Klingan Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I believe it was Mussolini who started the tradition of placing flowers (or wreaths) at the temple on the Ides. It's not that I do not trust you, but do you have a source on that? I would love to have something to fall back on next time I get this question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I believe it was Mussolini who started the tradition of placing flowers (or wreaths) at the temple on the Ides. It's not that I do not trust you, but do you have a source on that? I would love to have something to fall back on next time I get this question. Unfortunately no, just remember reading it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaiaCaesari524 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I believe it was Mussolini who started the tradition of placing flowers (or wreaths) at the temple on the Ides. By the by, what ever happened to the tomb of Alexander the Great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 (edited) By the by, what ever happened to the tomb of Alexander the Great? Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam. Edited January 1, 2010 by sylla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 I believe it was Mussolini who started the tradition of placing flowers (or wreaths) at the temple on the Ides. Possibly yes. His agenda was 'promoting' a return of Roman or Italian 'greatness'. So he, as do most layman identified Caesar as the personification of Rome, or Romanitas. So neo-fascists placing flowers is probably more of a reverence of Mussolini than of Caesar. Do the presence of Fasci on the Lincoln memorial denote his fascist principles? I don't think so. Caesar's pyre is just an example of something symbolic being hijacked for someone's agenda. The rebel flag has been hijacked by both sides to promote an agenda also, but the american civil war was not a war about race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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