To: SunkenCiv
I think it's supposed to be 79
BC and the Dictator was the ever lovable Sulla (not
Silla), who came close to killing a minor young noble of the opposing party, named Julius Caesar. 79 AD was well into the time of the Caesars and I think was the year Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompey and Herculaneum.
But what do I know? I'm not a well paid Italian reporter.
6 posted on
06/01/2010 9:17:54 PM PDT by
katana
(Part Neanderthal, and proud of it!)
To: katana
According to Mary McCullough (sp?), Sulla eventually married into the Julius family but made sure the young heir became Pontifex Maximus to keep him away from military training. Obviously, his plan didn’t work.
8 posted on
06/01/2010 9:55:04 PM PDT by
Mach9
To: katana
‘I think it’s supposed to be 79 BC and the Dictator was the ever lovable Sulla (not Silla)’
I tend to agree.
16 posted on
06/02/2010 2:45:23 AM PDT by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of.-- Idylls of the King)
To: katana
It looks like the average Italian knows as little about his history and the average American is taught about his.
To: katana; rmlew; Lucius Cornelius Sulla; sonic109
I think Silla was the ancestor to Dora (the Explora).
/rimshot!
and now, back to our thread.
Thanks, btw!
30 posted on
06/02/2010 3:19:12 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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