http://rovemonteux.net/2010/02/08/the-horrors-of-roman-brutality/
Citizen of Constantinople in 1453.
Things on this earth are grim. They have always been grim.
But no Black Plague, no marauding armies raping children. So not too terrible here and now.
But keep your guns and anti biotics handy tomorrow may be worse.
First case of Boubonic Plague of 2012....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2890060/posts
About 5 miles from me. No marauding armies, just the occasional drunk driver.