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2010-07-29 12:22:37 PM
Romanes eunt domus!
 
2010-07-29 12:49:24 PM
If only the could have peaceably been settled in Pannonia, Moesia, or Dacia...

/Roman history nerdom
 
2010-07-29 12:53:45 PM
These Romans are crazy.
 
2010-07-29 01:14:53 PM
IndyMBA: If only the could have peaceably been settled in Pannonia, Moesia, or Dacia...

/Roman history nerdom


Ask Fritigern and the Goths how well peaceably settling works out.
 
2010-07-29 01:29:36 PM
teto85: These Romans are crazy.

Sono Pazzi Questi Romani?

Seriously, the graffiti problem is terrible. When I first went to Rome, in 2001, I saw one phrase in English, on a railing near the Colosseum: "Did six million really die or was it a Zionist lie?" When I returned to Rome in 2006, it was still there, and it was still there the last time I was in Rome, in 2009.
 
2010-07-29 01:33:38 PM
Relatively Obscure: Ask Fritigern and the Goths how well peaceably settling works out.

Or the Romans with regards to the Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, etc.

I know the answer...it doesn't work well when a trickle of migrants across the Danube and Rhine becomes a flood that the neither the Western nor Eastern Roman empires could contain.
 
2010-07-29 01:54:35 PM
IndyMBA: it doesn't work well when a trickle of migrants across the Danube and Rhine becomes a flood that the neither the Western nor Eastern Roman empires could contain.

Hey, you let a whole bunch of selectively chosen, desperate, fighting-age people come on in with the promise of land and food as long as they pay taxes and fight for you, and then you try to "lol j/k :P" about the land and food part, don't come crying when you end up Adrianopwned.
 
2010-07-29 02:00:28 PM
Why is Italy shaped like a boot?
They couldn't fit all that crap in a sneaker.
 
2010-07-29 02:27:36 PM
Relatively Obscure: Hey, you let a whole bunch of selectively chosen, desperate, fighting-age people come on in with the promise of land and food as long as they pay taxes and fight for you, and then you try to "lol j/k :P" about the land and food part, don't come crying when you end up Adrianopwned.

I've been reading my way through Roman history (founding to the fall) the last couple of years. I'm up to Anthony Birley's book on Septimius Severus (Septimius Severus: The African Emperor) at the moment - his books on Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius were good. When I get to later antiquity we'll have to have this conversation again; I'm 8years removed from my Roman Empire undergrad classes and 12years removed from my high school Latin. lol
 
2010-07-29 02:38:21 PM
IndyMBA: I've been reading my way through Roman history (founding to the fall) the last couple of years. I'm up to Anthony Birley's book on Septimius Severus (Septimius Severus: The African Emperor) at the moment - his books on Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius were good. When I get to later antiquity we'll have to have this conversation again; I'm 8years removed from my Roman Empire undergrad classes and 12years removed from my high school Latin. lol

Nice you had those classes. I just read for fun, because I'm apparently not forward-thinking enough to do it for credit ;)

/Rome was in a really bad spot pre-Adrianople (and worse after). Still get to give them shiat for their choices, though.
 
2010-07-29 02:53:47 PM
Relatively Obscure: Nice you had those classes. I just read for fun, because I'm apparently not forward-thinking enough to do it for credit ;)

At this point, my reading is purely for fun because it serves no practical purpose other than increasing my knowledge in a subject that few people I know care about. lol
 
2010-07-29 02:59:11 PM
Romans...Vandals...

Seems appropriate:

sites.google.com
 
2010-07-29 03:14:10 PM
I will throw myself between Sophia Loren and anything.
 
2010-07-29 03:14:40 PM
teto85: These Romans are crazy.

i27.tinypic.com
Agrees.
 
2010-07-29 03:14:44 PM
Sarah Palin ruins everything.
 
2010-07-29 03:14:59 PM
At least it wasn't the Visigoths, those dudes be all kinds of crazy!
 
2010-07-29 03:15:44 PM
Relatively Obscure: IndyMBA: If only the could have peaceably been settled in Pannonia, Moesia, or Dacia...

/Roman history nerdom

Ask Fritigern and the Goths how well peaceably settling works out.


I heard they got really depressed and started wearing black and singing mopey songs about famine and being sold into slavery.
 
2010-07-29 03:16:08 PM
What have the Romans ever done for us?
 
2010-07-29 03:17:49 PM
eternallycool.net

/Hot like the forum in August
 
2010-07-29 03:20:32 PM
Feed the vandals to the lions.
 
2010-07-29 03:20:59 PM
It's all a Jute-ish conspiracy.
 
2010-07-29 03:22:34 PM
I won't put up with any more of this Bulgarity. Alani Gotha do is take my Suevi to the levee and Avar eel good time.
www.3click.tv
 
2010-07-29 03:23:18 PM
3.bp.blogspot.com
What is up.
 
2010-07-29 03:23:25 PM
I suggest a nice old Roman punishment for these asshats.
Crucify em.
 
2010-07-29 03:24:17 PM
Kozakman: I suggest a nice old Roman punishment for these asshats.
Crucify em.


