A classic piece of historical irony — the American revolutionaries fought for “independence” while keeping human beings in chains. The image shows 18th-century colonial soldiers...
Classic Tumblr thread taking the “Victorian era” label and applying it everywhere else to show how Eurocentric our historical framing is. The thread starts by...
Classic Tumblr thread taking the “Victorian era” label and applying it everywhere else to show how Eurocentric our historical framing is. The thread starts by...
Gorgocutie says: Crime documentary format meets Roman history, and it fits way too well. Caligula started his reign in 37 AD as a popular, reform-minded...
Gorgocutie says: My guy Perseus is out here nailing "Have You Seen Me?" posters for Medusa while casually strolling past a whole courtyard of stone...
Gorgocutie says: My guy really showed up to the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 expecting to pull and got hit with the reality check of...
Gorgocutie says: Someone at a Troy screening really groaned "Oh, he gets hit in his ACHILLES heel? COME ON" as if the Iliad wasn’t the...
The duality of Vlad III, Voivode of Wallachia. Left side: the man himself. Ambras Castle portrait, 16th century. Pearled princely cap, scepter in hand, mustache...
The heaviest line in Kingdom of Heaven, and it hits every time. Top panel: Balian’s squire staring down a Crusader army, seeing only the arrow...
Behold, the Gadfly of Athens in his natural habitat. While Xanthippe and the kids are out here offering burgers and stability, Socrates is locked in...
The most meta thing you’ll see today. Five ancient Greek philosophers gathered in a sunlit academy garden, draped in himations, deep in contemplation — and...
The classic burnout anthem meets its mythological punchline. "I’ll sleep when I’m dead" — a phrase every overworked person has said at least once. But...
