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I don't know why but I find the term "October Surprise" to be quite amusing? Do you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by chillBurner@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just can't put my finger onto it....

Maybe my humor has de-evolved or something

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[–] appel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Two-horse chariot races (bigae) were held in the Campus Martius, the area of Rome named for Mars, after which the right-hand horse of the winning team was transfixed by a spear, then sacrificed. The horse's head (caput) and tail (cauda) were cut off and used separately in the two subsequent parts of the ceremonies: two neighborhoods staged a fight for the right to display the head, and the freshly bloodied cauda was carried to the Regia for sprinkling the sacred hearth of Rome.

Alrighty then

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Became familiar with the term with Colleen McCulloughs books of Rome series. Excellent book series.