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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Sept 23, 2010 2:51:25 GMT
Rome's history is very rich with much intrigue and many interesting incidents. I found the conflict between Octavian and Marc Antony & Cleopatra to be one of the most interesting parts of Roman history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Sept 23, 2010 3:27:11 GMT
The Roman emperor i despise the most was Domitian. A creepy serial killer, who liked to bury vestial virgins alive. Nero and Caligula were just narcisstic goofs by comparison. I agree. They were all so inbred some sort of homicidal reaction and inability to form rational thought was inevitable. Surviving the court of the Roman Emperors was a feat in itself!
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Post by mouse on Sept 23, 2010 9:11:17 GMT
my fav is a toss up betwen caligula and nero....now they are truely interesting *sniggers childishly gether you dont find them interesting...
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Post by mouse on Sept 23, 2010 9:15:40 GMT
The Roman emperor i despise the most was Domitian. A creepy serial killer, who liked to bury vestial virgins alive. Nero and Caligula were just narcisstic goofs by comparison. I agree. They were all so inbred some sort of homicidal reaction and inability to form rational thought was inevitable. plus the total freedom to do whatever they wished with no boundries what ever on their behaviour able to indulge what ever fantacy and no one to say no....
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Post by june on Sept 23, 2010 18:59:55 GMT
gether you dont find them interesting... It's probably best if you continue to think that ;D
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Post by jollyroger on Sept 23, 2010 19:43:54 GMT
I agree. They were all so inbred some sort of homicidal reaction and inability to form rational thought was inevitable. plus the total freedom to do whatever they wished with no boundries what ever on their behaviour able to indulge what ever fantacy and no one to say no.... Yep - i could live like that.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 24, 2010 17:56:58 GMT
It'd get boring. Really.
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Post by jollyroger on Sept 25, 2010 11:36:08 GMT
Personal experience Aubrey? ;D
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Post by aubrey on Sept 25, 2010 13:21:39 GMT
No, not really (heh heh).
But, whatever it is that you really really enjoy doing, it's never going to last for that long - certainly not long enough to fill all the hours in a day. And then you'd have to find something else to do.
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Post by beth on Sept 25, 2010 19:39:29 GMT
Flavius Claudius Julianus (331/332[1] – 26 June 363), commonly known as Julian, Julian the Apostate or Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 355 to 363. He is also a noted philosopher and Greek writer.[2] A member of the Constantinian dynasty, he was made Caesar by Constantius II in 355 and took command of the western provinces. During his reign he campaigned successfully against the Alamanni and Franks. Most notable was his crushing victory over the Alamanni in 357 at the Battle of Argentoratum - despite being outnumbered. In 360 he was acclaimed Augustus by his soldiers, sparking a civil war between Julian and Constantius. However, Constantius died before the two could face each other in battle, naming Julian as his rightful successor. In 363, Julian embarked on an ambitious campaign against the Sassanid Empire. Though initially successful, Julian was mortally wounded in battle and died shortly after. Julian was a man of unusually complex character: he was "the military commander, the theosophist, the social reformer, and the man of letters".[3] He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire and it was his desire to bring the empire back to its ancient Roman values in order to save it from "dissolution".[4] He purged the top-heavy state bureaucracy and attempted to revive traditional Roman religious practices at the cost of Christianity. His rejection of Christianity in favour of Neoplatonic paganism caused him to be called Julian the Apostate by the church.[5] Interestingly, he was also the last emperor of the Constantinian dynasty - the empire's first Christian dynasty. (wiki)
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Post by gabriel on Sept 26, 2010 13:13:51 GMT
Sounds pretty boring. What about Vespasian? No-one's mentioned him. Year of the 4 Emperors. He outlasts all the other candidates. What's that big building in Rome he started? Oh yes, the Collosseum.
But if you really want to go for interesting what about Tiberius?
Small boys and fish.
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Post by aubrey on Sept 26, 2010 13:49:46 GMT
Favourite, though? Would you like to have gone for a drink with him?
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Post by gabriel on Oct 5, 2010 12:08:33 GMT
With Tiberius? I doubt I'd have lasted through a sip.
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Post by aubrey on Oct 5, 2010 20:08:48 GMT
And he wouldn't have got his round in.
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Post by gabriel on Oct 6, 2010 11:18:48 GMT
H'm. Interesting thought.
For favourite I'll still go for Clau Clau Cladius. Damn you Robert Graves for feeding my imagination!
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