Posted on 06/11/2018 12:57:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Or in my case, one.
First time I read that (in this lifetime anyway) was in the National Lampoon, I was just expecting to find it online somewhere, but imagine my surprise just now.
More classical Roman suicide jokes:
https://www.purplemotes.net/2015/12/20/husband-suicide-cicero/
The Nat Lamp list included this thigh-slapper from Flavian Rome:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Titus+Vespasian+and+the+urinal+tax
And the Romans themselves derided their neighbors and former overlords, calling them “obesus Etruscus”, or the Fat Etruscan. Calling Americans fat is one of the favored pejoratives of European alleged humorists. In the 1980s Khaddafy let European Nazis make their demonstrations in Libya (they’re still illegal in Europe), and one of the popular signs was, “we are with you, Palestinian people, not with the fat, dirty Jew.” The upshot is, it’s possible that European humor peaked with the Roman empire. ;^)
The upshot is, its possible that European humor peaked with the Roman empire. ;^)
Times change. People dont.
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It took me a few minutes, but, now, I see what you did there. :^D
Why do athletes call those things medicine balls? There’s no medicine inside them. :^)
(all three were over 35 very old in those days)
Where do they get this nonsense?
History and Scripture is replete with people living to their 70’s,80’s, and 90’s, in this era.
The same claims are made as recently as the 1800’s and I have Great, Great Grandparents, Great Grandparents, and Grandparents who lived to their 90’s.
I’m sure that the rate of infant death impacts the “averages”, but to suggest 35 was old is nonsense.
“...during the construction of an aqueduct in a Rome suburb...”
That’s funny. One of the greatest civic accomplishments of the Roman Empire...the aquaduct...and they’re still building them! Outstanding!
(Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.)
Average life span for a Roman in those days was twenty one (21) years of age. I didn’t believe it myself until I looked it up from several different sources.
Nice find.
It’s funny how random truths and insight to life, the universe and everything turns up unexpectedly at times.
“... is a bit of stretch, but it works journalistically,...””
I just bought a set of those dishes at Kohl’s.
DariusBane is right. Life span and life expectancy are two different things. Life expectancy is also greatly reduced by infant and childhood mortality.
More info on Roman life expectancy:
https://revealedrome.com/2012/06/ancient-rome-daily-life-women-age/
True Facts!
Thanks for the explanation I didn’t take time to make.
Thanks for the explanation I didn’t take time to make.
he family tomb was distinctive “because it remained intact, and was never violated,”
At least, it wasn’t violated until the “chamber tomb that came to light five weeks ago during the construction of an aqueduct in a Rome suburb, when an earthmover accidentally opened a hole in the side of the chamber...”
Honestly, we expect people to leave our dead and buried alone, but this GRAVE from hundreds (ok, possible 2000) years ago, we dig into? It’s a grave - if you want ours respected and left alone, leave others alone.
/Not directed at you SC, just find it crazy/odd...
Dead White Male Privilege.
Where do they truly draw the line between grave desecration and archaeology?
That’s the point, where do we? Personally, I am going to be cremated (or, well, I want to be, this body will be dead, so I don’t really have any say in the matter). Just at what point will someone in the future dig up the graves of today?
Do we expect the future generations to leave our sunken ships alone, as we expect other countries to leave them alone now?
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