Imperator Cat
@CatImperator
Historian, Writer, Geek, Felinophile. Questioning everything.
βπππ π‘ ππππππ, ππ ππππ‘, π€πππ πππ‘ π‘πππ π‘βπ π‘πππ’πππ ππ πππππππ ππ’π‘ π‘βπ π‘ππ’π‘β, ππ’π‘ πππ ππ’πβ ππππ ππππππππ π‘π ππππππ‘ π‘βπ ππππ π‘ π π‘πππ¦ π‘βππ¦ βπππ.β ~ Thucydides
One of darkest days in history... On May 29, 1453 Constantinople, the Queen of the Cities, fell to the Ottoman Turks, thus finally ending the Roman Empire and the line of emperors going all the way back to Octavian Augustus. πΌοΈby Marek Szyszko
On a plane. The sign says βEmergency Exit Procedure.β But for a Graeco-Roman scholar: It's a: βLiturgy of Exodus and Danger.β Sounds less like a door, more like a ceremony to leave the mortal world. Greek, the most fascinating language on this earth.
ΞΞ±ΟΞΉΞ»Ξ΅α½ΊΟ ΞΞ±ΟΞΉΞ»ΞΟΞ½ ΞΞ±ΟιλΡΟΟΞ½ ΞΞ±ΟΞΉΞ»Ξ΅Ο ΟΞ½ΟΟΞ½ (Basileus BasileΕn, BasileuΕn BasileuontΕn, literally βKing of Kings, ruling over those who ruleβ)
