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“Livia Drusilla Was NOT Evil! Hear Me Out.”

Agreed. Seems like the 2 main types of portrayals for powerful women in Antiquity were either the manipulative seductress (Cleopatra, Messalina) or the evil & ambitious murder lady (Livia, Agrippina the Elder)

There DO seem to be only TWO portrayals of women in Ancient History and it makes me sad. But there IS something interesting that I want to write more about and I think I have written about on here somewhere. But to reiterate, there IS a 3rd but rarely used portrayal that is more... ‘damsel in distressed’? This one is used when the historical authors are writing about Titus’ Daughter, Julia Flavia. They seem to not hate her and paint her more like a victim of the situation. Which may seem wrong, but I DO think that it was a more honest portrayal of a woman in her situation. Flavia’s Uncle, Domitian took her for his own and (either before or after, I can’t remember) killed her husband. But it is also interesting to know that Flavia convinced Domitian at one point to not kill his OWN wife, Domitia Longina because she tried to assassinate him. (You go, woman!) Flavia according to Cassius Dio, if I remember right, managed to keep Longina from being executed. 

So, in a way, Flavia held some power, but she didn’t ‘use’ it like the others and was in a horrible situation. That’s most likely why the ancient historians don’t hate her, which is SAD. Because Agrippina was in horrible situations and yet the historians then and today still hate her. 

I feel like I went on a rant here, but I think that modern historians need to step up their game. Yes, I will say that Livia and Agrippina and many other women did things that weren’t acceptable then AND today, but also, their husbands did things just as bad, if not worse. So, modern historians, treat both genders equal in your like or dislike. 

Please.

Thank you! There are a few words and phrases corresponding to “to remember” in Sumerian:

The most common is pad, which basically means “to find” and also “to reveal, choose, appoint, seek, remember, declare, swear an oath” — as you learn Sumerian you’ll see this verb a lot.

Similarly, the verb sig (sometimes transliterated si) has a huge variety of meanings, including “to apply, place, set, put, cast, engrave, remember, be aware of, provide, sweep along, match,” and my favorite, “to demarcate a field sector”.

There is a verb phrase na deg which means “to make clear, clarify, give advice or instructions, remind/remember, separate, clear away or cut out, cut up firewood”. In this case, “remember” means something more like “cause another to remember, remind”.

Finally, the verb phrase me ngar basically means “to make silent”, but can, by extension, mean “to pay attention, be conscious (of), remember”.

Well done!! Take a wee rest there & treat yourself :)

Thanks for the time & effort you put into that post! Great read !

@musebliss Hi! Thanks so much for trying to send me something. I totally forgot to open my submission box! It’s open now if you wanna send me that picture you were thinking of sending. And yes, I think I did one of Claudius that showed him totally ripped. It’s kinda buried, but I can find it. Also, I don’t mind doing a new one. 

So, now my submission box is open and I’m ready to meme!

Thanks,