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“[He was] said to be the first person in Roman history to pull his cloak open and expose his shoulder while speaking, which is both pointless and a bit sexy. “

“et tu, Brute?”

OKAY NOW IM SAD

I hate it when my oiled up, naked best friend forces me to wear a crown in front of a huge crowd

The Romans were insane. Insane.

"strange men in corridors distributing stab wounds was no basis for a system of government"

"almost as bad as YA reviews on Goodreads" lmao

Very fun casual writing style

Maybe if Julius Caesar did have diarrhea, he wouldn’t have gotten murdered

Tree law existed BEFORE murder law???

Roman gladiator spiculus I’m ur biggest fan

Clodius just wanted everyone to eat bread 😭

"In the modern West, only America has held on to the death penalty, and they have resisted pressure from the rest of the Western world to abolish it because they think, fundamentally, that some crimes are so bad that the perpetrators forfeit their right to life."

absolutely LIVING for this ancient tea

"Lampreys were a great Roman delicacy, considered to be delicious food for rich people. They are also a fucking horror movie come to life. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a sea lamprey but it might be worth stopping reading this to Google them right now so you can understand the true enormity of what is happening here." This book is hilarious

I, too, suffer from magically induced madness

so good, hilarious

RIP Tiberius, you would’ve loved the American Revolution

I’m currently reading 4 books with no shame.

This is really fun. Non-fic that reads like a novel

This is fun!

Absolutely loved it.

i wish the tone wasn’t so light? i can enjoy a less serious nonfiction, but when i’m not expecting the humor it can be a little grating. why are you bringing up soundcloud rappers. but despite this. still enjoying!

The info is good, but man I hate the 'witty and sarcastic' tone she's chosen. Makes it feel too mocking to give real weight to some of the stories she's sharing.

Roman politics were hilarious

🥰 Decius Brutus mentioned 🥰

forcing a woman to recreate the myth of pasiphae is actually so sick

"The Empire competed with each other to come up with the most entertaining way to kill people."

sick but ofc they did

198

final chap tomorrow 🫡

emma is a certified marcus aurelius hater