To: PzLdr
Haven’t you ever heard of Elagabalus, AKA Heliogabalus Rome’s gayest emperor?
He’s famous for saying of one of them, as the Praetorian Guard was marching away all of his male couriers to be executed in the arena, “Can you not spare me this one man?”. They didn’t. Gotta love Roman pragmatism.
(Source Dio Cassius.)
6 posted on
09/04/2008 11:08:00 PM PDT by
InABunkerUnderSF
(McCain is at least a Trajan, not a Galba.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
Hell, Hadrian was an out and out flamer. Built a city and named for his boyfriend who drowned. But nobody refers to an unnatural act of intercourse as “going Roman”.
14 posted on
09/04/2008 11:21:00 PM PDT by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
Haven’t you ever heard of Elagabalus, AKA Heliogabalus Rome’s gayest emperor?
He was at least half Syrian.
20 posted on
09/05/2008 6:56:14 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(McCain/Palin -- The winning ticket!)
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