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Lucullus and Cicero were, as I have said, ardent friends, and members of the same political party, for Lucullus had not withdrawn himself entirely from political life, although he lost no time in leaving to Crassus and Cato the ambitious struggle for the chief place and the greatest power, since he saw that it involved both peril and ignominy.

-Plutarch, Lucullus

rejected panel layouts for a scene between lucullus and crassus, but it was still fun enough to play with that it gets memorialized on the blog :)

crassus ???? reaction has less to do with his own characterization and more to do with me, who was mostly thinking about how much cato wanted to Stab Sulla and completely forgot that lucullus had independent ties with cato. like, a whole relationship dynamic was going on with those two.

so jump cut to

lmao. anyway! something interesting (gestures vaguely) is happening in all of this

Cato the Younger: Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic, Fred K. Drogula

Lucullus, a Life, Arthur Keaveney

A Life in Pieces, Plutarch, Crassus 12.1-16-8, James T Chlup

Lucullus: A Life, Arthur Keaveney

Plutarch, Cato 3

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#also lucullus' marriage drama is some real soap opera material #it really makes crassus' own marriage look exceedingly boring. like. the most scandalous thing there are the affair allegations #and the absence of reaction from him gives off 'my girl can do what she wants' energy #'lucullus seemed to have lost his stomach for political battle's so he decided to sick two people who were very good at breaking things #onto the political system instead. everyone clap for lucullus!#not a joke. i love this for him.#roman republic tag #komiks tag #drawing tag #marcus licinius crassus #Lucius Licinius Lucullus #LUCULLUS WOULD YOU SHOW UP IN MY FREQUENTLY USED TAGS ALREADY SO I CAN STOP COPYING AND PASTING YOUR NAME

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