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The graffiti left by the Romans working on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland
ChronicleLive ^ | March 2020 | unattributed

Posted on 03/08/2020 9:50:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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42 posted on 03/09/2020 6:23:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: jmcenanly
I wholeheartedly agree.

43 posted on 03/09/2020 6:31:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ken H; All

LOL, post of the day


44 posted on 03/09/2020 6:34:42 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: SunkenCiv

One I read about was in Pompeii, outside the house of a local politician.

“HOC EGO CACAVI.” (Here I s*it.)


45 posted on 03/09/2020 6:35:33 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SunkenCiv

“ERRARE CDIV”


46 posted on 03/09/2020 6:42:12 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Zathras; Ymani Cricket; woodbutcher1963; ronnie raygun; Ruy Dias de Bivar; Rumplemeyer; ...

http://www.google.com/search?q=roman+empire+graffiti

e.g., “Apollinaris, medicus Titi Imperatoris hic cacavit bene.” “Apollinaris, doctor to the emperor Titus, had a good crap here.”


47 posted on 03/09/2020 7:00:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What Does First-century Roman Graffiti Say?:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/1/130129-roman-italy-graffiti-colosseum-archeology-photo/


48 posted on 03/09/2020 7:04:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: ronnie raygun
:^)

49 posted on 03/09/2020 7:12:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

Any emperor who names a salad after himself deserves to be stabbed


50 posted on 03/09/2020 7:14:10 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: stuckincali

Et tu, Brute?.....................


51 posted on 03/09/2020 7:22:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: stuckincali

Caesar Cardini

Legend has it that Italian-American restaurateur Caesar Cardini invented the salad in 1924 in Tijuana, Mexico.

FYI, I buy the salad dressing with his name on it.


52 posted on 03/09/2020 7:22:46 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

My fav


53 posted on 03/09/2020 7:35:36 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks, SunkenCiv.


54 posted on 03/09/2020 7:49:36 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70
My pleasure.

55 posted on 03/09/2020 7:51:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Latin prophecies.

“Beware Corona in year MMXX”


56 posted on 03/09/2020 8:09:46 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: woodbutcher1963

yes, I remember that. Sometimes it’s better to be hysterical than historical. Good Day! Butcher.


57 posted on 03/09/2020 8:11:26 AM PDT by stuckincali
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To: SunkenCiv

But there’s a TP shortage


58 posted on 03/09/2020 8:18:51 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

taking a break from russiarussiarussia..oops sorry, COVID-19COVID-19COVID-19...oops sorry, marketmarketmarket...


59 posted on 03/09/2020 9:33:01 AM PDT by bitt ("Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: bitt

taking a break from russiarussiarussia..oops sorry, COVID-19COVID-19COVID-19...oops sorry, marketmarketmarket...

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could this be their last gasp to get him, before the dominoes start falling?


60 posted on 03/09/2020 9:37:50 AM PDT by thinden (How many Barr haters across America are being paid by Soros to attack Barr.)
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