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ancientcharm · 7 months

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Claudius: The fool of the dynasty.

Claudius was born in Lugdunum, Gaul on August 1, 10 BC. On his mother's side, he was the grandson of the legendary Mark Antony and great-nephew of emperor Augustus. His father was the son of the Empress Livia and brother of emperor Tiberius. He also had blood ties with Julius Caesar.

According to historical sources: His sister, Livilla, after hearing an Augur say that her younger brother would be emperor, exclaimed: "May the gods save Rome from such misfortune. That would be the end of the empire." His grandmother, Livia, avoided talking to him because "when he was a child, the empress felt uncomfortable seeing and hearing him." During his childhood, the family avoided taking him to public events so as not to be seen. All this drama just because Claudius was lame, stuttered and had a tic.

During the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, that is, for almost his entire life, he was prohibited from holding public office because of his "defects." From a very young age it was determined that he could never be heir to the throne. This was determined by his family but not by his destiny.

Three wives, three troubles.

Year 9: The Empress Livia convinced a senator who was a close friend of her family, to marry her daughter, Plautia Urgulanilla, to her 18-year-old grandson. They had a son, Claudius Drusus, who died at 14-15 years old when he threw a piece of pear into the air to catch it in his mouth and the piece got stuck in his throat. Years before the son's death, a girl was born. But months later, Claudius noticed that the baby looked more like one of his freedmen than him. Claudius publicly declared that the girl was not his daughter. This scandal occurred at the same time that her brother-in-law, Plautia's brother, murdered her wife by throwing her out of a window. After this, Claudius immediately divorced.

Year 28: The prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Sejanus, was plotting to occupy the throne. Knowing that no one would accept an emperor who was not related to the dynasty, he married his sister, Elia Paetina, to Claudius. They had a daughter named Antonia. In the year 31 the plots and murders of Sejanus were discovered; Emperor Tiberius sentenced him to death. Claudius was forced to divorce the relative of the traitor but he never abandoned his daughter Antonia.

Year 38: During the reign of his nephew Caligula, Claudius married a woman member of the dynasty. The young and beautiful Valeria Messalina was the granddaughter of Antonia the Elder, Claudius's aunt. Antonia the Elder was the first daughter that Mark Antony had with Augustus's sister. Ten years later, this third marriage will end in worse circumstances than the first two.

Interestingly, "the mad emperor Caligula" was the first of that family to see that nothing prevents Claudius from holding an important position. Claudius at age of 46 was appointed consul.

The less thought day

On January 24, 41, the emperor was assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in collusion with several senators. Minutes later, the emperor's wife and daughter were also murdered.

And what no one would have thought possible happened: At the age of 50 Claudius became Caesar. The fourth emperor of Rome.

According to the historians Flavius Josephus and Cassius Dion, Claudius, terrified, thinking that the senators' plan was to exterminate all the members of the imperial family to restore the republic, hid behind a curtain. A Praetorian soldier found him and immediately proclaimed him emperor because he was the only male in the dynasty who could rule, the other remaining member being his 3-year-old grandnephew Lucio Domitius, whom 9 years later Claudio himself would give the famous name Nero.

Claudius the Conquer

Claudius surprised Rome by proving to be not only an intelligent emperor but also a conqueror who would make the empire greater. In 43, Claudius begins the campaign to conquer Britannia. Circa 50 the Romans founded the city Londinium /London.

Although this was his most famous conquest and territorial expansion, it was not the only one. Noricum: Present-day central Austria (west of Vienna), part of Bavaria (Germany), northeastern Slovenia, and part of the Italian Alps. Thrace (Bulgaria), and he made the Danube River a new border of the Roman Empire.

Claudius the Emperor

He distinguished himself for his policy of Meritocracy. He rewarded for ability , not for personal sympathies. He allowed men from of non-aristocratic origin access to the Senate. Claudius gained the respect of the Senate, the army and the people at the same time, something that had not been seen in Rome since the time of Augustus.

