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ricardienne) wrote2012-10-03 11:27 am
ricardienne) wrote2012-10-03 11:27 am
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so much Tacitus love
1. "with merely adumbrated cheer" (Annals 4.31.2) is my new favorite phrase.
2. Things like this: "For senator Catus Firmius the same penalty [sc. exile], as having attached his sister on false charges of treason." (4.31.4)
His sister? Granted Firmius Catus is an exhibit-A slimeball in all respects, but there's a story here, and I wish we got more than a tiny adumbration of it.
2. Things like this: "For senator Catus Firmius the same penalty [sc. exile], as having attached his sister on false charges of treason." (4.31.4)
His sister? Granted Firmius Catus is an exhibit-A slimeball in all respects, but there's a story here, and I wish we got more than a tiny adumbration of it.
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