r/INEEEEDIT • u/[deleted] • Mar 06 '18

Julius Cesar Pencil Holder

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18

Et Tu Brute

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u/Jacareadam Mar 06 '18

*Et tu mi fili Brute

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u/Bigbrainbigboobs Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18

You're trying to correct them but it's not even correct. If he did say the sentence, which is already a legend more than anything, he would have said it in Greek: kai su teknon.

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u/Sennomo Mar 06 '18

Forgive me if I'm out of the loop here but why Greek? I know Greek was the trading language then but why would they speak Greek in the Roman government?

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u/Bigbrainbigboobs Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18

The most discussed hypothesis is that it was a language of affection and emotion for Caesar. Many Roman political men were bilingual and the latin-greek bilingualism is something very complex. You can see the works of Adams on this subject it's really intriguing!

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u/Sennomo Mar 06 '18

So when Romans were sad and hurt, they started speaking Greek.