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     Livia, empress of the Roman Empire, wife of Augustus, mother of Tiberius
“Livia (58 B.C. - A.D.29) was a long-lived, influential matriarchal figure in the early years of the Roman Principate. She was held up as an example of womanly virtue and simplicity. Her reputation has also been negative: she may have been a murderer, and has been described as treacherous, avaricious, and power-hungry. She may have been instrumental in the banishment of Augustus’ daughter, Julia.” (x)
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“I want no booty from the beaten virgin”

nunc-iam-illa-non-vult:

—Aeneid XI.1051, Mandelbaum translation

Gets me every time.

Every.

Fucking.

Time.

Are you sure, Arruns? No booty at all?

interretialia:

Folles Aerii
Folles Aerii Ubique

Balloons
Balloons Everywhere

athousandchurches:

the next time someone tries to touch me when i don’t want them to, i’ll say “noli me tangere” in a scary voice

interretialia:

Lingua Latina
Cur tu non facilis?

Latin
Y U No easy?

matturday:

my parents met in latin class so whenever someone says “latin is a dead language” I can say that I probably wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for latin

penthesileas:

HISTORY MEME - nine royals: zenobia [3/9]

Zenobia was a 3rd century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Roman Syria. She claimed to be a descendant of Dido, Queen of Carthage, Sampsiceramus, the King of Emesa, and the Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII through Drusilla of Mauretania, though there is no concrete evidence of this. Classical sources described her as beautiful, intelligent, fluent in Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian, and Latin, and capable of riding, hunting, and drinking with her officers. Following the assassination of her husband in 267, Zenobia became queen. She conquered new territories including Egypt, Chalcedon, Ankara, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, taking vital trade routes away from the Roman Empire. As a result, the Roman emperor Aurelian led his forces to Syria, where they fought Zenobia’s army near Antioch. The Palmyrenes suffered a serious defeat and retreated to Emesa, where they were besieged by Aurelian’s army. Although Zenobia and her son escaped, they were captured and taken as hostages to Rome by Aurelian, where Zenobia reportedly appeared in golden chains in Aurelian’s triumph. From there, Zenobia’s fate is uncertain. Some sources say that she died relatively soon after her arrival in Rome, but others say that Aurelian granted her a villa in Tibur, where she lived as a Roman matron. (x)