caecilius was here

(she/her) my random thoughts, typically about ancient stuff 🏺

[mcaelius]

guy who refers to the rest of senate as 'chat' when orating

[lordansketil]

Shame on this server and its principles! The chat is aware of the drama; the moderator sees it; and yet this problematic catboy is suffered to remain! Remain! Aye, he has not been kicked from the chat, he's sitting there posting reaction gifs!

[caeciliuswashere]

silence! my name is paul *little kiss on the forehead*’dib atreides, dook of arrakis!

[caeciliuswashere]

ah yes, the indiana 500, my favorite grand pricks

[kurj]

doodle doodle (minoan mood)

[caeciliuswashere]

minoan girlfriends!!

[hortensius]

The senators are gossipingggg (ft. Marcus Tullius Cicero & Marcus Caelius Rufus)

Background credit: 1st cent. BC fresco from the House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Picture taken by me.

[caeciliuswashere]

this pic is real, i was there

[caeciliuswashere]

being in classics is great, because i get to look academics in the eye and go ‘Homer? i hardly know her!’, or dare i even say ‘caesar? i hardly know her’ etc.

[caeciliuswashere]

love when I’m about to honk mimimimimmimi and have an absolute eureka moment of a tumblr post amd think ‘wow that’s so good, i defo won’t forget that in the morning. well, i forget.

[caeciliuswashere]

in the iliad. straight up “singing it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. My menis

[caeciliuswashere]

@neil-gaiman what’s the significance of the Drippy plushie in episode 3 at 40 mins 15?

[classics-cassandra]

Me before the party: don’t worry i promise I won’t upset everyone by reciting the alphabet backwards

Me after one drink: z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c b a

[caeciliuswashere]

it was mesmerising to behold

[caeciliuswashere]

agamemnon my beloathed

[caeciliuswashere]

things i’m going to do when my friend finally returns my copy of TSOA:

• thank her

• ask her if she enjoyed it

• be omnipotent

• put it back on my shelf

[classics-cassandra]

The people who write commentaries on classical texts are all like:

Guy who has only ever read the iliad and odyssey: getting a lot of iliad/odyssey vibes from this

[caeciliuswashere]

any ancient author: *uses a simile*

commentary: hmmm it’s giving Homer 💅

[caeciliuswashere]

no thoughts, just this little chap

[caeciliuswashere]

new aesthetic: medieval hedgehogs carrying fruit on their spines

[caeciliuswashere]

senators: *pull out knives*

Caesar: what are you going to do to me???!!

senators: *play Never Gonna Give you up by Rick Astley*

Caesar, through tears: oh dear god

[caeciliuswashere]

gorgeous gorgeous girls love sir gawain

gorgeous gorgeous girls refuse to believe he’s dead