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To: SunkenCiv

Any of the finds have pictures of disliked emperors in them?


6 posted on 02/15/2022 12:58:59 AM PST by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: gdzla

Yup, and the heads of the smart alecs were found inside.


7 posted on 02/15/2022 1:04:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: gdzla

I doubt it-it was the Greeks who made a custom of writing the names of disliked rulers and politicians, etc on chamber pots-called “ostraka” or the broken pieces of them-that is how we got the original word “ostracized”-which meant only fit to be pissed on-still a major insult...


21 posted on 02/15/2022 12:18:53 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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