⚔️ On this day in 48 BCE: Pompey disembarks at Pelusium after arriving in Egypt, where he is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy XIII.

📷 Photos by Carole Raddato. 

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Where does the phrase LINGUISTA SUM. LINGUISTICI NIHIL A ME ALIENUM PUTO come from?
Jakobson paraphrased #Terentius (Publius Terentius Afer), Carthaginian author of #Comedies who lived during the #RomanRepublic (5th-1st BCE) and to whom this is attributed: HOMO SUM. HUMANI NIHIL A ME ALIENUM PUTO. ⬇️

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