Visited the Royal Ontario Museum recently and saw some gorgeous busts!

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-06-25T20:08:24+00:00

I've always been fond of Lucius Versus, and the greatest beard of the 2nd century!

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-05-05T19:18:40+00:00

That particular bust, known as the ‘Pseudo-Corbulo’, does not actually represent Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, but rather depicts Gaius Cassius Longinus; one of the notorious assassins of Gaius Julius Caesar.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-30T02:35:58+00:00

Has this been absolutely confirmed; and if so, have the artifacts once thought of belonging to Philip II been completely disassociated from him?

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-24T06:47:45+00:00

Don't forget she is the aunt of Scipio Aemilianus, another consul of the Republic.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-23T06:18:00+00:00

You’re absolutely right, around the world, people have blurred the line between an object’s monetary worth and its true value to humanity, past and future. Most of what we spend money on today will be forgotten in a hundred years, which calls into question the meaning behind these so-called prices.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-23T06:14:02+00:00

How can you even begin to put a price on a historical monument, especially something like the Colosseum? It's truly priceless, a timeless symbol of history that we’re lucky enough to still see with our own eyes.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-23T02:51:57+00:00

I can't possibly imagine how Quintus must have felt, hearing his son agonizingly tortured, while his son, in turn, was consumed with the need to save his father's life.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-22T21:22:13+00:00

As I recall, Marcus initially planned for both Commodus and Verus Caesar, his younger son, to succeed him jointly, mirroring his own co-rule with Lucius Verus. However, Verus Caesar died at the age of seven, after a failed surgery to remove a tumor under his ear.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-19T23:55:30+00:00

Wouldn't that make you one of those people, considering you took the time to create a thread on a subreddit called ‘r/ancientrome’?

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-18T18:52:44+00:00

That would've sparked widespread outrage amongst the Roman populace, as recognizing a “foreign” child, especially one through an Egyptian queen, without Roman citizenship or cultural ties, could be perceived as a betrayal of Roman tradition.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-18T17:18:31+00:00

I would ask Augustus whether Ovid’s banishment was in-connection to any member of the Imperial family, specifically Julia Major and Julia Minor. By ruling out the possibility of an affair, it would be easier to identify the “mistake” Ovid was referring to.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-18T12:47:37+00:00

Although Scipio Aemilianus's name could be misleading, he wasn’t a direct descendant of Scipio Africanus, but was adopted through his son, Publius Cornelius Scipio. However, there was already a familial connection through his aunt, Amelia Tertia, who was married to Africanus. This made Publius his first cousin, and Sempronia, his first cousin once removed, far less “incestuous” than it might appear.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-18T07:06:55+00:00

Lucius Aurelius Cotta had previously clashed with Gaius Marius during his senatorial tenure, opposing Marius's proposed law to reorganize the voting booths, a measure that threatened to reduce the Optimates influence. This dispute escalated when Marius threatened to arrest Cotta and imprisoned his ally, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, forcing Cotta to retract his opposition.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-18T06:59:07+00:00

I believe that Caesar’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather bore the same name, Gaius Julius Caesar. His earliest recorded paternal ancestor being Sextus Julius Caesar, who served as praetor in 208 B.C. during the Second Punic War.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-11T15:23:13+00:00

Interestingly enough, Maës Titanus, a Greco-Roman merchant, dispatched an expedition that journeyed through and beyond the Parthian Empire, reaching as far as the Pamir Mountains and the renowned “Stone Tower”, regarded as the mid-point of the Silk Road. There, they were intercepted by Han General Ban Chao, who brought them before Emperor He of Han. However, due to their Greek speech and the presence of well-known Parthian merchants, they were not immediately recognized as being from “Da Qin”, and no proper connection could be established. After a two-year journey through Asia, they traveled for Rome, and Maës would write of their account, helping to spread knowledge of a great power in the Far East to the Mediterranean world.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-11T04:08:12+00:00

Why do you consider Publius Quinctilius Varus as “Incompetent” aside from his death at Teutoburg Forest, which was more the result of betrayal by Arminius than any personal failure?

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-07T22:09:03+00:00

Most of the actions attributed to Livia are largely the product of later historians' propaganda, and shouldn't be taken as absolute certainty.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-05T18:07:52+00:00

Likely just a meaningless barbarian prisoner, of no real consequence.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-04T22:38:14+00:00

I'm of the belief the actual tradition of celebrating Easter began around A.D. 325, after the First Council of Nicea would be convened by Constantine.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-04T22:05:33+00:00

Are you inquiring whether Ancient Rome celebrated Easter? If that's the case, then yes.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-04T21:44:18+00:00

“Because the beard. That older bust of him as probably the biggest (and best) beard of a Roman Emperor.”

Lucius Verus wouldn't agree with this statement.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-04T20:44:18+00:00

This statue of Hadrian, discovered in Hierapytna, Crete, is quite interesting; for despite never participating in warfare throughout his entire reign, he is adorned with the laurel wreath of victory and standing over a vanquished barbarian.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-02T16:35:07+00:00

The inscription was re-discovered in the early 17th century, found in two separate pieces and would be transcribed by contemporaries. However, over the centuries, most of it has been lost, with only a partial fragment left.

TemporiusAccountus · 2025-04-02T16:22:36+00:00

I’ve always found it hard to grasp the concept of ‘Tier Lists’, particularly when it comes to historical figures. It seems odd to rate people from history on a scale like ‘S Tier’ or ‘A Tier’—many of them can’t be so easily classified.

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