ancient & co.

If you feel like you’ve seen this alread, that’s normal. This list of recommendation has been previously posted on my first account @praestantias which has been deleted for some reasons. So here I am, reposting it. 

Hating how elitist and eurocentric the dark academia community became, I would truly appreciate that you leave some recommendation of book written by people of color, for I noticed that I am guilty of the eurocentric part, but I am really want to educate myself and read more non-white books. 

“I sing of arms and the man”

the toga

having a cool ring with a seal on it that you could sign important documents with

those arm bracelets that look like snakes

weirdly sexy religious festivals like the lupercal and bacchanalia

dating things by the founding of your city

putting dicks on everything to ward off the evil eye

Greek Muses: Urania

Sculpture of Episteme, symbolizing Science, at the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Anatolia. The third largest library in the ancient world, it was built in honor of a Roman Senator and completed between 114-117 AD. It had the capacity to hold 12,000 scrolls.