He had two children with his third wife: Octavia, born late year 39, and Tiberius Claudius, later nicknamed Britanicus due the conquest of Britannia, born 19 days after Claudius' accession to the throne.

He wrote many works, most during the reign of Tiberius. In addition to a history of the reign of Augustus and some treatises on the game of dice, his great passion, among his main works are a History of Etruscan civilization in twenty books, a History of Carthage in eight volumes, and a dictionary of the Etruscan language.

Pliny the Elder refers to Claudius as "One of the best writers". Evidently, Claudius learned a lot from his teacher, the most prestigious Roman historian, Titus Livius (Livy), author of the extraordinary work Ab Urbe Condita.

In the year 47 Claudius celebrated the Ludi Saeculares of the eighth centenary of the founding of Rome.

The tragic end of the empress.

Empress Valeria Messalina becomes the lover of Senator Gaius Silius. Taking advantage of her lineage as a woman of the Julius Claudia dynasty, she convinced that man that together they could take the throne from Claudius. In 48, while Claudius was in Ostia, Messalina divorced him and married Silius. Three freedmen arrived in Ostia to give the incredible news to the emperor.

According to Tacitus: "Claudius, having returned to the palace, ordered that Messalina be brought to him, but the freedman Narcissus, fearing that the emperor would forgive her, ordered a freedman, a centurion, and some tribunes to proceed with the execution. The woman was overtaken in the gardens and executed; informed of his wife's death while he was at the table, Claudio would not have asked any more questions."

The senator and his group of accomplices and supporters were also executed.

Seven years earlier: Claudius ordered the return of his nieces, daughters of his deceased brother Germanicus:, Livilla and Agrippina the Younger, both exiled by Caligula in 39. Livilla was highly favored by Claudius, and Agrippina the Younger was ver loved by the people. This situation caused Messalina worry and jealousy.

Messalina, through intrigue, in a very short time managed to send Livilla back into exile, along with the philosopher Seneca -a close friend and ally of Agrippina the Younger- accusing them of being lovers and conspiring. Livilla died in exile shortly after arriving.

Livilla was just one of the first victims of Messalina's intrigues; The list is very long. The only really bad thing I found in Claudius was allowing himself to be easily manipulated and convinced by Messalina and committing many injustices because of her.

But Mesalina could not make Agrippina the Younger disappear, who was extremely cunning and more dangerous than Livilla because she had a son, that is, a candidate for the throne who, to make matters worse, he had more blue blood than Britannicus. In all likelihood, this could be the reason Messalina attempted to overthrow Claudius.

The fourth wife, and the death.

If Senator Gaius Silius was able to use Messalina's lineage to try to overthrow Claudius by marrying her, what could another do who marries the widow Agrippina, a direct descendant of Divine Augustus? This was the reason for Claudio's incredible decision to marry his niece: simply so that no other man could marry her. Agrippina immediately accepted the proposal to become empress of Rome.

The marriage between an uncle and his niece was considered incest and a crime in Rome. However, this was not an incestuous relationship but a political union. Even so, dispensations had to be presented to the Senate and religious authorities, and there were endless ceremonies.

Finally, in the year 49, in an unprecedented event in Roman history, the Emperor married his own niece. Immediately she gets Claudius to bring her close friend Seneca from exile. Agrippina appoints Seneca as her son's tutor and teacher. Claudius granted Agrippina the title of Augusta. Curiously, he did not grant that title to empress Messalina when they both ascended the throne, but to his deceased mother Antonia the Younger.

In 50 Claudius adopted his great-nephew Lucius as son and changed his name to Nero Claudius. Agrippina's son become the heir to the throne, instead Emperor's own son. Many historians believe that this was because in the Dynasty, when choosing the successor it was more important to take into account who he was descended from in a direct line. Nero, unlike Britannicus, was a direct descendant of Augustus (great-great-grandson).

Later, Agrippina convinces Claudius to marry his daughter Octavia to Nero. At that time Nero and Octavia are around 14 and 12 years old respectively.

