#and Caesar As Double Of Erichtho and let caesar reanimate cato/the republic. consider: it would be sexy

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every day i cry and weep over lucan never getting to write the death of cato the younger into the pharsalia :(

#it’s not even a lost text i can hope will be discovered one day :((( #genuinely i think if it Had been written it would have absolutely massive influence on a) latin lit Esp Tacitus #and b) the uhhhhhhhhhhhh american revolution #like cato already has such a weird and also Huge literary afterlife. but imagine if he had a sexy death scene too. like plutarch is good #but if lucan had got to do it plutarch’s version might not even exist! or would be completely overshadowed! #rip to neoplatonism but i don’t care #i want to read abt my favourite historical figure ripping his own guts out (with a conquerning swordhand) in lucan’s sexy dactylic hexameter #(this post v much thinking abt prev reblog like cato can’t grow as a character or even keep Living bcs he is the republic and the republic #Fucking Died. oufghfhjg i want to see lucan’s version soooooo bad) #(like i DO believe in the Twelve Book Pharsalia Ending In Cato’s Suicide. but ALSO how the fuck would/could lucan keep the poem going after #that…………………… cato funeral scene WHEN. give it necromantic vibes. immediately #wait actually yeah. Show Me What Happens To His Corpse. unite the Caesar Leaving His Enemies Unburied #and Caesar As Double Of Erichtho and let caesar reanimate cato/the republic. consider: it would be sexy #like i don’t think lucan would have done that at ALL but I Would. these tags are now pharsalia book 13 fanfic. thomas may wants what i have) #(although thomas may DID also add unnecessary necromancy via time travelling lucan drinking julius caesar’s blood.……….. #pharsalia enjoyers united by this theme) #suicide mention — #pharsalia #beeps