ancient-rome-au: au where the lyrics of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” exclusively reference persons and events of historical significance no disrespect to Micky Mantle, hula hoops, Wheel of Fortune, Chubby Checker, Doris Day, or Ben Hur, but none of these people or things are evidence in support of the hypothesis that “[the fire] was always burning, since the world’s been turning ..read more

au where the lyrics of “We Didn’t Start The Fire” exclusively reference persons and events of historical significance ..read more

thoodleoo: let’s build a roman senator! purple border on toga dignitas consular status distinguished ancestors scandalous personal life (financial) scandalous person life (sexual) electoral bribery virtus corrupt governorship ..read more

thoodleoo: also for everyone asking where the daggers option is. i know the ides of march are a big thing on tumblr but i need you to know theres an entire republic of fucked up little senatorial assholes out there and caesar is honestly not the most exciting. hes not the sluttiest. hes not the baldest. hes not the war criminaliest or even the most interestingly assassinated. hes not the cuntiest in the first triumvirate let alone in the whole republic. there are so many to choose from. be free ..read more

headsinsand: Modern AU but Agrippa stumbles onto Octavian just finishing murdering someone. He’s horrified but he helps hides the body when Octavian asks him to ..read more

ancient-rome-au: lucyllawless: “When in Rome” 3.16 XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS i mean other people also took the name Caesar. that was a pretty common thing that happened. like i understand where Xena is coming from here but very many people adopted the name Caesar. side note: does any name have more disambiguation pages on Wikipedia than Caesar ..read more

lucyllawless: “When in Rome” 3.16 XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS i mean other people also took the name Caesar. that was a pretty common thing that happened. like i understand where Xena is coming from here but very many people adopted the name Caesar ..read more

memories-of-ancients: Wood and faience game board with pieces, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 BC from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Honestly, not bad for one of humanity’s very first board games. But it’s hard to judge when we’re not totally certain about the finer details of the rules. Worth playing at least twice for the novelty (once to grok the rules, twice to engage with the strategy of the game ..read more

the-tired-commander: Happy April Fools Day ..read more

merzbulking: Roman soldier who just realized they didn’t crucify Jesus long enough: “Oh shit I guess he uhhhhhh RESURRECTED ..read more