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Entry of the gladiators (feddit.de)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wait, it’s a song?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's a march by Czech composer Julius Fučík called "Entry of the Gladiators", written in 1897.

Edit: It gets memeier! From Wikipedia:

He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique", reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

What thinking about the Roman Empire does to a mf