"It was a traditional humiliation, going back centuries, that peoples conquered by Rome should see themselves paraded in the names and titles of their conquerors, 'Africanus', 'Asiaticus', 'Germanicus', and so on.
There was even a dark joke that, after he had killed his brother Geta, the emperor Caracalla should be called 'Geticus'."
From Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome, pg. 314
enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to
english people know what stonehenge was for. they just wont tell us so that we have to come to their wet little country
Every post is trying to be The Next Big Post but with your help this can be the The Last
i'm literally the priest's favorite sacrificial lamb because i am so docile and sweet and i hold very still when they put the rope around my neck and i trot along so happily while they lead me to the altar and they do not even have to tie me down because i lie so very still and only bleat once or twice in my lovely lamb voice and when the knife comes down it cuts through me like butter and i offer no resistance and i bleed so prettily all over my new white wool and my guts all unspool like the most beautiful shining yarn and my eyes are animal and dumb and hold no accusation and every time i die i come right back as another little lamb because the priest loves me so so much and he always chooses me for the sacrifice every time and he always places one hand on my small and twitching nose to calm me while he lifts the knife and he doesn't do it for the other lambs only me because i'm his favorite
I want you to remember:
The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.
hey guys, I'll be off for a week or two as I'll be posting on my ides of march blog @marcus-junius-brutus15 .