In October 13 of 54, at age 64, the emperor died suddenly during a banquet, after having eaten mushrooms, according to Juvenal's version.

There are several versions about his death, however they all agree on the theory that the emperor was poisoned. Personally, I want to believe that his death was due to natural causes.

Below, a text that is not mine but from a very important site with an extensive article on the death of Emperor Claudius. I copy and paste the final part that I was happy to read.

However, as Levick points out, those present at the banquet do not seem to have suspected poisoning of any sort; moreover, the eunuch Halotus, whose job was to taste the Emperor's food, kept his job when Nero assumed the throne—evidence that nobody wanted to put him out of the way, either as an accomplice or as a witness to assassination. We see no reason to believe that Claudius was murdered. All the features are consistent with sudden death from cerebrovascular disease, which was common in Roman times. Towards the end of 52 AD, at the age of 62, Claudius had a serious illness and spoke of approaching death. Around that time there were changes in his depiction in busts, cameos and coins—with thick neck, narrow shoulders and flat chest. The Apocolocyntosis, addressed to an audience some of whom were present at the death, makes clear that there is no need to postulate poisoning, accidental or otherwise.

The Divine Claudius

Sculpture of Claudius deified (1st Century) Vatican Museums.

After his death, like Augustus, he was deified.

The boy who was said to never achieve anything not only became an one of the best writers of Rome, emperor and conqueror but also a god.

#history #ancient rome #roman empire #roman emperors

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theantonian · 5 months

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The Antonian Reading List

Mark Antony: A Life by Patricia Southern (Highly recommended!)

Mark Antony: A Biography by Eleanor Goltz Huzar (Highly recommended!)

The Life and Times of Marc Antony by Arthur Weigall (Recommended)

Marc Antony: His Life and Times by Allan Roberts (Recommended)

Marc Antony by Mary Kittredge

Antony & Cleopatra by Patricia Southern

Antony & Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy (By far the most negative book on Antony by a modern historian, the Cleopatra portion is better)

Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man by Paolo de Ruggiero (Recommended)

Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly

Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor by Stephen Dando-Collins

A Noble Ruin: Mark Antony, Civil War and the Collapse of the Roman Republic by W. Jeffrey Tatum (Highly recommend!)

Mark Antony & Cleopatra: Cleopatra's Proxy War to Conquer Rome & Restore the Empire of the Greeks by Martin Armstrong

Actium and Augustus: The Politics and Emotions of Civil War by Robert Alan Gurval

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme (Recommended)

Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra by W. W. Tarn

Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic by Celia E. Schultz

Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra by Michael Grant (Highly Recommanded!)

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra - A Biography by D. Roller

Cleopatra and Antony by Diana Preston

Cleopatra by Alberto Angela (Recommended)

Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

Cleopatra the Great by Joann Fletcher

Cleopatra and Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton

Cleopatra and Rome by Diana E. E. Kleiner

Cleopatra Her History Her Myth by Francine Prose

Cleopatra Histories, Dreams, and Distortions by Lucy Hughes Hallett (Recommended)

Cleopatra’s Daughter Egyptian Princess by Jane Draycott

The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Good for beginners)

The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar by Peter Stothard

Robicon by Tom Holland

Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul (Campaign) by Nic Fields

Actium 31 BC: Downfall of Antony and Cleopatra (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Philippi 42 BC: The death of the Roman Republic (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Mutina 43 BC: Mark Antony's struggle for survival (Campaign) by Nic Fields

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss

The Battle of Actium 31 BC: War for the World by Lee Fratantuono

Rome and Parthia: Empires at War: Ventidius, Antony and the Second Romano-Parthian War, 40–20 BC by Gareth C Sampson

Rivalling Rome: Parthian Coins and Culture by Vesta Curtis

Classical sources:

Plutarch’s Lives

Cicero: Philippics, Ad Brutum, Ad Familiares

Appian, The Civil Wars

Dio Cassius, The Roman History

Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War

Livy, The Early History of Rome

Tacitus, Annals and Histories

Friction:

