Roma by Steven Saylor - Page 3

SameOldStory · 09-02-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by owl123

As for the synopsis: Well, the book is about, rather notorious, Lucius Sergius Catilina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catiline. Catiline is also the protagonist in Lustrum by Robert Harris.

Thanks for the Wiki. That makes Catilina sound like a much more interesting character.

I have Pompeii by Harris but haven't gotten to it yet.

owl123 · 09-02-2010, 12:07 PM

I didn't like Pompeii but I loved his Imperium, which is the first part of his Cicero trilogy. The second book is called Lustrum (in Britain) or Conspirata (in the US).

SameOldStory · 09-02-2010, 02:17 PM

Thanks.

Latinandgreek · 09-02-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SameOldStory

" His political career had taken a near-devastating blow when three years before he had found himself before a jury of Roman knights (?) for allegedly having sexual relations with a Vestal Virgin"

Not-fun fact about Vestal Virgins: if it was found that they had sexual relations, they would be buried alive. (They had to be killed without bloodshed)

SameOldStory · 09-02-2010, 03:38 PM

Do you have more "fun-er" facts? That one seems a little on the short side of "fun".

Latinandgreek · 09-02-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SameOldStory

Do you have more "fun-er" facts? That one seems a little on the short side of "fun".

I've changed the "fun" description. Here is a real "fun" fact: if you were a criminal condemned to death and you happened to run into a Vestal Virgin on your way to your execution, you would be pardoned for your crime. Also, Vestal Virgins could, in fact, marry if they chose to after completing their 30 years of service. And they could inherit.

SameOldStory · 09-02-2010, 06:21 PM

That sounds better.

I just ran into this -
Roman Chariot Racer Highest Paid Athlete Ever: Big Pic
" an illiterate charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles who earned 35,863,120 sesterces in prize money."

Click the link above to find out what 35,863,120 sesterces would be in today’s dollars.

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09-02-2010, 12:07 PM	#32
owl123 Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 214 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy NotePro 12.2, InkBook	I didn't like Pompeii but I loved his Imperium, which is the first part of his Cicero trilogy. The second book is called Lustrum (in Britain) or Conspirata (in the US).

09-02-2010, 02:17 PM	#33
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Thanks.

09-02-2010, 03:38 PM	#35
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Do you have more "fun-er" facts? That one seems a little on the short side of "fun".

09-02-2010, 06:21 PM	#37
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	That sounds better. I just ran into this - Roman Chariot Racer Highest Paid Athlete Ever: Big Pic " an illiterate charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles who earned 35,863,120 sesterces in prize money." Click the link above to find out what 35,863,120 sesterces would be in today’s dollars.

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