#people is the same – @zenosanalytic on Tumblr

This comparison has been living in my brain for months:

A humorous Roman tombstone from the 1st-2nd century CE:

Translated, the text reads:

Calidius Eroticus made this for himself and Fannia Voluptas while still alive. – Innkeeper! Let’s work out the bill! – You’ve had a sextarius of wine, and bread for one as. Stew, two asses. – Okay. – The girl, eight asses. – That’s okay too. – Hay for the mule, two asses. – The damn mule will bankrupt me!

And a tweet from 2013

sigaloenta

Latin transcript courtesy of Nunc Est Bibendum:

copo, computemus. habes vini Ɔ I, pane[m] | a(sse) I, pulmentar(ium) a(ssibus) II. convenit. puell(am), | a(ssibus) VIII. et hoc convenit. faenum | mulo, (assibus) II. iste mulus me ad factum | dabit.

And of course, have to note that "Calidius Eroticus" ~ "Mr. Steamy and Sexy" and Fannia Voluptas ~ "Ms Sparkling Good Time" [punning on the similarity of Fannia and Φανίον (an attested sex-worker name, > diminutive of φανός, "bright")].

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lesbianshepard

This comparison has been living in my brain for months:

A humorous Roman tombstone from the 1st-2nd century CE:

Translated, the text reads:

Calidius Eroticus made this for himself and Fannia Voluptas while still alive. – Innkeeper! Let’s work out the bill! – You’ve had a sextarius of wine, and bread for one as. Stew, two asses. – Okay. – The girl, eight asses. – That’s okay too. – Hay for the mule, two asses. – The damn mule will bankrupt me!

And a tweet from 2013

#lesbianshepard #Classical Studies #wint #Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas #My Family is Dying Meme #People is the Same #Rome #Contemporary #Comedy #Gr8 Art #appreciative reblogs

zenosanalytic reblogged

clonerightsagenda

tboybot

y’all need to go see the titanic jokes they were making back THEN.

it’s the precursor to “they’re writing fanfics” oh my god

#yesterdaysprint #Twitter #The Titanic #this whole thread is hilarious people were dunking on those ppl So Hard #History #People is the Same #informative reblogs

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conflictingheart

#every time I see this picture I am briefly overwhelmed#this piece of art outlived its context and milieu#but. but. in reality there is no such thing#because art is made anew with every glance. it comes to life. awakens laughing#and time compresses. softens. the past is not so much a mystery if we remember we weren’t the first to dance.#this is what art is for#this is what it can do#it doesn’t only speak to us of our own humanity#it reminds us that humanity is shared. this girl isn’t dancing in a mirror. she is dancing with a friend.#paintings don’t simply show us the world. they help teach us how to live in it. (via @robotmango)

#robotmango #Painting #Dance #Gr8 Art #People is The Same #Philosophy #appreciative reblogs