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra by Willian Shakespeare

All For Love or The World Well Lost by John Dryden

The Siren and the Roman – A Tragedy by Lucyl

Caesar and Cleopatra by George Berbard Shaw

Cleopatra (play) by Sardou

Antony by Allan Massie

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

I, Cleopatra by William Bostock

Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard

Cleopatra by Georg Ebers

Kleopatra (Vol I & II) by Karen Essex

Last Days with Cleopatra by Jack Lindsay

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

When We Were Gods by Colin Falconer

The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough

Caesar's Soldier: Mark Antony Book I by Alex Gough (Ongoing series)

The Antonius Trilogy by Brook Allen

The Last Pharaoh series by Jay Penner

Throne of Isis by Juith Tarr

Hand of Isis by Jo Graham

Woman of Egypt by Kevin Methews

The Ides of Blood 01-06 (Comics)

Terror - Antonius En Cleopatra (Erotic yet pure love, Dutch comics)

Cleopatra - Geschiedenisstrip (Dutch comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Marc Antonie (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Cleopatre (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Julius Caesar (French comics)

Cléopâtre (French Manga)

Ils Ont Fait L'histoire - Cléopâtre (French Graphic Novel)

#mark antony #marc antony #marcus antonius #cleopatra #cleopatra vii #antony and cleopatra #rome #ancient rome #roman history #roman republic #roman empire #books #book recommendations #reading list #to read list #history

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kemetic-dreams · 6 months

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What did Roman Empire pagan soldiers think of fighting under Constantine and Christianity?

Probably not very much.

The Roman military was a world of its own. More than today, soldiers had their very identity shaped by the institution and people they served. Upon enlisting, they swore allegiance to the emperor and received new names as his servants — Valerius during the tetrarchy and Flavius under Constantine. Those who didn’t speak Latin were pushed to acquire a basic grasp of it, pretty much like the French Foreign Legion of today. Starting from the late republican period, Roman soldiers were accustomed to receiving salaries, booty and pensions from their commanders, not the state in an abstract sense. Under the empire, loyalty often lay with the emperor, as long as he was perceived as strong.

In that frame, Constantine never lost the faith of his men thanks to his talents, accomplishments and image. It surely helped that he was Constantius Chlorus’ son, but dynastic feelings were not so strong in the 4th c. What really mattered was that he was a victorious imperator, with plenty of experience both before and after his ascension. His CV included wars against, and victories over, foreigners (Franks, Goths, Alamanni) and rival emperors (Maxentius, Licinius) alike. That kept soldiers satisfied and himself secure on the throne. Besides, Constantine took care to associate his military exploits with the Christian God. On the contrary, his sons failed to live up to his legacy and had to face claims by men like Magnus Magnentius and Julian.

Another thing to consider is the role of religion in the then Roman military. In general, early Christianity wasn’t unanimously for or against military service, hence a decent minority of soliders were Christians even before Constantine. In the late 3rd c., you could find Christians like St. Marcellus holding even the rank of centurion. The statesman Cassius Dio is reported to have spoken of Christians in the comitatus of all four original tetrarchs. Cases of individual disobedience cannot be excluded, of course, but the military was, above all, a state mechanism. Under Diocletian, they persecuted Christians; under Constantine, they fought the Donatists and may have even destroyed the Asclepieion at Aegae, Cilicia.

On his part, Constantine didn’t adopt Christianity the way most people after his time imagine(d). There was a long, gradual process, for the most part inscribed into the norms of late antiquity. Nomenclature and visual language were preserved to a considerable extent. Separate Christian and non-Christian prayers are reported to have been taking place at the same time. At some point in the 320s, a group of veterans greeted Constantine with the traditional “May the gods preserve you for us” salute. Two elite army units, Diocletian’s Jovians and Maximian’s Herculians, were not rebranded, although their names recalled the gods Jupiter and Hercules whom the late tetrarchs associated themselves with.

