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I never recognise Petr Čech with his glasses on. But without them, skullcap or not, I can pick him out of a crowd. Weird… maybe that Clark Kent disguise Superman uses might actually work…

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HBICs of history » M e s s a l i n a

Messalina  (c. 17/20 – 48 AD) was a Roman empress and the wife of emperor Claudius; she was also a cousin of Caligula and Nero. Messalina was very wealthy, an influential figure and a regular at Caligula’s court.  When Caligula was plotted against and murdered, Claudius became emperor and Messalina empress of the Roman Empire. The ancient Roman sources, particularly Tacitus and Suetonius, portray Messalina as extremely lustful, but also insulting, disgraceful, cruel, and avaricious; they claimed her negative qualities were a result of her inbreeding. The oft-repeated tale of Messalina’s all-night competition with a prostitute comes from Book X of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History. Pliny does not name the prostitute; however, the competition lasted for 24 hours and Messalina won with a score of 25 partners.

Roman sources claim that Messalina used sex to enforce her power and control politicians, that she had a brothel under an assumed name and that she sold her influence to Roman nobles or foreign notables. 

In 47 AD, Messalina fell in love with a handsome senator Gaius Silius - they became lovers and Messalina forced him to divorce his wife. They plotted the murder of Claudius after which Silius would be the new emperor. Their plans were discovered and Claudius ordered their execution in 48 AD. In Messalina’s final hours, she was in the Gardens of Lucullus with her mother Lepida. Lepida’s last words to her daughter were: ‘Your life is finished. All that remains is to make a decent end’.

plays-with-squirrels:

what to wear when…listening to “woman king.”

“my aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

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seriously recommend clicking on the link to Iron and Wine’s “Woman King”. Fantastic song to go with some of the fantastic (in every sense of the word) clothes chosen here

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elsantoiker:

Frank Lampard post match interview

allthingseurope:

Salzburg, Austria (by Robert Schüller)

carefreechronicles:

Chelsea boys in England camp.

Gary Cahill, your stupid face (pose, body language, everything)! What are you even like. Ash, it is very jarring to see you with a mohawk, I’m having trouble envisaging it from the front

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likeahammertothecrotch:

#this makes me think of like #The Hangover or some shit #like they just wake up in a forest #We fucked up.

#they lost clint #he’s supposed to be marrying natasha in the morning #but they fucking lost him

#at one point steve remembers he got married to a stripper #and screams #I MARRIED A HOOKER #and thor looks absolutely offended and yells #HOW DARE YOU SHE’S A NICE LADY

#spoilers: the stripper is loki

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I just love everything about this photo :)

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watcher-of-the-skies:

red autumn by ~MadMike27

iasuperfan:

mad nando :P

3rd kiss you

4th, 5th like penguin

adorable

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