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In the meantime I discovered that yesterday, in Rome, this happened
i really wonder what Julius Caesar would think of a bunch of neurodivergent rats huddled in a circle chanting ides of march ides of march ides of march and then cheering loudly on the 2067th anniversary of his assassination?
like would he cry?
losing it over these tags
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For all the Ides of March posting going around, I'm surprised I haven't seen any posts on the commemorative assassination coin minted in the Roman Empire following the assassination of Julius Caesar.
It has a picture of Brutus on the front and the back of the coin says "EID MAR", standing for Edibus Martiis, which means on the ides of March.
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Just started reading The City War by Sam Starbuck and I like how from the very first page I can tell Marcus Brutus is into men.
Just finished it, and it was very well-written and enjoyable! Well, enjoyable in a tragic way, as might be expected when the plot revolves around killing Caesar.
Do note there’s a lot of sex scenes, it’s not intended to be strictly historically accurate, and unlike most romances there is a bittersweet ending. Still a very good read for fans of Brutus, Cassius and gay romance.
Favorite bits:
- Good trans representation! Yes! Steven Saylor made a fair go but Starbuck’s Tiresias really resonated with me. Plus, the trans guy gets a happy ending and zero misgendering once the POV character actually understands what’s going on.
- Cassius is pining so much oh my gods. Even though he and Brutus are already together, somehow Brutus still manages to be oblivious to how much Cassius cares for him.
- The tension as Cassius is trying to figure out how to tell Brutus “We should kill Caesar” is excellently paced and suspenseful. Starbuck has great pacing in general but this especially stood out.
- No dead gays. Yes, Brutus and Cassius will eventually die at Philippi, but this narrative ends long before that, while they and the republican cause are still alive. Good choice, in my opinion.
- At one point it looks like pederasty is in store; this was common in ancient Rome, unfortunately. The description of it may be triggering for some readers. But Starbuck subverts it in a very creative way, and all relationships are between adults.
I’m definitely going to buy that book soon. It sounds really cool. Anyway, did you know Sam Starbuck has a Tumblr? It’s @copperbadge.
Sorry this response is a bit belated, but thanks for the shout-out and @just-late-roman-republic-things I’m SO glad you enjoyed the novel! Things like trans rep were important to me in writing it so I’m glad that came through.
I did do my absolute best for historic accuracy in places where I had knowledge but yeah I knew I wasn’t 100% nailing it there. :D My classics studies are loooong behind me and were even when I wrote this several years ago.
For those interested, The City War is a historic romance/erotic novel, set during the last days of Julius Caesar’s rule, available here. (I really should push it more around the Ides of March, since that’s the climax of the book.)
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happy ides of March
psychosociogentleman-deactivate
yo why is this on my dash its august
Yeah, why is this getting notes? It's August!
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15th march on other sites is just like 'its mid march I guess??' but on Tumblr it's all 'hey remember when we all teamed up to murder a politician? We should do that again' as if we were all personally there to kill Caesar
Hey if a bunch of immortals feel safe coming out on here, I’m not going to judge them.
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#2, Brute?
I made the ugliest noise.
periegesisvoid
It’s not even March. It’s literally more than 6 months till the ides of March. Why.
TODAY
[Image ID: A pencil holder shaped like a bust of Julius Caesar. Multiple pencils protrude from its back, giving the impression that it was stabbed multiple times. / End ID]