#anyway. i say 'would' bc there's no proof for sextus being at that last triumph and the gnaeus coin is debated but that's what seems

[soldatrose]

no ok one last post but lucan kinda popped off with the pompey&sons fated to die in the three continents pompey triumphed over thing because not only does it give those deaths a very cool generational curse sort of vibe, they also died literally "according to [their] triumphs" aka the pompey triumphs each would have first appeared in (pompey alone for africa in 79bc, gnaeus for spain in 71bc, sextus for asia in 61bc).

#which doesn't mean much but to me it does #something about triumphs feels a little like an offering to rome you can't come back on. #i know the real reason was water but i now choose to believe gnaeus tried to escape and spain just stretched its arms #and brought his ships back. like nope. a future poet of mine said this is where you die. nothing to be done. #anyway. i say 'would' bc there's no proof for sextus being at that last triumph and the gnaeus coin is debated but that's what seems #to be the most logical assumption. #end of human pomp #spam tag