#spurinna

[divinationdrawings]

What if Caesar was saved by the prophecy of the Ides of March? What if he was never warned at all? Dive into the life of the ancient Roman diviner Spurinna the Haruspex as he attempts to navigate possible futures and complete the task the gods have bestowed upon him, whatever it takes. Intricately illustrated with hand-drawn depictions inspired by ancient artifacts, this historical fiction will have you on the edge of your seat and teach you a method of divination almost entirely lost to the ages. Scholarly sources included at the end. Reader discretion advised due to discussion of heavy themes related to ancient history. Thank you for considering supporting this small indie author/artist!

Amazon.com: The Haruspex Lament: Ides of March eBook : D'Marci, D.: Books

[humminberg]

Okay, but couldn’t Julius Caesar just take the knives out and walk away?? Like, why let yourself die like that? Take the knives out, damn.

[doobydoobydoowau]

imagine this: you're the baddest bitch in the Roman Republic. you have spent the past few decades fighting, fucking and planning to take control of the known world. you've killed millions of people. you became the fucking pontifex maximus and used some guy's idea to reinvent the calendar. you were the first roman to have a terrible vacation experience in the UK. you won a civil war. your best friend likes to commission naked statues of you and stand in front of them calling you a king at parties.

it's the 15th March 44 b.c.e and life is good. the people love you and you just became a dictator for life. you leave your mansion, ignoring your wife's pleas for you to stay (venus above that woman is in love with you) and shake off the soothsayer who keeps following you around and talking about your doom (spurinna is obsessed with you). you swagger into work, sit down, and are immediately stabbed by a bunch of your coworkers. you stagger around for a bit feeling sorry for yourself, before collapsing down dead at the statue of the guy that you had that civil war against. what a way to go.

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

please enjoy me feeding my game changer hyperfixation with some ides of march memes

[her-butchship-holly]

beware the ides of March

[calystarose]

So I was reading the wikipedia entry for the assassination of julius caesar on account of the holiday. and I fell down a rabbit hole about this person who warned Caesar about the Ides of March. Etruscan, apparently, and a haruspex is someone who reads entrails. The above quote is from Public Portents in Republican Rome.