Posted on 10/31/2005 7:36:11 AM PST by uglybiker
Roman Ruler's Head Found in Sewer
Lief of "Saint Constantine" Who Cristianized Rome
A 1,700-year-old carved marble head of Emperor Constantine has been found in a sewer in central Rome.
Archaeologists found the 60cm (2ft) head while clearing an ancient drainage system in the ruins of the Roman Forum.
Eugenio La Rocca, superintendent of Rome's artefacts, described the head as a rare find and said it was possible it had been used to clear a blocked sewer.
Constantine, who reigned from 306 to 337, is known for ending persecution of Christians and founding Constantinople.
Although most of his subjects remained pagans, he is credited with helping to establish Europe's Christian roots by proclaiming religious freedom.
The white marble head was confirmed as a portrait of Constantine by experts who compared it with coins and two other giant heads kept in Rome's Capitoline Museums.
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GGG List PING.
"Archaeologists found the 60cm (2ft) head while clearing an ancient drainage system in the ruins of the Roman Forum."
Does this mean that Constantine had his head stuck up his sewer pipe? ;-)
you beat me to the good lines, but how would a stature be used to clean out a stopped sweer unless it was dropped from above? even then, wouldn't it then serve to clog the pipe further down?
i thought sewers ran predominantly horizontal, with a certain pitch.
Boy when it went missing I'll bet the emporer said 'Heads will roll for this'.
He needs to get his mind out of the gutter.
I dunno. Did liberals exist back then?
They must have had a REALLY good flushing system back then.
Maybe it was hitched to a rope and repeatedly dropped down the pipe.
This is known as, 'constan-pation.'
*groan*
Ancient Rome ping
HAMLET
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a
king, and cat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.
KING CLAUDIUS
What dost you mean by this?
HAMLET
Nothing but to show you how a king may go a
progress through the guts of a beggar.
So much for the government-mandated 1.6 gallons per flush toilets.
Definitely NOT a low volume version!
"You don`t scare me. I got chunks of guys like you in my stool!"
LOL
So that is where the Muslims threw it after they decapitated him.
LMBO - great comment.
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