[BenLurkin]

Charlize Theron’s character, Imperator Furiosa should have been named Imperator Furioso.

Or Imperatrix Furiosa.

Can’t have it both ways.

[Smokin' Joe]

Wow. A person who studied law and knows some Latin.

What a threat to the empire.

[VanDeKoik]

If he ends every speech with “Death to Carthage”, then I think he might like it a bit too much.

[chajin]

Why does Ted Cruz...make so many references to Cicero

You mean like the Founders made so many references to Cato? Perhaps it is because we are coming to the end of our Republic, and he sees this and wants to stop it, the way Cato and Cicero saw it in their day and wanted to stop it.

[Shadow44]

They don’t like it solely because it runs contrary to the dumbing down of society.

People quoted classical figures up until the 20th Century. It was a part of REAL education.

In fact trying to read an 18th Century text with no knowledge of Greco-Roman mythology is next to impossible with the metaphors they used. E.g. Edmund Burke

[mkjessup]

It's perfectly ok with me, the phrase used by Cruz "lawless imperator", I usually refer to Obama as that "no-good Kenyan sonuvabitch" among other colorful epithets, but I was never a member of the Roman Senate either.

On this one, I say "GO CRUZ GO!"

[DoughtyOne]

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[Boogieman]

Check out the comments at the article. Only a single person commented, and a REPORTER FOR NEWSWEEK responded with “**** off”.

Great customer relations....

[nonsporting]

Is this a veiled reference to 44 B.C.?