#caesar graves

[mellowdisko]

i do believe Vulpes Inculta is pretty good at his job, the Omertas wrapped around his finger, his shadow looming over the strip, cunning little fox finding his way into the henhouse right under House's nose- but i can never imagine him putting on a charming or seductive persona for it. he probably sits at casino bars, looking a little bit strange, a little bit out of place, eerie, distant and mildly off-putting and the lads at vegas go: "damn i need him"

[cowboytunez]

grampa and his (ex) rival

[blueiscoool]

Vatican Museums Opens Ancient Roman Necropolis to the Public

The site was previously only accessible to scholars and specialists.

The Vatican Museums has newly opened to the public an ancient necropolis stocked with carved marble sarcophagi and bone-filled open graves of everyday ancient Romans.

The word necropolis comes from the Greek expression for “city of the dead.” These “cities” grew up alongside roads outside the urban center due to laws forbidding cremation and burial of the dead inside city limits. Funerary practices and rites are preserved especially clearly in the necropolis that extends along the Via Triumphalis (a Roman road now known as the Via Trionfale), with burial sites accompanied by eye-popping Roman frescoes and mosaics.

Previously, the necropolis was accessible only to certain groups of scholars and specialists. It is now open to the public via the new Saint Rose Gate entrance, inaugurated with the exhibition “Life and Death in the Rome of the Caesars.”

How extensive is the archaeological area?

It extends nearly 11,000 square feet. The size of the necropolis is not as extensive as some other Roman burial sites, but its importance lies in its proximity to one of the most significant religious sites in Christianity.

What is known about particular people who are buried there?

According to archaeologists, no less than the tomb of St. Peter himself is located in the Vatican Necropolis.

But in general, “Here, we have represented the lower middle class of Rome’s population,” said Leonardo Di Blasi, an archaeologist with the Vatican Museums, in a video on Euro News. “They are essentially slaves, freedmen, artisans of the city of Rome.” Some were the property of the emperor, and are indicated to have been the “servant of Nero.”

One of them was a man named Alcimus, who was the set director for the downtown Theater of Pompeii, the most important theater of the period. Another was a horse trainer who worked at the chariot races.

One young boy is interred there, according to the Catholic News Service, marked by a sculpture of a boy’s head accompanied by an inscription reading “Vixit Anni IIII Menses IIII Dies X,” Latin for “He lived four years, four months, and 10 days.”

How did this ancient burial ground come to light?

The Vatican burial grounds were first explored in the 1940s at the request of then Pope Pius X, who wanted to be buried near the grave of Peter the Apostle. The dig revealed numerous mausoleums and tombs.

The newest part of the burial ground was revealed through an infrastructure project in 2003, as the Vatican excavated for a new multilevel employee parking garage.

What happened when the Vatican discovered these newest burial grounds?

The department of the Vatican that was overseeing construction of the parking garage, intent on meeting its deadline, was accused of trying to conceal the find, Giandomenico Spinola, an archaeologist and deputy artistic-scientific director of the museums, told the Catholic News Service. It was only when journalists publicized the discovery that he and his colleagues were invited in to advise.

When were the bodies there buried? How have the tombs been so well preserved?

Bodies were interred in this burial ground between the first century B.C.E and the fourth century C.E., and organic remains have vanished. A number of the graves, including their tombs and decorations, including frescoes, mosaic floors, and marble-carved inscriptions, were fortuitously preserved by a series of mudslides in the area.

[t4tjevon]

If i had a nickel for everytime a scott pilgrim actor played a flickerman i would have two nickels which isnt a lot but its weird thats happened twice right ?

