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[Christine]

Originally posted by wednesday
christine, i got told that some facts in I claudius are incorrect is that true?

oh and did you hear that calligula aka gaius inducted a horse into the senate??? what a crazy person

well I Claudius is a book/movie so naturally there are inaccuracies - but it puts things into perspective and its pretty funny as well.

yea caligula was a little on the insane side but they were a little eccentric. just read suetonius........ its an ancient erotic thriller.

 

[mannnnndy]

Originally posted by Christine
suetonius........ its an ancient erotic thriller.

ROFL ROFL

 

[malayz_angel]

Originally posted by ellebelle


Yeah we're doing Sparta this term. We're going to Milsons Point next Monday on an excursion for a seminar "Discover Spartan S
society". I have no idea how helpful it will be.

I know the seminar that u mean, I'm going to the same one on Friday. Tell me if it's any good!

"If nobody's perfect then I want to be nobody."

 

[malayz_angel]

I did Sparta last term and now we're on to Xerxes. Sparta wasn't so bad.. it's just remembering all the names like the perioeci and the homoioi that is going to be my problem.


"If nobody's perfect then I want to be nobody."

 

[wednesday]

we're studying suetonius and tacitus' views on Agrippina and i read the other day how suetonius said something about how you could tell or it was thought that nero and agrippina were getting it on in the litter due to the stains on his clothes when they got out im like eeeeewwwwww that was so much an overshare. we watched I claudius well part of it in class it was pretty funny.

 

[snakeoils]

well, PERSONALLY i prefer agrippina 1, rather than agrippina 2

for my assessment we have to do a 10 minute formal speech on an ancient roman writer (who we drew out of a hat)... i have to do Pliny the Elder, who wrote about agriculture and stuff... he also believed that in certain parts of the world there were men with two dog-like heads... edcuated guy.

what texts do you guys use mainly? our main one is 'Ancient Rome: Using Evidence' by Pamela Bradley. Tis not too shabby.

 

[Christine]

Originally posted by snakeoils
he also believed that in certain parts of the world there were men with two dog-like heads... edcuated guy.

you mean theres not?

*christine feigns shock*

 

[snakeoils]

of COURSE there are men with dog heads... thats why i said he was well educated! (only SPECIAL people can see them... ie, us)

 

[mannnnndy]

Originally posted by wednesday
we're studying suetonius and tacitus' views on Agrippina and i read the other day how suetonius said something about how you could tell or it was thought that nero and agrippina were getting it on in the litter due to the stains on his clothes when they got out im like eeeeewwwwww that was so much an overshare. we watched I claudius well part of it in class it was pretty funny.

If you think thats gross, read about Tiberius and his 'minnows'
big EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[wednesday]

Originally posted by mannnnndy


If you think thats gross, read about Tiberius and his 'minnows'
big EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

who's it by Tacitus or Suetonius or Cassius Dio or none of the fore mentioned?

 

[mannnnndy]

Originally posted by wednesday



who's it by Tacitus or Suetonius or Cassius Dio or none of the fore mentioned?

Seutonius, the tabloid of ancient Rome

 

[malayz_angel]

All this stuff about the Romans-- gee, I thought the "homosexual" Spartans had interesting lives! Who knew there was more to learn? (Actually I think I did Agrippina briefly-- was she the one who poisoned mushrooms or something?)

*malayz_angel is overcome by the idea that still more knowledge can be accumulated from ancient history and faints*

 

[wednesday]

yeh most people back then poisoned the food of the people they wanted dead. Mushrooms were used by Agrippina though, It was tricky to do because most people had food testers for them so it had to be a very organised operation.

 

[snakeoils]

malayz, are you sure you just fainted? maybe you were poisoned... !

 

[malayz_angel]

I thought those chocolates tasted funny! Lol

 

[snakeoils]

were those chocolate, per chance, shaped like ancient roman mushrooms?

 

[wednesday]

hey its kinda going quiet here!

 

[snakeoils]

maybe everyone is just working too hard studying for half yearlies

in other news: i did my history oral today, went pretty well i think (hope) so thats a relief... now i can start summarising ancient rome

 

[wednesday]

what history oral??

tell me more about this foreign concept.....

 

[snakeoils]

oh believe me, you don't wanna know about history orals

we had to do a 10 minute formal speech on the propaganda aspects of an ancient roman writer... it was the equivalent of our half yearly exam, so it was worth %15...