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Heliogabalus: Rome’s #1 Crossdressing Anarchist
The Roses of Heliogabalus, a painting by the Dutch artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. "He [Elagabalus] loaded his parasites with violets...
Sophie Yang
Jul 244 min read
A Shift in Perspective: Witches & Feminists
On the Walpurgis night of 1977, mobs of women stormed Rome in witch disguises, passing the night in rowdy drinking and dancing. Trailing...
Sophie Yang
Jul 185 min read
An Overview of Roman Witches
A painting depicting a stereotypical Roman witch: an old hag with supernatural abilities ***The following is a revised excerpt from a...
Sophie Yang
Jul 174 min read
Saja Boys & the Cult of Dionysus
The Saja Boys really took “let me be your idol” to a new level. Topping every single chart in the world, the fictional Kpop demon boy group from Kpop Demon Hunters did something that I never thought would be possible in a million years…dethrone BTS. Since Kpop had really only turned mainstream in the past decade, you’d expect these kinds of fanatic circles to be relatively modern, but the Ancient World totally pioneered the craze.
Sophie Yang
Jul 143 min read
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