Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man by Paolo de Ruggiero

Author:Paolo de Ruggiero [Paolo de Ruggiero]
Language: eng
Format: epub

“I believe nothing ever happened that was crueller than this barter: trading death for death, they killed those they handed over just like those that they were given, but they were more evil towards their friends, that they made die without even hating them.”⁶

Romans always found a way to see the humorous side of the most tragic events and situations. This is a special ability that they (or we, if the reader will allow) have developed and perfected throughout the past three eventful millennia that their (our) hometown has witnessed. The proscriptions were too juicy an opportunity to pass. It was in this way that an anonymous wise tongue spread a witty verse to comment on the actions of the two Consuls of that year, Lepidus and Plancus:

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