#stab caesar day

[b-yg0ld]

[alannacouture]

Necessary disclaimer: This is clearly a joke. I would never encourage anyone to commit an act of violence, especially against elected officials. What type of monster just tells people to go and attack politicians, perhaps even promising he would join them in this act of terror and treason? What a ridiculous hypothetical.

[casualcryptid69]

Guys don’t forget to leave a plate of milk and knives out for Brutus tonight, he has a big day tomorrow.

[gen-is-gone]

[the-rodgulhaj]

fun shark fact(s)

2069 years ago today, Julius Caesar was assassinated in a coup planned by i think like 120 people (but i forget the exact number)

there was a senate meeting planned for today but because how much the senate vehemently hated Caesar they planned to assassinate him instead

about 60 people actually took part in the coup and only 23 actually stabbed him, only one of the stab wounds was thought to be actually fatal (cause it hit an artery)

they found out that last part because he was one of the first autopsies performed in Rome! before that autopsies were like illegal because they were considered highly disrespectful to the body

his last words were almost definitely not “et tu Brute” (and you, Brutus?), that was coined by Shakespeare but fits well because his apprentice/adopted son Brutus was one of the people to stab him

and other take on his last words (my favorite) is “καὶ σύ, τέκνον” (and you, my child) this was coined by this guy Suetonius who lived around Caesar’s time and would have made a lot of sense for Caesar as the dramatic little bastard he was

so καὶ σύ, τέκνον isn’t Latin like Caesar would have spoken on the daily, it’s Greek which was considered to be the language of drama used in tragedies and dramas of that age, this one is also directed at Brutus

the third take (that is words) on what Caesar said when being stabbed is “ista quidem vis est” (why is this violence) and is kinda boring because “hey dude why are you stabbing me? not chill” are dumb last words imo

the fourth and most likely take on Caesars last words is “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” because that’s generally how people react to being stabbed i think

the Ides of March is my favorite holiday and im so normal about ancient rome

[rosie-the-orca-shipper]

Reblog this to stab Julius Ceaser with your f/o at the senate meeting

[wistfulcynic]

🎶 it’s the most won-der-ful tiime of the year 🎶

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[palmtreepalmtree]

It's been more than a decade and I'm still not tired of the Ides of March on tumblr.com.