Imperator Cat

Historian, Writer, Geek, Felinophile. Questioning everything.

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“𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟.”

~ Thucydides

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@BritisherPaz49 I still cannot believe people complain about Idris Elba... It's not even racist. Is dumb

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@fakehistoryhunt Me too. 800 bucks! But have no place as my last empty shelf is reserved for Rivendell

Gotta buy new flat

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@turarchaeonews any more news? Why now? It is like out of the blue

And this "evacuation" and removal of everything, and closure for visitors... it s quite worrying

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Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 BC marked the beginning of the end for the Macedonians.

The Macedon Kingdom survived, but was humiliated, stripped of all Greek possessions and with reduced army.

Macedonia would never again be in a position to challenge Rome's expansion.

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@GraceRandolph Shill!

Just kiddin ;)

Watching on Monday

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Have to share this

Gave me a good chuckle 🤭

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@harvv @CarterBroskoski 3.7?

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@Lucius330511 You are probably the only person who tried to chronicle the Empire's territorial changes every few decades

While there might be some issues, this is damn great work!

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@HistoriaJack Oh, no hype. That one is for certain. The movie simply has many yellow flags. But I am not in the hater crowd either. Not going to see it day one, but I ll definitely try to see it in first. Or second week

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While the plate armor is undoubtedly anachronistic, I think we can all agree that the Laestrygonians look impressive

A tribe of man-eating giants, who ate many of Odysseus' men and then destroyed nearly his entire fleet.

Still not fan of Nolan's approach. We'll see...

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Don't know. This poster (and it is official poster) does have that special something.

As for cheap, well, I will comment after seeing this in IMAX. Something tells me that we ll all be amazed.

But again, my issues with this movie are different. I would like to see more mythical approach to start with

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Exactly - I have many issues with this movies, starting from obvious

And grounded realism is not something I prefer. But yeah, this is Nolan. And with exception of Tenet, he always finds a way to make a memorable and unique movies. And Odyssey is a perfect for his multi-narrative style.

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@Posthorne01 Lucky you! Those church museums can be an issue. Had similar case at Mt Athos... strict rules

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I guess it's possible to make even bureaucracy beautiful. If you're the medieval Roman Empire, that is.

Replica of a chrysobull issued by emperor Andronikos II (ca. 1301 AD)

A chrysobull was an official, stylized document issued by the Byzantine imperial chancellery. The name means “gold seal,” referring to the imperial seal used to authenticate and tamperproof the document. They recognized privileges granted by the emperor to individuals or institutions (monasteries).

These documents were designed to look impressive, crafted to project imperial majesty while remaining difficult to forge.

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@Variety Cancelled Prime. F U Amazon

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@Jaumeprimer Yeah. But Octavian conquers Egypt in 30 BC

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From the conquest of Egypt in 30 BC to the fall of Carthage in 439 AD, for four centuries, all of the Mediterranean was under control of one single polity - The Roman Empire.

Roman warships policed the Mare Nostrum (Our Sea), while the trade ships plied the waters, carrying goods and people.

The first and the last time that the vast expanse stretching from coast Gibraltar to Syria, from port of Alexandria to Marseille, would be under control of one master.

🖼️@JCGolvin

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@romainrevert Srsly. It is in Hungary, and also there are projections in English

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@Zepp1978 And you were taking the cartoon seriously? 🙃

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@juliuscaeser420 Last time. Who else?

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@HelenaLahnstein me too!