#caesar being assassinated before his campaign in parthia meaning he never reached the land of the dead? caesar’s spirit Real? ghost? ghost?
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actually yeah thinking about crassus’ ghost in lucan 1.11 umbraque erraret Crassus inulta (and while crassus was wandering as an unavenged shade) like that is only four words. And Yet
#you can’t use the word erro and not make me think about dido#ESPECIALLY if it’s next to the word inulta#ESPECIALLY if it’s next to the word umbra also#but what the fuck does doing that Mean???????????? parthia as a land of the dead???#caesar being assassinated before his campaign in parthia meaning he never reached the land of the dead? caesar’s spirit Real? ghost? ghost?#idk!!!!!!!!!!!! can you burn a luigi board#but then also how much is the ghost of crassus proleptically the ghost of pompey?#stat magni nominis umbra? hashtag horace smith The Only Shadow That The Desert Knows#decapitation buddies pompey and crassus#anyway. i just really like this line. OH WAUT that’s what’s going on. CORNELIA METELLA MY BELOVED#she is so extremely haunted and i love her#marcus licinius crassus#pharsalia#beeps
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