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I thought the Romans used that symbol for good luck and fertility? It seems at odds with the message. Doesn't seem so much a 'clever subversion' as confusing.
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
I thought the Romans used that symbol for good luck and fertility? It seems at odds with the message. Doesn't seem so much a 'clever subversion' as confusing.
- prox 4y agoThe article mentions this at the end! In this case, the author wasn’t sending Secundus good luck :)
- seydor 4y agoAlso apotropaic. My fav is a fascinus cumming on the evil eye from Leptis magna
- kadoban 4y agoIn a couple millenia, they'll say that's what we mean by it too, if any of our writing is left. 8==D