#mark antony

more tomodachi life junk because what else am I meant to post

Marble statue of a Roman matron, 1st century BC.

She was born in 104 BC. (possibly) into the illustrious Julii clan. She was the daughter of Lucius Julius Caesar (Consul in 90 BC) and Fulvia. She was sister to Lucius Julius Caesar (Consul in 64 BC). She was a third-cousin of the famous Gaius Julius Caesar.

​She married Marcus Antonius (Creticus), and they had three sons and a daughter: the famous Marcus Antony, Gaius Antonius, and Lucius Antonius and Antonia.

Her husband died when their sons were still young, leaving Julia to navigate the complexities of Roman society as a high-status widow. However, she soon married Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura and the family moved into her new husband's home.

She tried to protect the interests of her family by appealing to people of the municipalities on behalf of Antony to stop the senate from declaring him a public enemy.

During the Triumvirate, when proscriptions were sweeping Rome, she personally ensured the safety of her brother, Lucius Julius Caesar, shielding him from her son’s hit lists. By managing her own house and keeping these high-status allies alive, she prevented Antony from alienating the entirety of the traditional Roman aristocracy.

After the fall of Perusia, when the situation in Italy became untenable, she fled to Sicily to seek refuge with Sextus Pompeius. By doing this, she essentially forced a connection between herself and the naval power of the time, eventually ensuring her safe passage back to her son, Mark Antony. It was a move of pure survival, moving her from a potential hostage of Octavian to a free agent who could reunite with her son’s forces.

Sue Me - ok anthem of the empire because those people were litigious, but I’m gonna go with Mark Antony because being a saint is exhausting (aka screw the republic go for the crown), he just wants to be wanted (as emperor), and the Second Triumvirate is basically a ménage-a-trois.

Bowling Alley - Tiberius. “I don’t think anyone cares if I go or not,” is his irrelevant childhood in Marcellus’ shadow. His Emperor career started off strong with rumors his mom poisoned every heir (including Marcellus) in his way. For a big nerdy loner it’s giving, “It's a choice, or am I cursed? It's a toss-up” not to mention “I take the trophy and I Irish goodbye” is giving him ditching Rome for his introvert island.

Thirst Trap - Caligula. Literally the opening lines “So I’m crazy? That’s usually not my thing bitch I’m crazy. Suspicious and insane, can you blame me?” He was paranoid, but not paranoid enough to avoid the assassination plot was he?? “I’m taking thirst traps in the mirror in my room, I think I look bad so I take a hundred.” I think a lot of Caligula’s evilness comes from a place of insecurity. And the fact that everyone called him by his childhood nickname. “But now I listen to my playlists and pretend I’m you,” is him pretending to be Caesar because who doesn’t?

Cleopatra Sails Ashore To Meet Antony, circa 1900

First official meeting of Antony and Cleopatra, shown in a painting by Gustave Wertheim. Antony and his men wait on shore as the royal Cleopatra arrives with her attendants on a boat. Water nymphs frolic, blessing their meeting.