The Sentinel

Ut est rerum omnium magister usus, hominum adhibita sollertia

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

“And what is that I hear? That note of urgency, of indignation, of spiritual hunger. Yes, it's Beethoven. It's the sound of European man once more reaching for something beyond his grasp.”

Kenneth Clark

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@ffayetan @histdireito Poderia perfeitamente ser “multifacetado”, ainda que eu considere bastante literal. Mas “complicado”, no contexto da Odisséia, é um equívoco tolo. Isso fica claro à medida que se avança na história.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@histdireito Graças a Deus temos boas traduções. Esses militantes ainda vão fazer gato e sapato dessas obras.

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@Part27393 @48thandColley @RealEmirHan I know you were kidding.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

She walked into the arena knowing she would not walk out. Vibia Perpetua was just a young noblewoman in Roman Carthage—educated, privileged, and newly a mother—when she made a choice that would cost her everything. Around 203 CE, under the rule of Septimius Severus, converting to Christianity was seen not just as rebellion, but as a threat to the state itself. Perpetua was arrested alongside a small group of believers, including her pregnant servant, Felicity.

What followed is one of the most intimate—and unsettling—records to survive from the ancient world. While imprisoned, Perpetua kept a diary. Not a legend written centuries later. Not a story shaped by others. Her own words. She described the darkness of the cell, the fear, the pressure—and the visits from her father, who begged her to renounce her faith. He pleaded as a parent, as a citizen, as a man desperate to save his daughter. He even brought her infant son to her, hoping it would break her resolve.

It didn’t.

Perpetua refused—not coldly, but with a clarity that feels almost impossible to understand. She believed she could not deny what she had become. And in a world where women were expected to obey, yield, and survive quietly, that refusal was its own kind of rebellion.

The story grows even more striking. Felicity, heavily pregnant in prison, feared she would be spared execution—Roman law forbade the killing of pregnant women. According to the account, she prayed to give birth early so she could die alongside the others. She did. Days before the execution.

When the day came, the women were sent into the arena. The crowd expected fear, spectacle, submission. Instead, witnesses described something else entirely. Calm. Even defiance. Perpetua is said to have guided the trembling hand of the young gladiator sent to kill her—steadying him when he hesitated.

It’s a moment that has echoed for centuries—not because of violence, but because of control. In the final seconds of her life, she refused to be reduced to a victim.

Her diary, preserved in what became known as The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, is one of the earliest surviving texts written by a Christian woman. But beyond its religious significance, it reveals something raw and human: fear, love, conviction, and a will that would not bend—even under unimaginable pressure.

© Women In World History

#archaeohistories

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@percy_gryce @Oberon48 @DurhamWASP I like him a lot.

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@abruriadante @sugamosto1 César também.

[Carlo Martin @Liberfach0]

A unos metros del estadio de Jalisco donde se jugará el Mundial, un grupo de madres buscadoras encontró cientos de bolsas con cadáveres desaparecidos por los cárteles. El gobierno intenta ocultarlo, pero el mundo debe saber lo que está pasando en México.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@Majora__Z @SandyofCthulhu @MitraHispana The film was fantastic. The inconsistencies were minor and totally expected for an artistic adaptation.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@xavisarts @sciencegirl This video is way too bright, it’s making my eyes water.

[Kirk_Loco @Polito_loco]

In 63 seconds, Ireland's new President, and her first ST. Patrick's Day message she sends out a message to humiliate Ireland with woke nonense.

In 63 seconds

She calls SAINT Patrick, Patrick four times.
In turn ignoring Ireland's Catholic historical traditions.
Refuses to wear green, opting for black instead like a funeral.
And espouses a historically innacurate version of events comparing St Patrick to a migrant (he was a slave!) to create a modern day socialist propaganda speech.

Disgraceful.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@mmg_melissa @archeohistories Some extraordinary events happened a few months ago that were forcefully silenced, so I can't say much here. In Dur-Sharrukin, people can no longer sleep. Horrendous noises, haunting moans that don't seem human. We're prevented from leaving this nightmare. Stop the digging!

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@sugamosto1 @BlueSwlabr Ele era perfeito em sua imperfeição. Eu confesso que o admiro porque tenho os mesmos defeitos dele.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Tomaz Vianna @ViannaTomaz]

@ZanfaVive Numa audiência, a juíza - só ela mulher - ficou p da vida e chamou uma servidora para fechar as persianas.
Eu, meu cliente, outro advogado e seu cliente e o escrivão estávamos prestando atenção no guindaste lá fora e não no que ela falava.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@Fracasso_On @sacha_faria Em Campinas, melhor filé a parmegiana que já comi no Brasil, no Bar do Alemão, é com arroz.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@sacha_faria @Fracasso_On Em Campinas, melhor filé a parmegiana, no Bar do Alemão, é com arroz.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@LordAss @EdsonAran @danielamercury Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha!

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@sugamosto1 De cabeça.

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@neotosetto E recitar Horácio em latim, mas com sotaque baiano?

[The Sentinel @Drakulacus]

@archi_tradition I love big cities.