With the benefit of hindsight, we now know that the dynamics of that complex situation ended up favouring Christianity — if anything, all of Constantine’s successors were Christians except for Julian. That, however, should not be taken out of context. Few have a panoramic view of their time or the acumen to predict the future, and the provincials who made up the bulk of the late Roman military were not among them. Even if they were, though, they may not have had particularly strong feelings about any potential outcome. At the same time, various (quasi-)henotheistic traditions like the cult of Sol Invictus and Mithraism were around. The period was transitional, hence quite fluid.

#kemetic dreams #european #europeans #western europe #christianity #roman military #henotheistic traditions #cult of sol invictus #mithraism #christians #constantine

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oldmandiddler · 1 month

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julius ze/zir, a gen-z translation

act 1 scene 2 (part 1)

Scene 2

Enter Caesar, Antony in a tracksuit, Calphurnia, Portia, Decius, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, a Soothsayer; behind them, Marullus and Flavius (and Comminers.)

CAESAR

Calphurnia.

CASCA

Quiet down! Caesar’s tryna say something.

CAESAR

Calphurnia.

CASCA

Yes, king?

CAESAR

If you see Antonius, make sure you’re directly in his way. Antonius.

ANTONY

Yes, king?

CAESAR

If you see Calphurnia in your way, make sure and hit her with your goat bits. Hit her real good. We’ve been trying, and apparently she’s infertile. Fix it.

ANTONY

Yes sir. Whatever you say, my lord.

CAESAR

Have fun. (Trumpet signals.)

SOOTHSAYER.

Caesar.

CAESAR

Ah! Who goes there?!

CASCA

Shut up! Be quiet!

CAESAR

Who said that? Who’s unbearable voice cried my name? I’m listening.

SOOTHSAYER

Beware the ides of March.

CAESAR

Who is this guy?

BRUTUS

Some shaman guy is telling you to beware the ides of March.

CAESAR

Show yourself!

CASSIUS

Come on out dude.

(The Soothsayer comes forward.)

Look at Caesar.

CAESAR

What do you have to say now? Not so big and scary now, are ya? Say that again to my face.

SOOTHSAYER

Beware the ides of March.

CAESAR

This dude is crazy. Let’s flew.

Trumpet noises. All but Brutus and Cassius exit.

CASSIUS

Are you going to see the Achaeans and the Argonauts tonight?

BRUTUS

Nah.

CASSIUS

Oh, well I am. You should come with.

BRUTUS

I’m not really a sports kinda guy. Not like Antony is, anyway. You should go anyway, man. I’ll leave you.

CASSIUS

Brutus, I’ve noticed something lately. The way you look at me isn’t as soft and gentle and loving as how it used to be. You can bring your walls down around me, y’know. Your friends love you.

BRUTUS

Cassius, don’t look too much into things. If I’ve been acting weird, I’ve tried to keep it to myself. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about some things, which is probably the cause of all of this. So don’t let my friends be too upset (which you are a good friend, Cassius) or take any more of my BS, when I forget to love my friends.

CASSIUS

Well sorry man, I just thought maybe you were going through something. I was really worried, but maybe I just got my head and my heart mixed up a little. Brutus, love, can you see your face?

BRUTUS

Uhm… No? A person can’t see himself with his own eye, not without a reflection.

CASSIUS

Right, right. And what a shame that there are no mirrors to show you your beauty, Brutus. When I hear Romans talk about anyone other than Caesar, they’re admiring your name. The people of the Roman streets wish that you could see yourself through their eyes.

BRUTUS

What do you have planned that would prompt this kind of reflection, Cassius? What could possibly need such sincere emotional caution?

CASSIUS

Alright, man, I’ll tell you. And since I know you need a reflection in order to see yourself, I will be your mirror so that you can find the handsome things about you that you don’t see yet. You know you can trust me, Brutus. The laughter and smiles I use with you are not worn our, nor do I swear on my love to every passerby to the point of making them stale; if you ever heard of a time that I loved and held a man dear and later dishonored them, then lose any trust you had in me.

Flourish and shout.

BRUTUS

What’s all this shouting for? Cassius, what if they’re crowning Caesar king?

