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The Roman Empire

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, Sep 26, 2023.

  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    Decided to be Caesar for Halloween. Gonna be live af.
     
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    immortal

     
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    I actually started a Roman empire documentary on Netflix yesterday. How bizarre?
     
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    Nice humble brag. Kudos.
     
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    If you're onto something...when Roman Zombies show?
     
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    Very strange. I just did a search for British Roman historical fiction last night.
     
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    2 weeks in Italy. 10 year anniversary celebration and visiting my Mom's homeland in Sicily. :cool:
     
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    Yeah I think about the Romans in a similar fashion to how I think about the Vikings, Aztecs, even neanderthals

    At some point a group of Homo's were walking around and doing stuff, just like me.
     
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    And also some stuff that was really different. I love thinking about crap like that.
     
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    Movies has taught me that they all speak with some fancy English accent.
     
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    like Jesus!
     
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    Lost roman cooking herb -



    It also apparently doubled as a very effective abortifacent.

    My impression is people (myself included) have a pretty shallow understanding of the ins and outs of the Roman Empire, so I kind of wonder what all these dudes are spending all this time thinking about, and whether it has anything in common with reality.
     
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    Fits the description. Written by a celebrated British historian who's specialty is Roman history. This is a short series and the focus of the novel is Roman Britain.

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    Takes place in Rome and written by an Austin resident. The protagonist is a detective for hire and Saylor makes it work so well that he's written a whole series about the guy.

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    I recommend these books for anyone wanting to learn more about Rome and world history in general.
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    Yea, i think about them a lot lmao.
    Same with other ancient civilizations.

    I blame it on playing a lot of Age of Empires 2 when i was a kid.
     
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    Thanks Deckard. I'll check them out.
     
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