Tofuttus. . he converted to vegetarianism and founded many organic cooperatives, right?
'Potential'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
I never liked the Romans. I find them boring, even the raunchy craxxy ones.
Well most of the ones in HBO's ROME are pretty freaking hot. And tormented. So that helps with the fascination.
Bwing out Bwian!
Well most of the ones in HBO's ROME are pretty freaking hot. And tormented. So that helps with the fascination.
Yes, this. Plus, with all the Brit actors in it, everytime we watch an episode, Pete's accent gets stronger.
Trajan, people, Trajan. Who was Spanish, and thus the first non-Italian emperor.
(Tacitus was an historian, he wrote Germania, which should be subtitled, "How people from other places are weird, and Germany is dark and gloomy and barbarous, and arent' we lucky to have the Italian Riviera?")
Tiberius was actually quite a competent emperor, but his private life didn't bear close examination.
Yeah, I was mostly flailing for Roman Emperors beginning with "t". Say, do Eastern Empire honchos count? There's probably a Theodore-ish one or two from Byzantium.
Huh. The one I saw looked like C-Span BC. Might have to watch another one.
I only got into Roman history because of I, Claudius (the miniseries--haven't read the books yet).
Tiberius, on his mother, Livia: They say a snake bit her once...and died.
Trajan has an architectural something named after him. A column, perhaps?