With the big game tomorrow, here's an article about how sports maniacs nearly overthrew a Roman Emperor.
1 posted on
02/02/2008 2:43:04 PM PST by
Antoninus
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2 posted on
02/02/2008 2:43:48 PM PST by
Antoninus
(The other guys s#ck so I'm stuck with Huck!)
To: SunkenCiv
Ping worthy?
4 posted on
02/02/2008 2:50:03 PM PST by
MNJohnnie
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To: SunkenCiv
Ping worthy?
5 posted on
02/02/2008 2:50:08 PM PST by
MNJohnnie
(Instead of "Swift Boaters", 2008 Democrats have "Short Bussers"-Freeper Sax)
To: Antoninus
Good Article. It could happen in Philly. :^)
To: Antoninus
David Drake wrote an SF version of this in his Hammer’s Slammers series. I think the novel was “At Any Price,” but it might have been “Counting the Cost.” Anyone remember?
9 posted on
02/02/2008 4:04:40 PM PST by
No Truce With Kings
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To: Antoninus
This is in
Gibbon. Years ago I set out to read an abridged version of the Decline and Fall, but I bogged down in the preliminaries. Browsing through, this account caught my eye and renewed my enthusiasm.
10 posted on
02/02/2008 5:15:03 PM PST by
dr_lew
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13 posted on
02/02/2008 8:47:09 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: Antoninus
And instead of living out his days in honored comfort, Justinian's commander became an embarrassing reminder of the emperor's poor judgment. "A penny for the blind general Belisarius..."
18 posted on
02/04/2008 10:35:26 PM PST by
Tenniel2
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20 posted on
02/01/2010 8:51:58 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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