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marcus-junius-brutus15 · 24 hours

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hey guys happy pride month!!! BTW the rumor that all queer people burn in hell isn't true and it's because Dante said me and Cassius are down there for stabbing Ceasar, not for dating each other. You'll be fine. Unless. You know. You eat someone or something like that.

#made by someone who's just read the sparksnotes for Dante's inferno #queued by someone celebrating the ides #dantes inferno #yes that was a hanninbal reference #dante alighieri #ides of march #brutus #brutus x cassius #pride #cassius #unreality

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earlgrey24 · 3 days

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Top 5 favorite historical events 👀

Oo, good one! Thanks for the ask ✨

1. The Ides of March

Apart from being a beloved Tumblr holiday, I just find the whole event so interesting! Few times in history have had such a lasting cultural impact (hello, statue of Brutus at the National Convention!).

Plus it's so wonderfully morally grey, which you can see from the different perception of Brutus throughout history (burning in lowest circle of Dante's hell vs. being hailed as a hero by the French revolutionaries).

Was it the right thing to do? It was an act of extreme violence, and the republic was arguably beyond saving anyway, as became clear later. Does it mean it was the wrong thing to do though? I'm definitely not qualified to answer that. But it is an interesting question to think about, which makes this event one of my favourites.

(Plus the whole thing kind of reads like an ancient tragedy, since it could be read as Brutus (& co) killing someone who was essentially a father figure to him, but also was widely known to have slept with his mother. Hamlet who?)

2. Camille rallying the crowds at Palais Royal

I'm a sucker for a good epic moment, and this is certainly one of them. Camille leaping on the table and overcoming his stutter to address the crowd of dissatisfied Parisians, inspiring them to take action? Yes please!

(not to mention that any event that demonstrates the power that words can have is going to be automatically interesting in my book.)

3. The Servilia Letter Affair

Situated during the late Roman Republic after the Catiline conspiracy, it's another hilarious evidence of the fact that poor Cato the Younger simply couldn't catch a break.

For those uninitiated: as Cato and Caesar were arguing about what kind of punishment is appropriate for the conspirators wanting to overthrow the consul, a mysterious letter was delivered to Caesar, right in the senate. Cato suspected that there was something foul going on, something that could potentially link Caesar - Cato's oponent - to the conspiracy that was just being discussed. He therefore seized the letter from Caesar and insisted he will read its contents out loud, in front of everyone. Doesn't sound all that unreasonable, right? ...except the document in question just happened to be a steamy, in Plutarch's words "unchaste" love-letter to Caesar, written by none other than Cato's own half-sister, Servilia.* Yikes. Cato apparently proceeded to then throw the letter back to Caesar, saying: "Take it, thou sot." Iconic.

* who was also Brutus' mother. See, it's all connected!

4. Publishing of the Éncyclopedie

I just love studying the Age of Enlightenment as a whole, but I think the Éncyclopedie is perhaps the best embodiment of all of the things the era was about. I like learning about the Éncyclopedistes - their petty personal dramas are fun to read about, but I also like the fact that what fuelled the project was a (mostly) genuine desire to educate people and make human knowledge more readily available to the masses.

Also look what I came across while in Verona!! ->

5. Women's March on Versailles

A great reminder that women can be a strong political force and that their place in history should not be overlooked! Though it was not necessarily a women-only event, it clearly shows just how much of a significant role women (and working class people in general) played in the French Revolution.

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penny-anna · 3 months

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i think the reason why the assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the funniest political assassinations is for this very simple reason:

1 guy stabs 1 guy: not funny. that's murder.

2 guys stab 1 guy: even less funny. that's two against one.

60 guys stab 1 guy: uproariously funny. why do you need so many guys.

#ides of march

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atlaskrr · 3 months

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we've done it again folks

#ides of march #julius caesar #caeser #brutus #rome

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thatdelusionalnerd · 3 months

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ATTENTION TUMBLR

CHOCOLATE GUY'S BIRTHDAY IS IDES OF MARCH

#amaury guichon #chocolate guy #ides of march #cor speaks #WHY ISNT ANYONE LOSING THEIR MIND OVER THIS!#MARCH 15 #!!#julius caesar #The chocolate guy #*10k #*20k #*30K #*40K #*50K #*60K

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beckiboos · 2 months

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Ok now we have a booping feature I propose to tumblr next ides of March we have a stabbing counter and the person with the most stabs gets crowned Caesar and the blog with the most stabbings gets crowned Brutus

#tumblr #ides of March #boop

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that-vexaholic-cryptid · 3 months

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Like to STAB

Reblog to STAB AGAIN

#ides of march

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thedeathdeelers · 3 months

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all of tumblr tomorrow, march 15th:

#ides of march #julius caesar #caesar #brutus #rome

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street-of-mercy · 3 months

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#ides of march #julius caesar #caesar #brutus #knives out #*muffled laughter*#you can't tell me it's not like that #happy ides of march eve

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tumbler-polls · 3 months

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Buy us a coffee ☕️

#ides of march #brutus #julius caesar #tumblr polls #tumblr holidays #ides of march poll #tumbler polls

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tuesdaytothursday · 3 months

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#ides of march #mbmbam #not mine

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hawkeye221b · 3 months

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I wanted to meme before the big day.

Not yet, Brutus.. not yet..

#ides of march #julius caesar #meme #my meme #this was funny to me ok #et tu brutus?

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spookyboogie3 · 3 months

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#ides of march

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conker-shell · 3 months

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everyone make sure you leave out the milk and cookies and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife and knife tonight 🥰

#ides of march

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shop5 · 3 months

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Just remember 60 people signed on to stab Caesar and he only had 23 stab wounds, the real moral of the story is group projects have always just been like that

#ides of march #posting

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is-it-the-ides-of-march · 3 months

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🥳🔪🕺🔥💃✨️🤗🎉🤩🎊❤️‍🔥🤪🗡😈🎉🤺

#ides of march #julius caesar #caesar #brutus #ancient rome #roman history #rome #history #tumblr holidays #tumblr history #tumblr humor #tumblr #march 15

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