Semper paratus. (Always ready)

-motto from Julius Caesar’s army

The outcome of every fight is death, and the means are fire and sword.

-Seneca, on the execution of criminals in the Colosseum

A brief and somewhat lazily written post about the tenuous connections Lemuria has with Mother’s Day and Halloween.

VERE PAPA MORTUUS EST!

The Pope is truly dead!

Neighbors gather sincerely and hold a feast,
And sing your praises, sacred Terminus!

—Ovid

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

— Will Durant

The strength of an empire is in its foundations, and when they rot, the mightiest columns will crumble.

— Tacitus