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mutual bloodshed
—for even though the stage of ancient dramas is sated with it, do not more recent events surpass the stage?"
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Upon the decease of Valentinian, six days after his death the army in Italy proclaimed his son Valentinian, then a young child, emperor, at Acincum, a city of Italy. When this was announced to the other two emperors, they were displeased, not because the brother of the one and the nephew of the other had been declared emperor, but because the military presumed to proclaim him without consulting them, whom they themselves wished to have proclaimed.
Soc. 4.31
so valentinian ii was four years old, and ngl, I’d be annoyed as hell too lmao
(we’re doing a little bit of hollywood casting (so to speak) with the designs for the moment, it was subleyras’ painting of saint basil celebrating mass that caught my attention first, and while it vexes me, it also occupies my thoughts 24/7)
#emperor valens#emperor gratian#it’s personally funny to me if gratian is the same height as valens @ age 16. we have a million grievances and his nephew ending up taller#than him can be another one#drawing tag
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Themistius Or. 6, Brotherly Love, or on Philanthropia (trans. Peter Heather & David Moncur)
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📌 FRATERNAL CONCORD 📌
late 20s • he/him
some 4th century CE roman emperors took over my life & I made another blog so I could let it consume my waking thoughts in peace. that's about it. RETIRED decided that the late roman republic can go on the main art blog @sforzesco
#you probably know me from one of my other blogs. surprise! i'm here also bc valens wont let me go#and i want to. scream. about it in peace. but also i cant figure out where i wanted to post any of this so i made a new corner to#hang out in instead of spending several months thinking about it. i have things to liveblog NOW
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The Mass of Saint Basil / Saint Ambrose Converting Theodosius (Pierre Hubert Subleyras)
#I’m normal about them! (lying) (valens is my lock screen and theodosius is my wallpaper on my phone now)#; valens#; theodosius#; art & imagery
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