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>>10958361
Wasnt it 'And you, Brutus?'?

>>10958361
EYYYYYY badda bing badda boom what the fuck u think you doing Bruty boy. Getta fuck outta here wit dat stabbin shit ya fucking fag

"how are you today, Caesar?"
"y-you too, Brutus"

>BE INDOMITABLE SUPERMAN CONQUEROR
>GIVE ROME EVERYTHING
>ASK FROM IT NOTHING IN RETURN
>MOLLIFY THE PLEBS AFTER A CENTURY OF OLIGARCHY-FUELED STAGNANT MURDEROUS CHAOS
>DESTROY ALL WOULD-BE TYRANTS
>DEFUSE THE CRISIS OF PRIVATE ARMIES RUN AMOK BY WILLFULLY DEFEATING ALL OTHERS AND THEN TURNING MINE BACK OVER TO THE STATE LIKE THE LITERAL FUCKING MODEL OF CINCINNATUS
>STRENGTHEN ROME'S BORDERS AGAIN
>DEFEAT ALL ROME'S ANCIENT ENEMIES AFTER CENTURIES OF LIVING IN TERROR OF THEM
>SPARE ALL THE ENEMIES I MADE A LONG THE WAY
>WELCOME ALL BACK INTO MY FRIENDSHIP
>INAUGURATE PAX ROMANA
>ALL I WANT IS SOME KIND OF COOL TITLE LIKE "AUGUSTUS" OR SOME KIND OF SPECIAL HAT FOR BEING THE BEST ROMAN
>NEVER EMBARRASSINGLY OUTRIGHT ASK FOR SHIT, ,LIKE THOSE FAGGOTS POMPEY "THE GREAT" OR SULLA "RESTITUTOR"
>ALL I WANT IS ONE COOL-ASS NAME AND A NICE STATUE
>FUCKING OLIGARCHS STILL WON'T GIVE ME ONE
>START PLANNING ALEXANDER 2: THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL
>GOING TO GO DEFEAT ROME'S ONLY REMAINING GIANT ENEMY LEFT IN THE WORLD
>GOING TO ESTABLISH ROME AS THE CONQUEROR OF LITERALLY THE ENTIRE PLANET JUST SO THAT THEY'LL GIVE ME A CROWN
>GOING TO UNDERTAKE THE GREATEST UNDERTAKING IN HUMAN HISTORY, AN ALEXANDER LEVEL SUPERHUMAN DEMIGOD CONQUERING THE ENTIRE GLOBE WHILE BACKED BY THE GREATEST PROFESSIONAL ARMY AND GREATEST ADMINISTRATIVE EMPIRE EVER TO EXIST
>COULD HAVE MADE ROME A COLOSSUS STANDING ASTRIDE EURASIA
>FUCKING OLIGARCHS STAB ME 296 TIMES SO I CAN'T EVEN HAVE A GOOD FUNERAL
>LET MY ADOPTED SON DO A LESSER VERSION OF WHAT I ALREADY DID ANYWAY
>GIVE HIM ALL THE FANCY TITLES
>GIVE HIM THE FANCY HAT
>HE DOESN'T EVEN CONQUER THE WORLD

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT CAESAR WHY DIDN'T YOU WIPE THOSE SMUG OPTIMATE FUCKS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SULLA OR SOME GOLDEN CODPIECE PENCIL-DICK LIKE CRASSUS AND PROSCRIBE EVERYONE YOU COULD HAVE JUST SMASHED YOUR MOST OBVIOUS MOST TREACHEROUS ENEMIES AND NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND WE'D BE ON FUCKING MARS RIGHT NOW EXPLORING THE GALAXY

INSTEAD WE GOT TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, AND NERO ONE AFTER THE OTHER THANKS TO THE "UMMMM I DUNNO JUST.. ERM.. HAHA I DUNNO I'M SURE IT'LL BE OKAY LOL HAHA" SUCCESSION POLICY OF THAT DO-NOTHING KEKOLD BROWBEATEN FAGGOT AUGUSTUS WHO COULDN'T EVEN CONQUER A GODDAMN GERMAN AFTER YOU WENT AND SINGLEHANDEDLY GENOCIDED THE GAULS

>>10958422
It is kind of interesting that Rome has, like, five different instances of ALMOST defeating the Persians, but some bullshit always stops them before they can do it.

>>10958460
Preordained destiny and the will of god.

>>10958460
what were the 5 bullshit things that stopped them? and how close were they really, what would it have looked like, take their land and move their people there, or just make it a colony and make them pay taxes?

>>10958361
never happened

>>10958422
Es iratus, Anonymous?

>>10958479
he wasnt stabbed by brutus? Or wasnt cognizant when it occurred, enough for that obvious natural thought to have occurred to him?

>>10958507
my dad works for the senate can confirm

>>10958361
kai su teknon??????????????? XDDD

This is a reminder that Brutus was a philosopher.

>>10958383
Why did I giggle at this, oh why?!

>>10958361
was brutus a bad guy or good guy

Caesar needed to be got. Brutus was a good guy. He put his loyalty to Rome above his loyalty to a general who betrayed Rome. Based Brutus.

>>10958374
That's the literal translation but what he's basically saying is "You too, Brutus?"

>>10958460
Please stop posting this anime girl. She is too cute.

>>10958422
fuck caesar
cato did nothing wrong
pic related is for you

>>10958374
>>10958817
It's not the "literal" translation
>Tu quoque, Brute, filii mii?
Quoque means too, also, even
>You too, Brutus, my son?

"nah bruh, you too Brutus? Shieeett"

"For the watch!"

>>10958361
kαὶ σὺ, τέkνον?

>>10958817
The literal translation is "even you, Brutus"
Et can mean even (as in etiam).

Similarly in the Aeneid:
>Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
>I fear the Danaans, even those bearing gifts

>>10958361
Sic semper tyrannis!