#and even if augustus wasnt The Most imperial roman ruler he sure as shit wasnt Not imperial | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

dullahandyke · 4 months

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op of the 'augustus of prima porta statue: smash or pass' post turned off reblogs just as i was about to reblog it and then tumblr glitched and logged me out when i tried making an independent post on my thoughts. literally 1984

#anyway at first i was hesitant bcos augustus of prima porta is such a huge part of roman culture #and even if augustus wasnt The Most imperial roman ruler he sure as shit wasnt Not imperial #plus in my latin art + architecture classes we studied this specific statue pointing out all the traits of augustan propaganda #so i thought id b too caught up in thinking about both of those to give it a whack #but then i got thinking like. if its the Real Actual augustus of prima porta (the og bronze or the marble copy idc)#then thats like. a hugely historic impactful and famous piece of art #which Continues to be a symbol of glorious noble leaders #and fucking THAT would be an achievement. thats something you can brag about #like lolll i deflowered your awesome monument to expansionary empires and imperial hierarchy #and make no mistake *i* am corrupting *it*. gonna get arrested for vandalism for carving degrading remarks on its face

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