Preparing for Caesar's Funeral

kevin McGonigal · Mar 8, 2020

svessien said: ↑

Actually, I was one of Caesars legionaries in one of my previous lives. No kidding.
Just an ordinary soldier, of course. No big shot.
Yeah, so we followed him around everywhere. What a mess. But the money was good. In North Africa, after having given old Cato a good whipping, we got these:

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After that we went to Spain. Not on holiday. Those pesky sons of Pompey were still around, and the Big C couldn't have that. He was a total control freak, you know. Had his hands in everything, and was not interested in any loose ends when it came to conflict. So we defeated the last of the Pompeians in Spain, and got paid again.

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After that, there was less work for a while, but not long. The big man still had a lot of enemies, and got assassinated. It was a big shame. Dishonest and cowardly it was. So when Caesars family and old friends set out to avenge him, I signed up again. Of course I did. I loved Caesar. And I was broke, having spent most of my money on girls, wine and gambling, and just squandering the rest.
However, it seemed like the brass had some money trouble as well. Payment under Octavian, Mark Anthony and Lepidus wasn't as steady as with Big C. After having beaten Cassius and Brutus at Philippi we were allowed to sack and plunder though. That was great. I found this coin on one of the fallen. It looked like it had come straight from the mint:

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Other coins were less shiny, as was the relationship between the three bosses. They were soon down to two:

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And they couldn't keep the peace either. They had half of a gigantic kingdom each, and that still wasn't enough. So there was still work to be done for a simple legionary. Eventually the youngest won. He was an outsider for sure, but he showed them all. Strange guy, but smart as f. And a little vain. He never got enough of reminding us about his military successes too, although he was furthest from a warrior among all those that fought. But he was great. Perhaps the greatest of them all.

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My man was Big C though. Always was. Every ides of March since he died, I share a keg of wine with him, pouring a cup over the base of a small Venus figure, while drinking the rest myself. I will do so this year too. It's a good tradition.
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Looking at your coins, I would say serving in the legions was a good career choice for you. By the way, General George Patton shared that same belief that you shared with us about having fought in the legions.

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