CASSIUS

Do you think so? If you’re so worried over it, I would hope that wasn’t the case.

BRUTUS

I wouldn’t want him to be king, but I do love Caesar. But what are you keeping me here for? What do you mean to tell me? If it were for the better, I would put honor in one eye and death in the other and look through both lenses indifferently. I would do all of this because, in the name of the gods, I love honor more than I fear death.

CASSIUS

I know that you’re that kinda guy, Brutus, and you do have that outward appearance. Well, honor is the subject of my story. I can’t speak for you or other people, but I would rather die than live to be in awe of anyone no better than myself. I was born as free as Caesar; so were you; We’ve eaten just as well as him, and we can both live through winters just as cold as he can. One time, when it was windy and stormy, and Tiber’s waves were crashing really hard, Caesar was like “Cassius, I dare you to jump into the river with me and swim out to that point over there.” So, in my street clothes, I jumped right into that river and called him in; so he did. The waves crashed and we went right through the strong muscle of the water, pushing it aside and fighting against it. But before we could get to the point I wanted to swim to, Caesar cried “Help me, Cassius, or I’ll sink!” I pulled him onto my back and walked him out of the water, him like Anchises and me like Aeneas, pulling him out of the flames of Troy. And this man is seen as a god, and Cassius is a wretched creature and must bow to the will of Caesar. He had a fever when he was in Spain, and while he was sick, I saw how he shook. It’s true, the god-like Caesar shook. Color drained from his cowardly lips, and the same eye who’s glance brings awe from the world lost its glimmer. I heard him groan. Yeah, the tongue that demands the Roman’s attention, and the one that writes his speeches cried “Please, Titinius, bring me some water,” like a sick girl. Gods, it amazes me that such a weak crybaby of a man gets so much praise from the world.

Shout. Flourish.

BRUTUS

There they go again! It has to be for Caesar’s crowning. Has to be.

CASSIUS

Why does he hulk around like a Colossus, and why do we petty men sulk around crawling under him like trash until we die? We can take our fate into our own hands. Brutus, it’s not because of the fault written in our stars that we’re below him, but it’s the fact that we have yet to do anything about it. “Brutus” and “Caesar” — what’s so great about “Caesar”? Why should his name be said more than yours? Write your names next to each other, yours is just as cool as his. Say them together, your name is just as good to form your mouth around. Weigh the names, yours is just as heavy; if you were to do conjure with them, “Brutus” would bring a spirit along as soon as “Caesar” would. Damnit, in the name of all of the gods, what does Caesar eat that makes him so high and mighty? It must be the times, and what a shame the times bring. Rome, you’ve lost all of the honor in your blood! (when went there by an age, since the great flood, but it was famed with more than with one man? that her wide walks encompassed but one man? now is it rome indeed, and room enough when there is in it but one only man.) Our parents gave us folktales about a Brutus who would have let the devil walk Rome before letting a king rule it.

BRUTUS

Without a doubt, I know that you love me. I can also make some guess at what you’d do for my happiness. All of these things you’ve brought to me, I’ll make sure to think about. For now, in the kindest and most loving way possible, I couldn’t be any further moved. The things you’ve brought to my attention are worth thinking on; what you have to say, I’ll patiently listen to, and I’ll listen and answer carefully. Until then, my big strong man friend, chew on this: Brutus would rather be a villager than call himself a son of Rome under such uncertain times as these.

CASSIUS

I’m glad that my silly little rant brought such a fire from Brutus.

#julius caesar #shakespeare #i wrote this instead of doing hw #julius ze/zir #julius ze/zir is fantastic and i’m great for calling it that #here’s some caesar as a little treat

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romance-club-daily · 2 years

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Character Profile!

~Orvon

"Try not to look too desperate, loverboy. It only leads to heartbreak."

Book: Gladiator Chronicles

Orvon is Rix's best friend on Planet Paitrum. He moved there a few years ago from Planet Liis, a planet covered in ice. He isn't very athletically inclined and has struggled with adjusting to the climate on Paitrum.

