#and the way that rome collectively tried to bury the memory of the spartacus revolt bc that's really bad for an empire that runs

[ghoul-haunted]

#like the last generation of the roman republic is full of fragmented people pushed to a snapping point by everything before them #but crassus is so fucking weird because there's a much more severe snapping point that happened right here first #and the way that rome collectively tried to bury the memory of the spartacus revolt bc that's really bad for an empire that runs #on slave labor makes all of this so much. more. awful. like. #its the Avoiding Looking At Something Horrible that creates the worse haunting u kno #especially when the thing you are avoiding looking at is the guy who made decimatio WORK #the body count discussion is upsetting! love it! horrifying and awful!