II
Consilium
*Visere
*Videre
*Vincere
Plan
*Make a visit
*Have a look-see
*Take it over
III
Sequelae
*De bello stultum librum scribam
*A nonnullis irrumatoribus occidar in Foro
*Acetaria et mensis accipient a me nomina
Follow-up
*Write a stupid book about it
*Get assassinated in the forum by a bunch of assholes
*Salad and month get named after me
IV
Conclusio
*Faciam ut animus meus scrutetur
*Quid illa femella Cleopatra?
Conclusions
*Get head examined
*What about that Cleopatra dame?
Top 10 Reasons to Live in the Time of the Caesars DECEM OPTIMAE RATIONUM CUR IN AEVO CAESARUM VIVERE IUCUNDIUS ESSET
X. Calculus won’t be invented for another fifteen hundred years
Calculus differentialis non invenietur intra mille quingentos annorum
IX. When you’re late on a rainy day, you can always blame the sundial
Si sub Iove pluvioso serius advenias, tu culpare semper potes horologium solare
VIII. If you piss off one god, you’ve still got 600 left
Si deum irrites unum, sescenti tibi iam supersint
VII. Actors are treated like dirt
Histriones foede tractantur
VI. Athletes who complain about their pay end up in an urn
Athletae qui queruntur de mercedibus mox in urnas funduntur
V.Scumbags who get the death penalty think they got off light
Scelesti mortis damnati se leviores poenas pensuros reuntur
IV. The likeliest place to find some pushy Christian preacher is inside a lion
Veri simillimum est, locum in quo praedicatorem Christianum protervum invenies, ventrem leoninum esse
III. The French are an ignorant bunch of servile peasants living in smelly huts, and the Germans are getting their asses kicked
Gens Gallorum inerudita servilis agrestis est, in tuguriis foetidis habitans, et Germani vapulant
II. A healthy diet consists of waiting to see if the food taster dies before having anything to eat
Diaeta salubris est, antequam aliquid cenes, observare an moriatur praegustator
I. Everyone is always dressed for a toga party
Omnès amiciuntur semper togis quasi convivium agitaturi
That Old-Time Religion-ILLA RELIGIO PRISCA
Actually, I’m a born-again pagan
Re vera, cultor denuo renatus deorum Romanorum antiquorum sum
I get to worship whomever I like, including SpongeBob SquarePants
Licet mihi venerari pro deo quemlibet, etiam SpongoRobertum QuadratoBracatum
I always ask myself, What would Julius Caesar do?
Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar?
No, as far as miracles go, this “J. C.” never raised the dead, but he certainly lowered a lot of the living
Immo, si de miraculis agitur, ille “I Ce” nullos mortuos ad vitam revocavit, sed tamen multos vivos ad mortem sane misit
We’re having a prayer breakfast down at the pistol range
Ientabimus, precatione facta, in campo manuballistulario
I am a firm believer in tough hate
Mihi persuasum est odisse acerbe
* Love thy neighbors, and to show you really mean it, send 50,000 heavily armed soldiers to knock on their door and ask in the nicest possible way if they’d like to join your empire.
Do unto others, but do it first
Fac hominibus aliis, atqui fac prius
Blessed are the poor, because they leave so much more money for the rest of us
Beati pauperes, quoniam tanto plus pecuniae nobis reliquis relinquunt
Blessed are the meek, because we can cut in front of them in lines
Beati mites, quoniam istis in ordine stantibus anteponere nosmet ipsos possumus
If someone smites you on the cheek, turn the other cheek and see what kind of a smiter he is with a bloody stump
Si quis te percusserit in dexteram maxillam tuam, praebe illi alteram ut possis cognoscere quam fortiter percussurus sit bracchio truncato cruento
Love thy neighbors, and to show you really mean it, send 50,000 heavily armed soldiers to knock on their door and ask in the nicest possible way if they’d like to join your empire
Dilige proximos tuos, utque illis ostendas te re vera diligere, mitte decem legiones quae ianuas pulsent et quam dulcissime ab illis quaerant, num velint in tuum imperium recipi
The theory of evolution is baloney. Everyone knows the whole universe came out of Saturn’s nostrils
Theoria Darwiniana evolutionis specierum absurda est. Constat inter omnes universitatem rerum ab naribus Saturni venisse
Of course I can speak in tongues, but I prefer Latin
Sane loqui variis linguis possum sicut Apostoli die Pentecostes, sed malo Latine loqui
Let’s say grace: O gods, thank you for permitting us to gobble this food the way Caesar gobbled up half of Europe. Amen.
Precemur. O di, gratias vobis agimus, quod nos sinitis hunc cibum sic devorare quo modo C. Iulius Caesar dimidiam partem Europae devoravit. Finis.
Mob Banter-CAVILLATIO SODALIUM
It fell off the back of a truck, capeesh?
De extremo plaustro excidit; comprehendisne mente quod dico?
You got a problem with that, paysan?
Num de hoc dubitas, compagane?
Whatsamatter you?
Quid te sollicitat?
Fuhgeddaboutit
Eice id ex animo
Geddouttahere
Noli mecum nugari
God forbid, a piano should fall on your head
Dii prohibeant ne clavicinium in caput tuum delabatur
New Age Discourse-SERMO NEOMYSTICUS
Meditate on this, pal
Meditare de hoc, amice
Do you know the yoga position where you put your head between your legs and kiss your ass good-bye?
Scisne schema gymnosophisticum per quod, capite inter femora flexo, iubentur basio valere clunes?
Did a dish of potpourri just catch fire, or did someone light up a joint?
Utrum patella florum siccatorum ignem modo concepit, an aliquis accendit sarcinulam cannabis?
Man, that shit is potent-I am like totally in the subjunctive
Mehercle, illa materia tam valida est ut funditus in modo subiunctivo sim
I’ve got the munchies! Pizza pizza!
Esurio! Libum Neapolitanum!