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Young girl’s name scratched into wall of one of Pompeii’s largest villas suggests it was owned by descendants of general Lucius Mummius who conquered Greece in 146BC
By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline 06:51 EDT 27 May 2020 , updated 11:26 EDT 27 May 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8360911/A-daughters-scrawl-reveals-lavish-Pompeii-villa-belonged-esteemed-general-Lucius-Mummius.html


10 posted on 06/06/2020 2:56:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

general Lucius Mummius who conquered Greece in 146BC

******

And thereby began the long road to Rome’s downfall by importing the philosophies that turned generations of young Roman males into butt punchers.


11 posted on 06/06/2020 2:58:23 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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If you wanna get down, down in the ground, Pompeii.

26 posted on 02/27/2021 11:13:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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