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To: SedVictaCatoni
Thank you, I stand corrected. Now that I think on it, Vespasian was their father...
9 posted on 05/12/2004 9:38:58 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (Training doesn't give you common sense or respect for human dignity.)
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To: .cnI redruM
heh, while we're taking history notes:

"Titus put Jerusalem to the torch and a very large number of its inhabitants to the gladius."

in latin, the word gladius has two meanings. one slang: "sword" and the other literal: "penis"

gladiators were seen as sex symbols as well as fighters, and were named after the literal meaning.
40 posted on 05/12/2004 10:04:26 AM PDT by MacDorcha
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