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Spectators at Rome's Colosseum ate olives, fruit and nuts while watching gladiators fight to the death, archaeologists find after discovering 1,900-year-old food fragments
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| November 24, 2022, updated on the 25th
| Fiona Jackson
Posted on 11/25/2022 4:23:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:23:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
And who didn’t know this?
Bet there was blood involved too!
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:25:21 PM PST
by
9422WMR
(45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
To: SunkenCiv
“Getcher olives and walnuts heah!”
“I’ll take one”
“That’ll be 18.75 denarii”
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:28:23 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America.)
To: 9422WMR
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:28:36 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: 9422WMR
agree....i always say...grant money is forever.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:31:04 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: SunkenCiv
To: 9422WMR
After the show, Romans enjoyed a nice sit-down dinner, featuring spaghetti and Pete’s balls.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:34:26 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Hieronymus
Mmmm, my mom used to make that, but she also threw in some otters’ eyes.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:35:04 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Washed down with a cup or two of falernum wine.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:35:16 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: P.O.E.
I didn’t know they even *had* 4WD back then... oh, never mind, denaRii...
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:36:35 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
What did they expect? Five Guys cheeseburgers, fries and Bud Light??
To: Kaiser8408a
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:37:46 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(4,650,626 | Truth Social | 87,755,089 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
To: dynachrome; colorado tanker
Or really, any wine within reach. :^)
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:39:54 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Kaiser8408a
They probably went nowhere without a bag of such snacks on a strap.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:40:40 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
So the Gladiator movie was right?
To: SunkenCiv
People ate food during the entertaining shows? Surprise, surprise.
I think I heard the Haggis Booth didn't go over real well. Those Romans returning from the Isles brought some culinary disasters back with them.
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:45:20 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: SunkenCiv
Where did they take a leak?
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:45:40 PM PST
by
Adder
(ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
To: P.O.E.
“That’ll be 18.75 denarii”
“WHAT?? It was only 12 denarii last year! Damn that Emperor Brandon!”
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:46:17 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/25/2022 4:47:37 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: SunkenCiv
Plus ca change. Plus ca meme chose.
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