'War Stories'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
It's quick good dish on Roman emperors, written by a near-contemporary with a love for the scandalous.
My brother mentioned that book last night. And then he named all of the Caesars in order. I was impressed because I only know the ones with the really bad reps.
Thanks for all the recs!
Can anybody name 12 Caesars in order?
(Without looking it up...)
Only the Julian-Claudians: Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Then there's a few others before Hadrian.
I only know the ones who have monuments and walls named after them (which still exist, in whole or in part). Or who have Shakespeare plays, although I was gently informed, at age 12 or so, that Pompey and Pompeii are not the same thing, and that Pompey was not quite as he had been described in Julius Caesar. (Nor, for that matter, was anybody else.)
Who can name the 5 Good Emperors?
[shameful admission for an erstwhile classical archaeologist] I never liked the Romans. I find them boring, even the raunchy craxxy ones. The Greeks are like soccer, and the Romans are like American football. [/heresy]
Bloody Caesar
Caesar Salad?
My Roman knowledge was exclusively gained by reading Asterix and Obelix books. There was more than one Caesar?
Who can name the 5 Good Emperors?
Marcus Aurelius! Uh...Hadrian? Hmmmm. Tofuttus? Something with a "T."
Something with a "T."
Tiberius? Tacitus?
Tiberius was actually quite a competent emperor, but his private life didn't bear close examination.
Yeah, Suetonius is a barrel of laughs, but not so much with the information on everyday Roman life.
Tofuttus. . he converted to vegetarianism and founded many organic cooperatives, right?