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Caligula Statue Hints at Lavish Villa
Discovery News ^
| Tuesday, January 18, 2011
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 01/18/2011 5:43:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Italian police might have found intriguing evidence pointing to the long-lost villa of the incestuous and lunatic emperor Caligula, according to a report by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
The special art squad police arrested last week near Lake Nemi, south of Rome, a man trying to load part of an eight-foot-tall statue onto his truck...
Thought to be worth about $1.6 million, the statue would represent Caligula sitting on the throne as the god Jupiter, supporting the theory that the insane and capricious emperor, who is said to have made his favorite horse Incitatus a senator, believed himself to be a living god.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; history
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To: bigheadfred; SunkenCiv; Lazamataz
Ths topic always brings out the freaks.... where is Laz?
Wait, its just us?
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posted on
01/18/2011 7:14:04 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
To: SunkenCiv
Just make sure you’re taking your meds to control those caesars.
22
posted on
01/18/2011 7:17:49 PM PST
by
bigheadfred
(As a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll ask for forgiveness...)
To: SunkenCiv
For those who are curious about our fascination with "Little Boots," the throughly mad emperor of Rome, allow me to refer you to a definitive, oft-quoted source.
Suetonius' Life of Caligula from "Twelve Caesars".
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posted on
01/18/2011 7:19:36 PM PST
by
Prospero
(non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
To: SunkenCiv
“...I’ve often sung “Caligula” to the tune “Wim-oh-weh”.”
Well, that amused me a lot! Sitting here LOL! My dad’s a big history buff — I’ll share that one with him. :)
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posted on
01/19/2011 1:41:19 AM PST
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(March 2010: Congress shoved Obamacare down our throats. November 2010: We will shove it back!)
To: SunkenCiv
I was hoping it was an allegory about a self proclaimed God from Chicago who married a Wookie and lived in the adulation of the great unwashed ignorati who thrive on daily dispensations of the word by ordained presstitutes
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posted on
01/19/2011 4:46:09 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
To: SunkenCiv
Please add me to the GGG ping list. I usually end up on these threads anyway.
Is there a hazing ritual?
To: Rebelbase
Is there a hazing ritual? Beltline.
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posted on
01/19/2011 8:59:44 AM PST
by
Ole Okie
To: Ole Okie
To: SunkenCiv; bigheadfred; GeronL; Rebelbase; 3D-JOY; 50mm; AGreatPer; calcowgirl; ...
Caligula threads are not pulled. The are impaled on a large pole and then set on fire!
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| Set on fire on 01/17/2011 6:51:32 PM RST by Caligula, reason: I'm bored.
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28½ posted on 01/19/2011 1:38:21 PM EST by Caligula (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
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To: 3D-Joy; 50mm; AGreatPer; calcowgirl; cindyTrueSupporter; concretebob; Disco Dave; Doctor Raoul; ...
ping!
If you want off my ping list get over it!
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posted on
01/19/2011 10:57:04 AM PST
by
BufordP
("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
To: BufordP
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posted on
01/19/2011 11:06:42 AM PST
by
bigheadfred
(As a rapturous voice escapes I will tremble a prayer and I'll ask for forgiveness...)
To: SunkenCiv
Italian police might have found intriguing evidence pointing to the long-lost villa of the incestuous and lunatic emperor Caligula, according to a report by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.A thousand years from now:
Chinese police in the People's Protectorate of Illinois have found intriguing evidence pointing to the long-lost villa of the Marxist and lunatic president 0bama, according to a report by the Xinhua News Agency's U.S. Bureau.
To: BufordP
We have a WINNER!!
Funny stuff - thanks for the afternoon laugh.
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posted on
01/19/2011 12:20:35 PM PST
by
trooprally
(Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
To: SunkenCiv
Still one of the biggest stinkers ever made.
To: BufordP
LOL.
You have outdone yourself, once again.
Excellent!
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posted on
01/19/2011 3:47:46 PM PST
by
calcowgirl
("Sapere Aude!" --Immanuel Kant)
To: BufordP
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posted on
01/19/2011 4:19:53 PM PST
by
50mm
( I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.)
To: colorado tanker
Caligula’s finest moment was his victory over the chieftain Alugilac.
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posted on
01/19/2011 4:38:48 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Rebelbase
There is, but I don’t wanna spoil the surprise. ;’)
The real welcome message will be in FReepmail (in a minute or two).
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posted on
01/19/2011 4:40:56 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: BufordP; bigheadfred; trooprally; calcowgirl
LOL... that 28 1/2 really threw me for a second btw...
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posted on
01/19/2011 4:42:27 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: calcowgirl
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posted on
01/19/2011 5:03:00 PM PST
by
BufordP
("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
To: BufordP
LOL. I don’t remember reading that one.
The Hopper wins on content — this one wins on graphics.
(How’s that for straddlin’ the ol’ fence? lol)
...”One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions. “
Love it!
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posted on
01/19/2011 5:31:44 PM PST
by
calcowgirl
("Sapere Aude!" --Immanuel Kant)
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