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I was thinking about that bit in Journey's End where the Daleks in Germany speak German and one thing led to another

(I don't know if it's my stupid Dalek voice or the effects, but something really messes up the rolled r sound)

extermina! - exterminate!

explana! - explain!

eleva! - elevate!

pareo - I obey

Doctor es, hostis Dalecorum! - you are the Doctor, the enemy of the Daleks!

quaerite, invenite, exterminate - seek, locate, exterminate

visio mea infracta est, non videre possum! - my vision is impaired, I cannot see!

commutationem temporalem! - emergency temporal shift!

bonus Dalecus esses - you would make a good Dalek

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Ancient Roman mosaic depicting a rabbit driving a chariot pulled by two geese.

Roman Imperial (31 BC - AD 476)

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Question: what is Peter saying in Latin?

I've got "Quid fieri" but not the ending. So qualified Latin enthusiasts, please, help!

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I wanted to put a more positive spin on the popular skeleton leaving meme

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"Im so humble, i didn't even put my name on the building I restored" -Man writing his entire CV on the wall of a building rn.

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Marble head of Emperor Augustus, Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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AGRIPPA

  [Aside to DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS]  Why, Enobarbus,   When Antony found Julius Caesar dead,   He cried almost to roaring; and he wept   When at Philippi he found Brutus slain.

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They should invent a way to sit hunched over doing crafts that is Good for your body

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in today's letters: how is cicero doing you ask? um.

Would I not have wanted to see you? No, in truth I did not want to be seen by you. For you would not have seen your brother, not the man you left, not the man you knew, not the man who saw you off when we parted ways—both of us in tears—not even a trace of him, not a shade, but only the likeness of someone dead but still breathing.

i would say he's doing bad

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I know tea wont save me from the illness, but I am 100% sure it will be less bad if I drink this 1 cup of peppermint tea.

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Everyone else: 12-75 Books about the history of rome

Atticus: mhm…. this could be a spreadsheet.

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just learned that pigeons produce crop milk. I'm unwell

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one of my favorite things about classics blogs is each one has like a favorite guy or couple guys and you can tell. i love opening peoples (clearly) classics blogs and figuring out which roman senator or poet or greek general or whatever theyre obsessed with. sometimes its explicit but other times you get to figure it out and that is amazing too. one of the great joys of life

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in today's letter: cicero freaks out about not knowing quintus' travel plans! uncertainty and misery! like truly do not forget how utterly miserable he is! cicero sees through atticus' attempts to cheer him up! cicero is upset that he was betrayed by his allies! and cicero is tooooo caught up in either grief or memory (the manuscripts are making out [...] style) to keep writing!

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I've posted a lyric video of my cover of Hallelujah in Latin

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who tf let these guys run a city