Posted on 01/28/2023 9:49:20 AM PST by SunkenCiv
“I lost my head in Wintringham, and all I got was this lousy toga.”
I once saw a special exhibition at the GR Ford Museum of the various presidential china place settings. Quite a number are not known to have survived. The Lincolns' has only one setting that had survived. Ceramic utensils break, even if they last years or decades or more, and it is indeed rare to find intact ancient ceramic items. The Romans used a lot of ready-to-go architectural elements that were tile, such as the floor shims for the hypercausts, flooring, roofing, and the hollow vertical elements used for the walls of the calderiums in the baths of posh private homes. Those didn't experience as much wear and tear in use, and probably a lot of that wound up being a puzzling addition to later construction by other cultural groups.
Nero burning down Rome and then blaming the Christians is a myth?
Nero didn't burn down Rome, he was off in one of his country estates, was told about the fire, and rushed to the city to organize the firefighting, which went on for a week or more. That's from Tacitus, who is the only ancient original source for the claim that Nero blamed Christians for the fire. So, yeah, it's a myth.
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