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Ten ancient Romans we could all learn from
Catholic Herald ^
| October 28, 2015
| Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Posted on 10/27/2015 1:59:34 PM PDT by NYer
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posted on
10/27/2015 1:59:34 PM PDT
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NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...
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posted on
10/27/2015 1:59:53 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: NYer
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus should be on this list.
To: NYer
Hmmmmm, I’m thinking there is a Roman missing from this list...
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:07:10 PM PDT
by
Anitius Severinus Boethius
(www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
To: akalinin
Did you check the other list?
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:11:09 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: NYer
What?! No mention of Cicero???
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:15:09 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Rick Chollett for President!)
To: Salvation
Did you check the other list?
Nero, Caligula, Messalina, Elagabalus?
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:15:43 PM PDT
by
x
To: NYer
Pontius Pilate, an obscure... Obscure?
The man who was directly involved in the Crucifixion is hardly "obscure"
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:16:56 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: NYer
Julius Ceasar, Marcus Aurelius...
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:18:15 PM PDT
by
hotsteppa
To: NYer
The most interesting Roman to me was
Tiberius Gracchus,
who, as a Senator, sought to reorganize control of land taken in
warfare that was state controlled. The land was supposed to be
used by the lower classes to elevate themselves, but was
being stolen by the wealthy in an early version of cronyism.
Labeled a traitor to his class, eventually he and 300 of
his supporters were beaten to death at the behest of
the Senate.
Later, statues of him and his murdered brother were
put up throughout Rome, revered, and sacrificed to
by the people as though they were gods.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:19:52 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
To: Michael.SF.
Poor Pilate, doomed to find a man innocent then crucify him. Dante place him in Satan’s mouth being chewed for all eternity.
To: Michael.SF.
Poor Pilate, doomed to find a man innocent then crucify him. Dante place him in Satan’s mouth being chewed for all eternity.
To: NYer
Horatius Cocles, better known as Horatio at the Bridge.
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:25:23 PM PDT
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IronJack
To: NYer
Cool list but random. The names range about six hundred years. Ancient Rome is focused around Augustus (30 BC - 14 AD). Thus, ten Romans similar to Augustus might be:
Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC)
Pompey the Great (106-29 BC)
Mark Antony (83-30 BC)
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (69-30 BC)
Virgil (70-19 BC)
Agrippa (63-10 BC)
and writers Livy, Ovid, Stabo, and Catullus.
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:31:32 PM PDT
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: NYer
Roman Gabriel. It’s been downhill for the Rams ever since.
To: Falconspeed
Here's the original list:
The 10 best ancient Romans. Unfortunately, not one of yours appears on this one, either. Not sure what that means but it's fun rediscovering these ancient figures.
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:45:43 PM PDT
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NYer
(Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
To: Billthedrill
I totally gave up on the Rams after they moved to Anaheim.
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:04:15 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: NYer
If you’re a Catholic Constantine was a great guy, if a Jew or Sabbatarian, not so much. He enforced Sunday worship. He was the first to make the original “blue” laws with his codexs. Politics and religion should not mix, even if he was on your side. That is between an individual and God.
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posted on
10/27/2015 4:31:10 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
( I see a bad moon rising. I hear the voice of rage and ruin.)
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
I would think Julius Caesar.
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posted on
10/27/2015 6:19:30 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: NYer
#2. I’ve seen that painting at the Art Institute, I think.
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posted on
10/27/2015 6:22:41 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
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