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Caesar's slutting around coming back to haunt him... (AnonHistory) (media.piefed.social)
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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You see. This is what I don't get about these ancient rulers. If someone brought me 40 elephants as a gift, I'd just be like "What the fuck am I supposed to do with all these elephants?"

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Easy answer in Rome:

TO THE ARENA

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Sell them to Carthage. They have a lad there who loves an oul' elephant.