This Is So Beautiful.

I agree wholeheartedly. 

So does Atton use petnames purely ironically, mostly unironically, or does it start off as ironic and then become deeply unironic? Or was it always genuine and he just buried it under tons of irony and sarcasm like he does with everything?

…I think I answered my own question. It’s the last one.

He apparently was looking into ending ancient rome’s reliance on chattel slavery via gradual emancipation, and he opposed the death penalty. 

just a casual mention for this day of march 15 that julius casar was killed because his actions threatened the aristocracy. in fact most of the working classes liked having caesar lead because he worked against rome being a shithole and he made mostly successful efforts to end unemployment. also in his will he left stuff to the people? idk about that last part feel free to fact check it

tldr; it was the aristocracy that had an issue with caesar and the main reason the senate killed him was because they were afraid his power would result in a more even distribution of their wealth

Wonderful Vetra Nyx fanart. 

Nyx /ˈnɪks/: The Primordial Goddess of the Night

Panera Bread fired a Pagan employee because of their religion, and now they think they're being funny with this shit.

https://religionnews.com/2021/03/27/pagan-sues-panera-bread-company-alleging-religious-discrimination/

So yeah, boycotting them for the foreseeable future.

A timely reminder of how multi-cultural the ancient world really was. 

Seated Buddha Bronze, 1st to mid-2nd century, Gandhara (modern Pakistan). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (X). 

This is one of the earliest depictions of the Buddha in human form. Gandharan artists were familiar with Greek and Roman art from military expeditions, diplomacy, and trade. This Buddha’s unique halo is reminiscent of depictions of the god Helios in Greek and Sol in Roman art. The drape of the tunic echoes Hellenistic and Roman garments, as well as depictions of the Iranian god Mithra, and the Roman god Mithras. 

See also: 

Soper, Alexander C. “Aspects of Light Symbolism in Gandhāran Sculpture.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 12, no. 3, 1949, pp. 252–283. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3248387. Accessed 18 Dec. 2020.

LOL=Leaping off lanista

Is Your Child Texting About Ancient Rome?

OMFG= oh, my fire's gone! (thanks Crassus)

WTF=where's the flammeum? (seriously, I'm about to get married here)

SMH= Someone marry her (off)

IDC= I'm dating Cleopatra

IDK=I'm dating Kleopatra (but spelled in the original Greek way)

BTW= Bring the wine (they're probably texting a slave)

LMAO= let's murder an official

GTG= get the garum

IKR- I killed the republic

And I have a good feeling about you Vetra. 

I have a good feeling about you, Ryder.

And they both have extremely sexy voices. 

I love the difference between vetra and garrus combat styles

Garrus: one perfectly aimed shot with a sniper will drop the target

Vetra: Just……fill it with bullets

Cool Romanticism Facts

-Lord Byron was the inspiration for his doctor Polidori’s vampire, Lord Ruthven. He’s also a national hero in Greece, because he died fighting in their War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. 

-Mary Shelley is best known for Frankenstein and editing her husband’s work. However, she wrote several other novels. She was bisexual, and had a relationship with Jane Williams, which ended badly. 

-Claire Clairemont in addition to having an illegitimate child by Byron, was fluent in five languages, including French. She outlived the majority of Byron and Shelley’s social circle. 

-Percy Shelley was expelled from Oxford for his atheism, and died in a shipwreck. The death of Claire Clairemont’s illegitimate daughter by Byron haunted him.