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To: SunkenCiv
Most of what I know about this time period and these historical figures I learned watching the TV series Rome.


8 posted on 01/09/2023 11:10:11 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: z3n
There were parts of that series that were really excellent, especially the beginning episodes. The scene where Mark Antony interrupts Caesar in a meeting and afterwards Caesar puts his arm around his shoulder and, with a smile, tells him to never do that again was a really good reminder of how much Roman politics was like the Godfather.

I was miffed because I thought a lot was cribbed from The First Man in Rome series of novels, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

14 posted on 01/09/2023 11:25:08 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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The face on a coin from that time seems to depict Cleo, and she was just a bit uglier that Helen Thomas ...


20 posted on 01/09/2023 11:53:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: z3n

I think I remember reading that Caesar described Cleopatra as being red-headed. I guess he should have known.


26 posted on 01/09/2023 3:05:43 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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