I suggest an old Roman punishment for these asshats.

Make them have sex with an old Roman.
 
2010-07-29 03:27:55 PM
They never learned to pict the right battle.
 
2010-07-29 03:29:11 PM
teto85: These Romans are crazy.

I less-than-three those books. I found some scans of them a while back, but I'd love to get my hands on some hard copies. Dad had a couple, and I read 'em allll the time. :-\

/pointless threadjack
//random acts of nostalgia
 
2010-07-29 03:30:08 PM
i53.photobucket.com

I want him fighting wabid, wild animals within a week.
 
2010-07-29 03:30:33 PM
Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates.

/original Roman vandalism
 
2010-07-29 03:31:30 PM
mamoru: Romanes eunt domus!

Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
 
2010-07-29 03:31:34 PM
rodeofrog: What have the Romans ever done for us?

The aqueduct.
 
2010-07-29 03:36:01 PM
Cue the worlds smallest violin.
 
2010-07-29 03:40:31 PM
ace in your face: Sarah Palin ruins everything.

Came here for at least some U of I reference, no matter how obscure.

/Vandal
 
2010-07-29 03:42:38 PM
Foaming: rodeofrog: What have the Romans ever done for us?

The aqueduct.


Medicine?
 
2010-07-29 03:42:44 PM
IndyMBA: Relatively Obscure: Ask Fritigern and the Goths how well peaceably settling works out.

Or the Romans with regards to the Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, etc.

I know the answer...it doesn't work well when a trickle of migrants across the Danube and Rhine becomes a flood that the neither the Western nor Eastern Roman empires could contain.




Well, thank FSM that could never happen here in the good old U.S. of A.
 
2010-07-29 03:43:09 PM
What have the Romans ever done for us?


they invented the trojan condom.
 
2010-07-29 03:45:22 PM
Paris1127: teto85: These Romans are crazy.

Sono Pazzi Questi Romani?

Seriously, the graffiti problem is terrible. When I first went to Rome, in 2001, I saw one phrase in English, on a railing near the Colosseum: "Did six million really die or was it a Zionist lie?" When I returned to Rome in 2006, it was still there, and it was still there the last time I was in Rome, in 2009.


Well at least it rhymed?
 
2010-07-29 03:45:35 PM
Gough: ace in your face: Sarah Palin ruins everything.

Came here for at least some U of I reference, no matter how obscure.

/Vandal


Yeah well... We own the Palouse.

/Coug.
 
2010-07-29 03:45:46 PM
www.wearysloth.com
people should know when they're conquered
 
2010-07-29 03:47:18 PM
Sofa King Smart: mamoru: Romanes eunt domus!

Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.


Thanks for the laugh Sofa King.
I am in what seems like the minority, because I think "Life of Brian" is superior to "Holy Grail".
 
2010-07-29 03:49:13 PM
LemSkroob: /Hot like the forum in August


When I saw that pic, all I could think of is The Ramones.

Jackie is a punk,
Judy is a runt...
 
2010-07-29 03:49:31 PM
Gough:

Came here for at least some U of I reference, no matter how obscure.


U of I reference?
Keep the Chief.
 
2010-07-29 03:52:51 PM
mamoru: Romanes eunt domus!

For some reason, I keep reading "Romans eat donuts..."
 
2010-07-29 03:53:55 PM
KeeptheChief: Thanks for the laugh Sofa King.
I am in what seems like the minority, because I think "Life of Brian" is superior to "Holy Grail".


Yeah but when he copy & pastes the entire scene no one else can play
 
2010-07-29 03:54:55 PM
Dorf11: Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates.

/original Roman vandalism


Fun read, thanks!
 
2010-07-29 03:55:28 PM
MBooda: Foaming: rodeofrog: What have the Romans ever done for us?

The aqueduct.

Medicine?


Don't forget concrete. That sh*t gets stonger over time, unlike most other materials that decay, rust, or generally collapse as they get older. it's awesome.


KeeptheChief: Thanks for the laugh Sofa King.
I am in what seems like the minority, because I think "Life of Brian" is superior to "Holy Grail".


Well, then there's at least two of us in that minority, because while Holy Grail is fun, silly, and quotable, Life of Brian doesn't get nearly enough love as it should. That scene right there is my favorite, but that's 'cause I'm a bit of a linguist and that kind of thing interests me. :)
 
2010-07-29 03:57:18 PM
Dorf11: Restituta, take off your tunic, please, and show us your hairy privates.

/original Roman vandalism


Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!

Phileros is a eunuch!

/original Fark Politics tab?
 
2010-07-29 03:59:12 PM
For the troublemakers nothing is sacred: earlier this month vandals left anti-pope graffiti on the Scala Santa, or Holy Stairs, a major Catholic site that draws pilgrims from around the world who climb its 28 marble steps on their knees.

lmao, but banging children, moving pedophile priests around the globe to further their stock is devine.
 
2010-07-29 03:59:57 PM
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2010-07-29 04:01:48 PM
I approve of the display of history geekery in this thread. :)
 
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