"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
In Republican Rome, this would have had the College of Augers, the Pontifex Maximus, the Vestal Virgins, the Flamines, and the entire Senate diving into the Tiber. Crassus would have quietly shuttered his moneylending shops, Pompey would have coughed delicately and hurridly departed on an inspection tour of Ostia. Cicero would have bolted for his country farm, and Cato would be querulously asking why he put on his black toga so early because this was the time for it, and how much blacker could it be?
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ReplyDeleteIn Republican Rome, this would have had the College of Augers, the Pontifex Maximus, the Vestal Virgins, the Flamines, and the entire Senate diving into the Tiber. Crassus would have quietly shuttered his moneylending shops, Pompey would have coughed delicately and hurridly departed on an inspection tour of Ostia. Cicero would have bolted for his country farm, and Cato would be querulously asking why he put on his black toga so early because this was the time for it, and how much blacker could it be?
ReplyDeleteAnd the answer is "None. None more black."