in tibullus 1.8 (a poem about his boyfriend Marathus) has this line about “pugnantibus linguis” (literally battling tongues) which means that the idea of tongues battling for dominance in homoerotic fiction has been going on since at least the 1st century bce and i think that’s beautiful
somebody here pointed out that i did y’all a disservice, for which i apologize deeply. i did not point out to you that these battling tongues are also accompanied by umida oscula (wet kisses), which are given to the boyfriend as he anhelanti (pants), as well as in collo figere dente notas (making marks on his neck with teeth). so tibullus has been writing harlequin romance-level erotica since before the common era and that’s something i never thought i’d have to say in my life
im scream
Tag: roman empire
friendly reminder to my followers that
all gaul is divided into three parts, of which the belgians inhabit the first, the aquitani inhabit the second, and those who are called celts in their own language and gauls in ours inhabit the third
umm OP neglects to mention that one small village of indomitable gauls still holds out against the invaders and life is not easy for the roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of totorum, aquarium, laudanum and compendium
Good addition ^
a common inscription that we find on roman tombstones is “non fui; fui; non sum; non curo” (often abbreviated N F F N S N C) and that means something along the lines of “i wasn’t; then i was; now i’m not- and i don’t give a shit” and i just really sympathize with that
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