Sunday, November 6, 2011

καὶ σὺ τέκνον, Et tu, Brute? And you, Brutus?

What Caesar's last words were? apparently, kai su, teknon?, in Greek, the language high society in Rome used to speak. The meaning? the obvious, you too, son of a bitch? Another interpretation: you too, dear, will die soon ;)

In any case, this is the place where it is supposed this scene happened, in the center of Rome, in a squared excavated by Il Ducce, looking for the roots of il poppolo romano. The funny thing is that the last words of Euro might also be said in Greek...σκατά!

Btw, Roma's city hall should take a bit more care of this important place!

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