augustus: "maecenas, this vergilius fellow isn't writing a veiled criticism of me and roman imperialism, is he?"

maecenas, reading comprehender: "no, julius, it's all very pro-rome, i assure you!"

augustus: "don't call me that! my name is augustus!!!"

agrippa *doodles buildings*

im postin here

wow very new yorker coded

ya "grace"

imagine if catullus had mustard on the beat

sure, no one is denying that ursula's practices are exploitative, but she does great work

o kybebe, mountain mama, dindymon's dame, agdistis' mistress, idaean inanna, goddess on the mountain top

procul a mea tuus sit furor omnis, era, domo

it's a very fun connection, especially given the greater freedom women seemed to have enjoyed and more respect they were given among the etruscans, relative to the greeks and romans