#antony enjoyers this is for you. i spent a lot of time inking his hair

[sforzesco]

So they came to an agreement on the terms that had been voted, but those on the Capitol would not come down till they had secured the son of Lepidus and the son of Antony as hostages; then Brutus descended to Lepidus, to whom he was related, and Cassius to Antony, under promise of safety. And while they were dining together they naturally, at such a juncture, discussed a variety of topics and Antony asked Cassius: "Have you perchance a dagger under your arm even now?" To which he answered: "Yes, and a big one, if you too should desire to make yourself tyrant."

Cassius Dio 44.34

antony: is that a dagger or are you just happy to see me

cassius: why don't you fuck around and find out

OKAY more serious commentary: cassius and lentulus spinther had a coin with the image of libertas on one side minted in ~42 BCE! so the figure behind cassius in the last page is libertas. she has the pileus in one hand, but instead of a rod, she's holding a dagger.

there's a pomegranate in one of the table panels! I feel like antony would enjoy them. they feel kind of flirty, kind of threatening, a great way to send some kind of subtextual message to someone you low key have a narrative foils dynamic with