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Imperator Cat

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Imperator Cat

@CatImperator

Historian, Writer, Geek, Felinophile. Questioning everything.

Joined November 2021

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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Sep 8, 2022
“𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟.” ~ Thucydides
Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Oct 14, 2025
He will never be forgotten
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Oct 19, 2024
Defeated but not forgotten.
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Aug 10, 2024
This is how hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked before their colors faded Like the other ancient civilizations, Egyptians loved their colors After thorough research, recreated using a polychromatic light display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Apr 5, 2024
As a huge #Tolkien fan, I am amazed at how many artists brought his Middle Earth to life. Alan Lee, Ted Nasmith, Marc Simonetti, and even the Queen of Denmark! But my favourite is Denis Gordeev, a Russian who made Tolkien's characters and world truly medieval (and real).
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
May 28, 2025
Replying to @CatWorkers
Still there, sweet boi
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Jul 8, 2024
So you want to be a Roman legionary? A highly disciplined, trained, and organized member of the famed Roman legion. One of the most renowned ancient militaries. It is an arduous path, carrying many dangers, but also great benefits. So let's enroll, shall we? A thread🧵
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Sep 27, 2025
Brief moment in the Earthsea movie where we get Ghibli Justinian Empire Imagine if this was an entire movie.
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Feb 20, 2024
“Thalatta! Thalatta!” — “The sea. The sea!” A surreal moment when The Ten Thousand - Greek mercenaries - reached the Black Sea coast after their long voyage to the heart of the Persian Empire and back The extraordinary Odyssey is recorded in Xenophon's "Anabasis" The thread 🧵
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Apr 27, 2025
For those eagle-eyed observers. In accords of the Canon 3 of the Second Ecumenical Council of 381 AD, the Archbishop of Constantinople is second only to the Bishop of Rome Thus, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was given a special position, sitting in front of all the Cardinals
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Oct 25, 2023
“We did not know where we were, on heaven or on earth.” Russian Ambassadors (987), in a report to Prince Vladimir of Kiev. One of the most fascinating tales of the early Middle Ages, which changed the course of #history - a thread🧵
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Jul 6, 2025
This sort of a billboard would be impossible few months ago. It is fascinating how history can be of use when you least expect it. For the reference, the image refers to a monumental Naqsh-e Rostam rock relief of Roman emperor Valerian kneeling before Sassanian shah Shapur.
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Jul 11, 2024
He was the Roman emperor who killed his brother. He spent more time in a military camp than in the capital. And he died en route to Persia, where he planned to gain glory for Rome and himself. He was Caracalla. But not one from #Gladiator2. He was a soldier-emperor. A thread🧵
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Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Sep 3, 2025
I still cannot believe how an Iranian show does the Romans better than Hollywood. I mean just look at those soldiers! I mean, I am not surprised...as historical accuracy and Holywood are two opposite worlds, but still...
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