After the attack on Paitrum, both Orvon and Rix were taken and found themselves prisoners at a slave market where they met Afiy. Cassius Flavius found them there and decided to take all three on as Gladiators.

While Orvon is shown to be naive about things, his social skills and likeability help him make friends with the other gladiators quickly. Orvon confesses to Rix that he feels weak because he has always felt safe, and that he does not feel prepared for the gladiator life. Rix agrees to help protect him.

Interesting Fact:

Born on the ice-covered planet of Liis, Orvon was raised to follow in his father's footsteps, as he was a prominent figure in the Trade Confederation. However, the activities of the Confederation began to quickly collapse when New Rome started to interfere, and Orvon's family came to Paitrum searching for new markets. Orvon had a hard time moving away from his home planet, which was very different from hot and sandy Paitrum.

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#romance club game #romance club #клуб романтики #rc orvon #rc orvon profile #rc gladiator chronicles #rc gc #character profile #character profile masterlist #rc character profile masterlist #rc character profile

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thestonelady · 2 years

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Gladiator Chronicles Appreciation Week Day 6: Side characters - Cassius

Cassius Flavius as Jupiter, Roman King of the gods, God of the sky and lightning

@gc-appreciationweek

All files from the telegram group beautifulcome; made with Picsart

This is the most cursed thing I have ever done, forgive me

#romance club #gladiator chronicles #rcgcaw #rcgcawsidecharacter #rc cassius

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sage-lavender · 19 days

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INTERVIEW WITH LABELLE

❗ All information is official and issued by Dmitry, the author of Gladiator Chronicles ❗

(ORIGINAL SOURCE) | (ARTIST'S PAGE)

DATE PUBLISHED: 18th September, 2022

1. Lab, baby, how do you feel about our little brothers? After all, now you and Rix have a fluffy ball of happiness.

"It is impossible not to love our little brothers. Every time, I am surprised at how different their characters can be... And Rix's cybercat is a true friend. It's amazing that he didn't harden up, didn't become less affectionate after the pain he suffered. A perfect example for me."

2. Labelle, we know that you train "spirit and body" in your free time. And yet, what do you like to do the most when there is an extra minute?

“I am fascinated by nature. The beautiful things that make us Human are fascinating - pure art and creativity. I love watching people singing and dancing. At these moments, they seem to be the conductors of something immense, inexpressible. I am surprised and envious of them, because I am bound by obligations and rules. And how I'd like to throw them away 😌”

3. Tell a story from your childhood, the one that you cherish as a dear memory to your heart.

“I really like to remember Dad's stories about the events that took place in New Rome, especially when he witnessed them. He gathered us together with the girls, seated us by the fireplace, turned on the projections, and commented on them. Sometimes he forgot, and slightly deviated from the official course indicated in the annals... He was swearing terribly, and Pauli and Augusta and I were laughing so much that we had to interrupt the lesson 😄”

4. Lanista Labelle, please accept my sincere condolences for your loss... My question is, what will happen next? You have a huge responsibility now, how do you cope with this burden?

“Thank you very much... Sadness and pain are always a little dulled when you share them with someone.

To be honest, I don't know. I don't want to sound like a depressive pessimist, but... I only know that you need to hold on. Dad wouldn't like it if we succumbed to despair.”

5. What do you really want Labelle? Do you have a secret dream? Do you have something that you would like to embody? But for example, you didn't have the determination or the opportunity to do so.

“The question of dreams always baffles me. I haven't seen a lot in this life, and dreams, after all, are made up of what I've seen. It would hurt me if what I was dreaming about suddenly became so insignificant. Probably my dream is to reach out to what is barely possible. And as soon as possible, to see this world in all its colors.”

6. If you could give up control of the Ludus, how would you like to live? What would you like to do? And if you could change something in childhood, what would it be?

“I liked that my family lived on Blore... There is something in this: to know a lot about New Rome, but not to live in it. Look at it from the outside, see the pros and cons, but do not influence it.

