Comments on: Top 10 Myths About the Romans

By: Lukas

Lukas — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:18:18 +0000

That’s possibly the strangest and stupidest comment I’ve read in a while.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:14:57 +0000

Vomitoria were indeed the passages in amfitheatres; also uomitaria existed, however, and these were the puke rooms.

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By: Dee Y

Dee Y — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:14:51 +0000

I’m amazed how prevalent the myth that Romans gorged themselves and then spewed to make room for more. In fact, gargantuan feasts were outlawed under Rome’s sumptuary laws, which prohibited conspicuous consumption (not a bad idea at all). The usual Roman dinner even when entertaining friends was quite modest. A respectable man who put on a massive banquet was likely to be downgraded in his friends opinions rather than enhanced. Overindulgence in food was considered a very vulgar & low-class thing to do.

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By: Ranso

Ranso — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:40:08 +0000

Think about the other meaning of ‘fiddled’. That is what is being referred to. It was an example of the way people would condemn the emperors for sexual excess, something Nero was heavily and often accused of.

By: Ranso

Ranso — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:36:32 +0000

I would be cautious about crediting things that Tacitus and Suetonius say as ‘real’. Sometimes they are true but both sources were highly critical of the emperors because they were of the Elite and Senate and were treated quite badly under most of the emperors (ie. Senators lost their power).

By: Zubin

Zubin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:53:28 +0000

Nice list. But you know, i’m pretty sure that ‘Et tu Brute’ was said in a sense of shock, as in ‘Even You Brutus?’. That’s what i’ve read. Isn’t that right? Because Cesar was conspired against after all, and that too by Brutus who was like a brother to him. Others didnt matter that much maybe, so it was directed at Brutus.

By: WHAT

WHAT — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:46:12 +0000

I THINK THAT’S WHY IT SAYS ‘EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE’