interretialia:marcvscicero:happy birthday to rome’s biggest loserwrote a poem called “the sea god gl
interretialia:marcvscicero:happy birthday to rome’s biggest loserwrote a poem called “the sea god glaucus” at 14, and then continued to write bad poetry for the rest of his lifeconsistently referenced and quoted the greek epics in his letters to atticus, a lifelong friend believed that children were a gift from the gods and that if it wasn’t natural to feel affection for children, then there could be no natural tie between any two humans at all cried. a lot. especially during his exile. and probably every time he saw his daughterbecame consul in 63 BC and allegedly saved rome from a conspiracy was too witty for his own good and didn’t know when to keep his mouth closedoutlasted pompey, caesar, crassus and clodius, as well as his own daughter, brother and nephew (though not by much)his final surviving letter to atticus ends with ‘adsum igitur’; it means ‘i am present’ Bene! -- source link