an island overhanging a waterfall (I only designed half of the island, beyond the arches would be green screened)

Fascinating!

Today, April 5, is the dies natalis (anniversary) of the dedication of the temple of Fortuna Publica in the city of Rome. Fortuna Publica Romani is the goddess of the luck, fate, or fortune of the of the people and state of Rome.

O, Goddess! Be favorable this day to the people of the modern city of Rome, and to all those throughout the world who revere the gods of Rome!

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Featured image: Altar dedicated to the Fortune of the Roman People and Gaius Julius Raeticus, centurion of the Sixth Legion Victrix. Found 1717 in a hypocaust inside Vindolanda Roman Fort. Formerly in the Chapter Library, Durham, now (1995) in the Museum of Archaeology, Durham.

RIB 1684 Inscription:

Fortunae p(opuli) R(omani) G(aius) Iul(ius) Raeticus (centurio) leg(ionis) VI Vict(ricis)

Image source: Bruce, J.C. 1870-1875 Lapidarium Septentrionale  (Newcastle upon Tyne), S. 250, via WIkipedia Commons (X).

Image license: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. Public Domain in the United States presumably because it was presumably published in the U.S. before 1926.

So true.

Best game idea ever!

re-skinning Monopoly to be about ancient Rome

instead of going to jail, you get exiled to Scythia

passing Go represents the bribes you collect every election season

instead of owning property on city blocks, you own land in various provinces

Boardwalk and Park Place ==> Egypt and Syria

Baltic and Mediterranean ==> Britannia Prima and Britannia Secunda

instead of houses and hotels, villae and latifundia

instead of railroads, just roads 

water works ==> bathhouse

electric company ==> amphitheater 

free parking ==> forum

income tax ==> wealth tax

re-skinned Chance and Community Chest cards:

“You have been elected Aedile – pay each player 50 denarii”

“Get out of Exile Free”

“Saturnalia Fund Matures – Collect 100 denarii”

“Greek Theater Night – collect 50 denarii from every player for opening night seats”

“Land Tax Refund – collect 20 denarii”

“Receive 25 denarii in bribes”

Women’s History Month Book Recommendations

-Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter

-Radium Girls by Kate Moore

-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

-All Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 by Andrea Barnett

-Bessie Perri: Queen of the Bootleggers by Rose Keefe (Available as E-Book and on Absolute Crime’s website)

Especially if they are badass warrior women. 

*takes a deep breath in* i just love bi women