evince (03-15-2019), Jack (03-15-2019), Phantasmal (03-15-2019)
...on this date in history, in 44BC, the republicans in the Roman Senate killed Julius Caesar.
Worth a mention.
evince (03-15-2019), Jack (03-15-2019), Phantasmal (03-15-2019)
Just an FYI Frank....that's a statue of Octavian...Not Julius Caesar. Also they weren't "Republicans" in the sense that they were a political party. They were Republicans in that they desired to protect the Oligarchic structure of the Roman Republic Senatorial Class. Historians refer to them as the "Optimates" but that's actually an anachronism as organized political parties, as we know them today, did not exist at that time in history.
You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!
evince (03-15-2019), Phantasmal (03-15-2019)
YOU ARE WRONG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_of_Prima_Porta
why do you do this stupid shit Mott?
Mott the Hoople (03-15-2019)
evince (03-15-2019), Jack (03-15-2019), Mott the Hoople (03-15-2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus
House
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Father
Gaius Octavius
Julius Caesar (adoptive)
Mother
Atia Balba Caesonia
Augustus was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian gens Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir.
Mott the Hoople (03-15-2019)
I've read dozens and dozens of books on ancient Rome...both fiction and non-fiction. It is my favorite history area.
Most of us of Italian heritage like to think we are descendants of Roman citizens...but it is just as likely we come from slaves.
Whatever!
Wouldn't it be great to be able to go back and see each ancestor...to see the successes and failures of those who came before us.
Aimée (03-15-2019), evince (03-15-2019), Jack (03-15-2019), Mott the Hoople (03-15-2019)
it would
and your are right about its importance and impact on great thought
I am supposed to be of Irish blood
from the way of Vikings
might explain some of my marauding style
I have actually not studied much of that era either
sorry again Mott
sorry for Fucking up your thread with my stupid Frank
It is a good thread idea
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evince (03-15-2019)
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