A Triumph was a celebration that took place in Rome when a Conquering General returned home from a military campaign to celebrate a victory. The victorious General would be dressed to resemble Mars, the Roman God of War; hence the red face-paint. Dressed to remind the people of the Planet/God. A Triumph was like if the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade went on only after "Winning" in Afghanistan or Iraq or whatever. The conquering General would be on a horse, and a slave would be riding with him, and the slave's job would be to whisper in the General ear-- "Memento Mori." or, "Remember, You are mortal." The King of the Gauls Versingetorix, was brought back from Gaul to Rome, where he waited in Prison for 6 years before being executed at Caesar's Triumph via strangulation at the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
Brutus really be going through it man. Roman Ladies were probably some of the craziest, most politically dangerous people in History. Put into a terrible place by who he wants to be vs who he's expected to be.
Titus man. This fuckin' guy. Nothing goes right for my mans.
JJDumbface
2024-09-11 17:35:18 +0000 UTC
when that slave boy was having a seizure, all i could think was Paulie saying, "don't they have medicine the are supposed to take these assholes!"