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Visuals of the Ancients posts on X about money, cairo, fiat, roman the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social topic influence money, cairo #317, fiat #776, roman #694, egypt, inflation #1599, rome #1473, imo, currency, the coin
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"@africanae9732 What a great thread my friend. Nice Sunday morning reading. Imo one of the most spectacular rhetoric stunts was Cato the Elder dramatically pulling a handful of Carthaginian grown fresh figs from his toga while addressing the Senate"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-05T18:00Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"Before fiat money the value of paper currency was backed by the government's guarantee that you could exchange that piece of paper for gold or silver. In the case of coins the nominal value of the coin was backed by what the coin was made of whether gold or silver"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-14T19:01Z 3368 followers, XX engagements
"11/11 Although mistakenly identified with Emperor Galba in the 19th century the identity of this bust remains unknown. Today Cato the Elder's real-life embodiment of the Roman mos maiorum associates him with the 'Old Man of Otricoli.' 📸 by me. Art Institute of Chicago"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"Next to Dionysos are four young males representing the four seasons two on each side. From left to right: Winter Spring Summer and Fall. Although the seasons are usually portrayed as female characters this time the choice was different"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-15T18:07Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"A triumphant Dionysos sits on a panther as the centerpiece of this magnificent Roman marble sarcophagus sculpted somewhere between AD 260270. 📸 by me. On display at the MET. Let's see this magnificent piece in five photos"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-15T18:07Z 3374 followers, 3306 engagements
"1/11 In his 'Natural History' Pliny the Elder tells us: "So much nearer did Cato bring Carthage to us by means of a single fruit" How so Today let's see in a 🧵of ten 📸 this bust we all assume is the image of Marcus Porcius Cato better known as Cato the Elder"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, 5135 engagements
"📸 by me at the MET. Thebes painted sandstone c. 14271401 BC (Amenhotep II). More about Egypt In Episode XX Mansa Musa's kindness not helpful I go to 1324 to talk about inflation in Cairo. Below is the link to The Cobra Effect Podcast site:"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"These are battle scenes where "Asiatic" soldiers are defeated by the mighty Egyptian Pharaoh. Who were these bearded men Let's see some close-up 📸 and some history below"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3374 followers, 7772 engagements
"By the way Megiddo is mentioned multiple times in the Old Testament and the word Armageddon may be etymologically related to the site. Thutmose III was succeeded by his son Amenhotep II (c. 14271401 BC)"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"In the small bas-relief these Levantine soldiers are clinging to one another while in the larger one they are being trampled under the pharaoh's chariot. *See the upper right corner well that's the horse"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3366 followers, XXX engagements
"7/11 as the senators admired its size and beauty said that the country where it grew was only three days' sail from Rome. And in one thing he was even more savage namely in adding to his vote on any question whatsoever these words: "In my opinion Carthago delenda est.""
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"@Shabbosgoy @rcchamberlain1 I saw two of these at the MET last year amazing pieces"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-14T21:35Z 3365 followers, X engagements
"On display at the MET the description reads that it dates to the Early 18th Dynasty (c. 1479 - 1400 BC) and probably to the reign of Amenhotep II. A century before this bas-relief was carved the Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt from the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3369 followers, XXX engagements
"Episode XX Mansa Musa's kindness not helpful narrates two historical events: Mansa Musa's Hajj in 1324 and the California Gold Rush in 1848. However it's necessary to go over some basic principles of inflation purchasing power fiat money and gold as commodity money"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-14T19:01Z 3375 followers, XXX engagements
"10/11 The deep wrinkles and furrowed brow express the gravitas and traditional virtus of this male patrician. Late Republican statues favored a hyperrealistic style known to us as Verism. This somber and austere style reveals a character tempered by the hardships of life"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"Amenhotep II also campaigned in the Levant to suppress rebellions of vassal kingdoms instigated by another superpower of the moment the Mitanni. It is during this moment that the MET asserts these bas-reliefs were carved"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-13T18:50Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"8/11 Cato the Elder little by little like the waves that transform hard rock into sand sealed the fate of Carthage and Rome in their last and sine missione Third Punic War. As the above diagram shows its head is intact except for the loss of its nose"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"2/11 It is Plutarch in his 'Parallel Lives' who gives us a more detailed account of Cato's rhetorical stunt. A masterpiece of persuasive oratory that only a brilliant mind could come up with: "Cato was sent on an embassy to the Carthaginians and Masinissa the Numidian"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-06T18:52Z 3368 followers, XXX engagements
"🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 A new episode of The Cobra Effect Podcast is out: Episode XX Mansa Musa's kindness not helpful In 1324 the wealthiest man in history disrupted the economy of Cairo. What parallels can be seen in the California Gold Rush of 1848 👇"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-09T15:49Z 3372 followers, 2067 engagements
"This was the case when gold was found in California in 1848 and when Mansa Musa visited Cairo in 1324. Economist Michael D. Bordo says and I quote "the California gold discovery in 1848 is an example of a monetary shock. The newly produced gold increased the US money supply which then raised domestic expenditures nominal income and ultimately the price level.""
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-14T19:01Z 3368 followers, XX engagements