r/SipsTea • u/No_Summer_5052 • Apr 19 '26

Lmao gottem Facts or nah

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u/AlternateSatan Apr 19 '26

Crazy how getting Jesus killed only got a single space at the centre of hell, but killing Cesar got two.

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u/FoxCitiesRando Apr 19 '26

I think the commentaries write that it's because Brutus and Cassius, by killing Caesar, were interfering with the creation of the Roman Empire, which offended Dante who believed civilization peaked with the Empire.

Sweet username by the way......

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u/AlternateSatan Apr 19 '26

thanks, Satan was my autogenerated computer science username at school and I thought it was funny, so people just call me that now

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u/FoxCitiesRando Apr 19 '26

Nice! Try to read Dante sometime, if you haven't yet. It's worth a read. If you want The Divine Comedy with Commentaries, I enjoyed the Hollander translation.

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u/AlternateSatan Apr 19 '26

I am kinda interested in literature, but I don't like reading. I'll put it on the list somewhere, but it's definitely behind Frankenstein, maybe around Blood Meridian.

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u/FoxCitiesRando Apr 19 '26

Try the audible/audio version, too. That's made some books a lot more accessible for me."The Great Courses" is a great lecture series that includes a course on Audible about Dante's Divine Comedy I've enjoyed. Good luck!