#the. warlord economy. that great chain of commerce. chasing everyone in here with a wrench

[brother-emperors]

Sa Bung-aw sa mga Kasal-anan is the title of a book by Vicente Rama, but I’ve stolen it for a closing wham line because Trebonius makes his second entrance onto the political stage on behalf of Crassus-Caesar&Pompey, and it’s one of those events where you kind of expected it to happen at some point (because the continuous spirals civil war and violence keep escalating), but the actual moment itself is still recognizable and horrifying. ah, the trajectory. ah, the death knell, or whatever. it deserves a punchy line. there's no coming back from this.

but before the death knell: proper introductions have to be made.

also one of the themes in Sa Bung-aw sa mga Kasal-anan is marital infidelity, Caesar discarding Trebonius and Trebonius conspiring to kill him is thematically adjacent to those kinds of infidelities and transgressions. sort of. a little bit. honestly, I can make it work.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / tip jar!