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"Kai su, teknon" Caesar last words were probably a curse, not a farewell (2018)

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"Kai su, teknon" Caesar last words were probably a curse, not a farewell (2018)

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Post by kwikiel » Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

"Kai su, teknon" Caesar last words were probably a curse, not a farewell (2018)
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Post by ahazred8ta » Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC

He may have been saying Quaeso Te, Non! -- plain vanilla latin for "I beg you, no!"

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Post by mitchbob » Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

https://archive.ph/2019.12.25-010514/https://www.lrb.co.uk/t...

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