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Roman-Christian vandalism of Greek & Roman statues

in early 4th century AD, with emperor constantine's conversion to christianity, and the edict of milan (which gave freedom of religion to roman citizens, and legalised christianity) christianity had begun to overtake rome. under Constantine’s reign the suppression of paganism began, pagan places of worship lost funding, some were repurposed for christian use and some were destroyed. Constantine and his successors authorised and encouraged the burning of pagan books and the destruction and defacement of pagan temples, statues, sacred sites, art works, and anything else they believed was ‘challenging christianity’. By the late 4th century christianity had overtaken Rome, and polytheistic religion was a thing of the past.

1. defaced statue of unknown goddess, 2nd - 1st century BC, Archaeological Museum of Samos 2. bust of roman general, Germanicus, 14-20 CE, the British Museum 3. head of Aphrodite, 1st century AD, National Archaeological Museum of Athens 4. bust of Emperor Augustus, n.d, the Ephesus Museum

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Yeah now we've entered the back pain stage

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—Fyodor Dostoevsky

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David Benioff, Troy

// Adapted from Homer, The Iliad

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— David Cronenberg, Consumed

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{Quotes:Nitya prakash/Richard siken ,crush}

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Frida Kahlo, from a letter wr. c. November 1933, featured in The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas

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Poetry is what helps me remember that even in my fragments, I am whole.

- Jennifer Huang

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My type: someone who doesn’t run away and is able to show their true feelings

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- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

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Imam Al-Ghazali // Tennessee Williams

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