After I explained the proscriptions of Sulla, my husband @faceofyourfather used the information I gave him and, well, this is the result of our collaboration…
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Yet another celebrity fell victim to the cancel culture 😔
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Actual roman epitaph for a dog
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So, apparently Emperor Julian wrote what historians call a satire, and what I call a "crossover crack-fic in which the Greek gods get all the Roman emperors together in a room and make them argue about who's the coolest."
This crack-fic has, incredibly, survived. It's about 90% Julian roasting historical figures through the mouth of Dionysus' boyfriend. Favorite bits:
Julius Caesar, Augustus and Tiberius show up and are appropriately shit-talked. (And, for Tiberius, kink-shamed.) Caligula steps through the door and is immediately yeeted into Tartarus before anyone can say anything about him.
Nero comes in with his lyre and Apollo promptly knocks the laurel wreath off his head.
Alexander the Great crashes the party and he and Julius Caesar hate each other on sight.
The gods ask Romulus if any of his descendants are a match for Alexander and Romulus is internally like "Aw, shit."
Alexander almost storms out of the party because he doesn't get to monologue first.
When it's Augustus' turn to make a speech Poseidon doesn't let him have a cup of water because he's still mad about that one time Augustus blasphemed against him 400 years earlier.
The gods tell each of the emperors to Explain Themselves and Marcus Aurelius is like, "But you gods already know everything about us," and they're like "...That's fair."
Cameo appearance from Jesus at the very end, who's apparently best bros with Pleasure in a sort of "sin with one, get forgiveness from the other free!" deal.
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