Epic Win
by Anatoly Belilovsky
A
small private smile played on Cleopatra’s lips as she waved to the
departing Roman quinquereme bearing Caesar home to the Eternal City;
first, in Egyptian, she delivered, for the benefit of the gathered
crowd, a wayfarer’s benediction honoring the ancient gods, and then, in Caesar’s honor switching
to Latin, she whispered: “Vidi, Vici, Veni...”
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