[user1286]

GOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING POTA ENJOYERS‼️‼️‼️‼️ (specifically Proximus enjoyers)

He’s scritching his leg :3

[variousqueerthings]

my pretentious trait is that i get richard ii and coriolanus, RIP to the haters but they're literally the two best plays in their respective categories because the leads are That Good in my opinion

[tiny-librarian]

Of all the lost things in the world, the things we will never know, this lost son of Caesar and Cleopatra’s must stand as the most tantalizing. What would he have been, what would he have grown into, with the gifts he had from both his remarkable parents? Octavian did not wish to find out – and so we never shall, either.

The Memoirs of Cleopatra - Margaret George

[sforzesco]

@magnvsmaximvs' tags: #wait OP I need to know everything about the dmbj AU NOWWWWWWW

TECHNICALLY. there are two DMBJ AUs. there's a modern AU of the AU because I think Sulla should be allowed to wear sunglasses, but the Ancient Rome one can be summed up as: Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar fuck around and find out that there's Another Rome underneath the Current Rome. there are coffins! coffins that should definitely be left untouched. unfortunately, Cato is here also. he's going to open the hell out of those coffins and it's going to be a Reunion the Sound of Providence South Sea King's Tomb situation with the Things Inside The Coffins

there's a scene where Crassus is prying open a door and Pompey is like. hey man. did you notice that the shadows here are acting kind of weird. maybe don't do that. and Crassus replies with, 'you're a big strong man with a sword, you'll be fine,' and he's being sarcastic, but I, the writer, had to pause for a minute over that line.

[purrrrplecats]

We should all listen to the song Brutus while stabbing the Caesar salad guy another 10000000000 times.

[duxfemina]

Could I ask if you have any books that focus on the Julio Claudian era that you’d recommend? I’m just starting to learn about it for fun!

Okay there's the classic Twelve Caesars by Suetonius if you want an ancient source. Based off of that you can read/watch the adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius which covers Caesar Octavianus to the ascension of Nero

For an overview of the waning Republic through the Julio Claudians there's Sculliard's 'From the Gracchi to Nero'. I'm mostly a late Republic girly so I always have to recommend Tom Holland's Rubicon but I believe he has a book titled Pax about the Julio Claudians and I think going into the Flavians as well. I haven't read it yet but Tom Holland is up there with Mary Beard for historians whose books I will blindly recommend because they're my heroes.

And if you want a bonus niche deep dive book I would absolutely recommend The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus by Zanker

Feel free to add recommendations to this post to help anon out

[etcnnante]

hemo me...

' hm ? what is this strange disembodied voice speaking to me ? i've finally gone senile , haven't i ... '

[confusedbyinterface]

It's interesting reading I Claudius after seeing the show so many times. In some ways it has a lot more plot, but it feels like the show gave characters more time to breathe. Like Tiberius, you can see how Drusus brings him to life, and how being forced to divorce Vipsania destroyed him, but in the book it's glossed over in 3 paragraphs.

Livia feels worse (though we're getting her younger years, maybe she'll change as she matures?) and Augustus feels weak in a way he doesn't in the show until he visits the exiled Postumus: he knows what Livia does and is terrified of her, while in the show he's (wilfully?) ignorant. Book Augustus is a genuine republican pushed into retaining his power while show Augustus' claims of republicanism feel hypocritical? He's an unreflective, self-righteous man with an explosive temper, who Livia is smart enough to manipulate.

I'm not quite sure about Claudius himself yet, so far all he's done is been born and lose his father.

[rickysnotes]

The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius and Robert Graves)

[jo-the-cosmic-being]

My pronunciations are she/her/his

I love my husband

[rhymesforrats]

Guarded

Taking strides to higher levels, Turn your eyes to the sky To ask the what and why

Trapped in a place so cold, so gray

Be careful, don't go astray.

Moving slow, moving steady,

Dark clouds swirl and dark lands wail

Dangers are here, dangers are many

And still it is so that the weakest man doth desire power

Through any means, that many consider sour

And though senators die by the hundreds, We mourn by the thousands;

While Caesars body lies punctured and cowered,

Antonys does strive for power

Will he greet the daylight looming, Learn to love without consuming?

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