Roman Culture

[ZRT]

I totally would've loved those circuses. Trapeze girls are HOT.

Free bread's pretty cool too.

Carthage just needs to get over that shit.

Gaul bitches had it coming.

 

[Arkhilokhus]

Free bread's pretty cool too.

"True Roman bread for true Romans."

Republican government. Democracy sucks.

They gave us the word domina.

Infantry organization.

They bred the ancestors of the Rottweiler. Awesome dogs. And they had dog bakery shops!

And, of course, quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

On a more negative note, they also had professional lawyers.

 

[intothewoods]

Anyone watch Rome on HBO?

Hawt.

 

[WriterDom]

Anyone watch Rome on HBO?

Hawt.

Yeah I was upset that they didn't make more.

 

[jockdom]

"What have the romans ever done for us?"

Rome was just the right blend of Sword, sandals and sleazy sex. Kevin McKidd is a great actor.

I remember watching Caligula as a horny 16 year old and getting very turned on by it!(I know it was piece of shit movie)

 

[ZRT]

Aurelian was the best Caesar ever. Fuck the haters. Okay, Augustus was pretty cool too.

You'll pry my gladius from my cold, dead hands.

Togas never go out of style.

Extensive infrastructural work in roads and aqueducts.

On a more negative note, they also had professional lawyers.

Okay so nobody's perfect.

 

[jockdom]

Aurelian was the best Caesar ever. Fuck the haters. Okay, Augustus was pretty cool too.

You'll pry my gladius from my cold, dead hands.

Togas never go out of style.

Extensive infrastructural work in roads and aqueducts.



Okay so nobody's perfect.

'Twas a monty python life of brian quote, I'm no hater!

 

[intothewoods]

"What have the romans ever done for us?"

Rome was just the right blend of Sword, sandals and sleazy sex. Kevin McKidd is a great actor.

I remember watching Caligula as a horny 16 year old and getting very turned on by it!(I know it was piece of shit movie)

I was obsesed with I, Claudius.

Kevin McKidd is a solid actor and beyond, beyond sexy. Plus we'd have really attractive children. Just sayin'.

Yeah I was upset that they didn't make more.

They canceled it. I'm of two minds. It was wrapped up a little too quickly but on the other hand I think there was only so much gluttony and excess that I could watch.

 

[ZRT]

James Purfoy was so damned perfect as Antony.

"I'll retire to my estate, plow my fields and fuck my slaves. Just like old Cincinnatus."

"If we cannot be friends, then we shall have to be enemies. And I will do everything in my power to destroy you."

The sad thing about the cancellation was that the series had excellent potential to move on from the era it was in. They could've jumped a new period of Roman history with ease, slid in a new cast, and made it into a true historical series. Such a waste of potential.

 

[Homburg]

Carthago delenda est!

 

[ZRT]

“To Carthage I came, where there sang all around my ears a cauldron of unholy loves.”

Okay, so maybe they weren't all bad.

 

[ZRT]

Speaking of Cato quotes: "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."

 

[Homburg]

Cato could turn a phrase.

 

[ZRT]

Cato could turn a phrase.

Yup. "Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise."

His great-grandson, however, was less successful at turning a blade.

*rimshot*

 

[Netzach]

I'll fuck you up your ass and down your throat,
you cock-sucker Aurelius and fudge-packed Furius!
Just because my verses are tender doesn't mean
that I've gone all soft. Sure, a poet should focus
on writing poetry and not on sex; but does that
mean they can't write about sex? If a poem is
in good taste, well-written and sexy,
it can tingle and stiffen even hairy old men,
not just horny teenagers. You think I'm a sissy
because I write about thousands of kisses?
I'll fuck you up your ass and down your throat!

 

[intothewoods]

James Purfoy was so damned perfect as Antony.

"I'll retire to my estate, plow my fields and fuck my slaves. Just like old Cincinnatus."

"If we cannot be friends, then we shall have to be enemies. And I will do everything in my power to destroy you."

The sad thing about the cancellation was that the series had excellent potential to move on from the era it was in. They could've jumped a new period of Roman history with ease, slid in a new cast, and made it into a true historical series. Such a waste of potential.

Oh yeah. He was a pretty boy, but kinda macho too. But I'm in love with Kevin McKidd, people. It's serious between us. [insert serious smiley face here]

 

[Arkhilokhus]

James Purfoy was so damned perfect as Antony.

"I'll retire to my estate, plow my fields and fuck my slaves. Just like old Cincinnatus."

"If we cannot be friends, then we shall have to be enemies. And I will do everything in my power to destroy you."

The sad thing about the cancellation was that the series had excellent potential to move on from the era it was in. They could've jumped a new period of Roman history with ease, slid in a new cast, and made it into a true historical series. Such a waste of potential.

I just rented this a couple weeks ago. It was good (insert standard blather about historical quibbles here), but I identified with Vorenus in the first season, and hated how they turned him into a total asshat in the second.

 

[ZRT]

Oh yeah. He was a pretty boy, but kinda macho too. But I'm in love with Kevin McKidd, people. It's serious between us. [insert serious smiley face here]

What I loved was how he could shift from being amiable and charming to totally psychotic in a flat second. Purfoy, that is. The line I quoted from him, 'If we are not friends' bit was my favorite moment for him. The change of expression and the threat of fire from the heavens in his face and voice was just awesome.

My other favorite scene would be Pullo in the arena. That was so damn well done.

P.S. Excellent find, Netzach. Roman doggerel rules.

 

[ZRT]

I just rented this a couple weeks ago. It was good (insert standard blather about historical quibbles here), but I identified with Vorenus in the first season, and hated how they turned him into a total asshat in the second.

I didn't feel that they turned him into an asshat, at least not in the intent of the writers. The circumstances and the men manipulating the circumstances combined with his own integrity forced him down that dark path. Vorenus was my favorite protagonist in terms of characters I actually 'liked', and I appreciated the tragedy of the story that turns him into an isolated bastard.

 

[JMohegan]

"What have the romans ever done for us?"

Ohhhhh, peace. SHUT UP!

 

[sinnocence]

Pullo was my favorite.

Especially that one scene...where he fucks his slave as punishment...yeah, that was good.

 

[JMohegan]

I'll fuck you up your ass and down your throat,
you cock-sucker Aurelius and fudge-packed Furius!
Just because my verses are tender doesn't mean
that I've gone all soft. Sure, a poet should focus
on writing poetry and not on sex; but does that
mean they can't write about sex? If a poem is
in good taste, well-written and sexy,
it can tingle and stiffen even hairy old men,
not just horny teenagers. You think I'm a sissy
because I write about thousands of kisses?
I'll fuck you up your ass and down your throat!

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm wondering what this is.

 

[intothewoods]

I didn't feel that they turned him into an asshat, at least not in the intent of the writers. The circumstances and the men manipulating the circumstances combined with his own integrity forced him down that dark path. Vorenus was my favorite protagonist in terms of characters I actually 'liked', and I appreciated the tragedy of the story that turns him into an isolated bastard.

Oh yeah. I totally agree. He wasn't an asshat at all. He was really complicated.

 

[intothewoods]

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm wondering what this is.

Damn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_16

I think I'm just going to start typing I'm not worthy when I see a Netzach post.

 

[JMohegan]

Damn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_16

I think I'm just going to start typing I'm not worthy when I see a Netzach post.

Holy shit, thank you.

My knowledge of Roman poetry is as extensive as my knowledge of all things HBO. Which is to say, nonexistent!