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side note: does any name have more disambiguation pages on Wikipedia than Caesar?

"When in Rome" 3.16 XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS

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i mean other people also took the name Caesar. that was a pretty common thing that happened. like i understand where Xena is coming from here but very many people adopted the name Caesar.

"When in Rome" 3.16 XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS

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Honestly, not bad for one of humanity’s very first board games. But it’s hard to judge when we’re not totally certain about the finer details of the rules. Worth playing at least twice for the novelty (once to grok the rules, twice to engage with the strategy of the game).

Wood and faience game board with pieces, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Happy April Fools Day

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Roman soldier who just realized they didn't crucify Jesus long enough: "Oh shit I guess he uhhhhhh RESURRECTED"

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guys Jesus did not have stigmata 😭 stigmata means that you manifested the wounds through spiritual/supernatural means. Jesus had holes in his hands and feet because they put nails in them.

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this post was fact-checked by real Roman patriots: ✔️TRUE

christmas is when jesus was born, and easter is when he died. in between is when he did various baby crimes bad enough to warrant capital punishment at 3 months old. very bad baby

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 i recommend learning other alphabets if for no other reason than it’s very fun to see people replace latin alphabet letters with complete nonsense for Aesthetic

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cicero when mark produces another secret wish written by caesar in his will that no one else has seen:

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Love that the cover picture of the Wikipedia page for the Curia Pompeia is 3D model presumably ripped right out of a Roman Empire modpack for Myst:

This is where Julius Caesar died spilling his voxel blood all over the bitmap and you can't change my mind.

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Cassius and Brutus as this new mugshot meme.

Catilina and Cethegus also.

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A man is anyone who has thought about the Roman Empire in the last 24 hours. The equivalent for women is murder. On the Ides of March, all of [tumblr] becomes temporarily bigender

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my favorite salad

Chicken Caesar.

🥁

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Your Tumblr username decides your profession. How is your first day at work?

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2,068 years later and we’re not done cancelling Julius Caesar, huh?

petition to go back to calling july quintilis

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I don't read / watch Chainsaw Man but these are hilariously accurate Youtube thumbnails and titles.