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Getting the News in Ancient Rome
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| July 15, 2022
| toldinstone
Posted on 07/16/2022 6:24:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The HBO series "Rome" really fell apart in season two, but having a Roman historian involved as a consultant resulted in decent authenticity in the look and feel (important even though the entertainment industry doesn't make documentaries). One such really cool inclusion was the rotund town crier, sponsored by the guild of millers.
The toldinstone guy makes a lot of vids, they tend to be excellent and cover every nook and cranny, and even with these 1950s-style integrated sponsor messages, well worth watching. And the sponsor messages are easy to skip. IOW, don't write in about it, okay?
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:24:07 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks. I love this stuff.
L
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:24:56 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
This source has some recent vids on ancient coin collecting, and Roman dog breeds, btw.

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posted on
07/16/2022 6:26:42 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Lurker
My pleasure. The Morning Brew segment is the current ad. I got the guy's book recently, haven't cracked it yet.
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:27:55 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Lurker
I found the geometric design at the bottom of the relief interesting. Looks like 4 little Swastika embedded in the design. I wonder if that’s where Adolf got some inspiration.... :0)
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07/16/2022 6:28:05 AM PDT
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Gaffer
(EA)
To: Gaffer
It’s obvious that the Romans were Nazis.
L
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:33:19 AM PDT
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Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: SunkenCiv
"The Guild of Millers. True Roman bread, for True Romans."
Thanks for posting this thread. I'm due to binge-watch Rome again. Been a few years.
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:35:52 AM PDT
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: Gaffer
If the world was destroyed and revived without benefit of the past designs...they would occur again...the wheel would be invented and we'd eventually wind up right where we are on the intelligence graph.
It is my belief that the brain holds all knowledge...and just needs to be prodded. It's the only thing that makes sense.
It's why Climate Change BY MAN doesn't make sense.
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:36:49 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: Textide
Same here. I loved how they managed to wrap up the series on an up note, after all that post-set-fire nonsense script-spewing of season 2, so I generally skip a lot of that. “About your father...” what a great finale.
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07/16/2022 6:39:46 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Then as now gossip rises to the level of consensus.
To: Sacajaweau
I really was kinda joking about it. Just a geometric design of right angles, and I’d agree they’d come up again even with no prior knowledge/exposure. This article example is not even remotely as intricate as some of the Celtic designs I’ve seen and have on some of my leather stamps. :0)
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07/16/2022 6:46:37 AM PDT
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Gaffer
(Infidel, and proud of it!)
To: Sacajaweau
Let’s leave out the preferred pronouns next time.
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:50:18 AM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: Lurker
The Romans were not good people, that’s for sure.
Tale
Ambitious and capable yes. But not good.
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posted on
07/16/2022 6:52:14 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Lurker; SunkenCiv
They had “podium” casts, or Podcast for short.
And of course the Etruscans invented Etruscan mail or E-mail.
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posted on
07/16/2022 8:03:54 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: BenLurkin; Lurker; SunkenCiv
You could listen to your Podcasts on your “imperator” Pod, or iPod.
You’re welcome.
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07/16/2022 8:09:43 AM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Larry Lucido; BenLurkin; Lurker
The Romans continued the practice, going back into prehistory, of using Blackberries for that kind of thing. Of course, they had stains on their fingers and hands when they got done...

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07/16/2022 8:49:36 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, all of ‘em should have been rounded up and, wait, what?
The Romans were no more good or evil than any group that has ever walked the Earth.
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07/16/2022 8:51:22 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Gaffer
LOL! I noticed the same thing. Saw the same pattern in a movie, Jason and the Argonauts, last night.
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posted on
07/16/2022 8:52:16 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
To: Larry Lucido
Some news was spoken, samsung.
Backatcha
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posted on
07/16/2022 8:54:23 AM PDT
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null and void
(No world is so large that it can't fit within the pages of a book)
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