#like saguntum in the punica is already troy and now hannibsl is saying it’s actually carthage (= hannibal is doing civil war! obsessed!)
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Silius Italicus, Punica 2.296-303 trans. J.D. Duff
#ignoring the weirdness of Hanno Full On Prophesying In The Carthaginian Senate. this slaps actually#when the urbs antiqua ruit!!!!!!!!!!!!#like saguntum in the punica is already troy and now hannibsl is saying it’s actually carthage (= hannibal is doing civil war! obsessed!)#BUT in latin epic civil war is always about rome :/ and also every city is already rome but especially troy (= saguntum) and carthage…………#idk where i’m going with this other than like. blorbopolis <3#when the hashtag architecture of anachronism hits#oh also. this is SUCH a silmarillion mood. silmius italicus real#punica#hannibabe#beeps
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