It seems to me that such large systems can put a lot of pressure on a person... These huge cities, endless contacts... You lose yourself in them. And I'm comfortable in a small family. I'm a bit withdrawn, but it's fixable, I'm struggling with it.

I would like to be a kind of guide between people and beauty... But I don't know yet in what form this would manifest itself.

Can you tell me?”

(INTERVIEW WITH PAULINA)

[Note: This interview was translated from Russian to English using Google and Yandex.]

#labelle flavius #rix auster #gc gendal #cassius flavius #augusta flavius #paulina flavius #rc gc #gladiator chronicles #romance club

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twiceasmanysunbeams · 2 years

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CASSIUS FLAVIUS as the CORRUPT POLITICIAN

This politician sees the world through jade-colored glasses. He thinks it's a Crapsack World, with black-and-gray morality. He's gotten family members appointed to positions and his friends get the government contracts he doesn't keep for himself. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation".

Abusing and twisting the system for their own ends some are fully criminal and allied with The Mafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid of the law on their behalf. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged Diabolical Mastermind.

@gc-appreciationweek

#we love a villain with good publicity!#a `devil in plain sight`#i think his trope description can already tell the story lol #but basically the reason why the flavians betray rix is because rix got too close to the truth of his parents' murder #something dear cassius has a hand in #and well... know too much and perish #romance club #gladiator chronicles #RCGCAW #cassius flavius #gc noir au #cassius actually wants to overthrow some worse people but let's not act like he's a good person... the lesser evil is still evil #same with gc in general tbh!! don't meow meow the flavians pls they r rix's slavers #yes even paulina and labelle #also ofc he has a fruity relationship with caesar here too #childhood friends to school rivals to best friends to lovers to now.... strangers #he'd rather they be enemies

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bewaretheidiotsofmarch · 1 year

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REPOSTING ALL MY OLD IDES OF MARCH ARTWORKS BECAUSE I AM SHAMELESS

2023

Left to Right: Cinna, Casca, Decimus, Brutus, Metellus, G.Casca, Titinius, Cassius. (Back: Antony, Calpurnia, Caesar life-evacuated)

2022

Left to Right: Marullus bust, Casca, Cassius, Brutus, Flavius bust. (back Caesar statue)

2021

Casca, (back: Flavius and Marullus)

2020

Left to Right: Antony, Casca, Cassius

2019

Aniyah, the soothsayer

Cassius

Left to Right: Cinna, Brutus, Cassius, Casca

2018

Left to Right: Brutus, Cassius, Casca (back: life-evacuated Caesar)

Left to Right: Cinna, Casca, Cassius

Caesar, and Aniyah the soothsayer

Caesar and Casca

2017

Casca D(st)abbing on Caesar

Left to Right: Cassius, Caesar, Cinna, (front: Brutus, back: Casca)

Hope you enjoyed the throwback!! I am filled with such nostalgia🥹 If you're new to this holiday, welcome! It's always nice seeing others discovering it lol, even just in passing.

(PS. Incase anyone is confused) These are my characters from my ( VERY MUCH WIP) graphic novel: Republic. It's historical fiction around the time of Caesars death and the downfall of the Roman Republic, with homages to Shakespeare's play, as well as a bit of my own plot points, and explorations of possible motives, etc, especially involving certain figures whose fates and lives were not set in stone in factual history. I like to have a good ounce of freedom to write and explore different angles and nuance of historical existence. Now, the character designs may look ahistorical and that's because they are- purposely.☺️ I want memorable, history-adjacent designs, silhouettes, etc that match the characters' individuality and vibe. I also want to have FUN while drawing and writing this. The story is grounded historically, but I take certain liberties because it is an epic tragedy, not non-fiction!😌 Anyways, if you have any questions feel free to send in asks, and if not, have a good rest of the day and I'll see y'all next year!!😈🗡

#julius caesar #republic comic #beware the ides of march #ides of march #casca #cassius #cinna #brutus #metellus #marullus #flavius #decimus #antony #g.casca #calpurnia #aniyah #titinius

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