Thread: Fatherland or Motherland. And one Weird-uncle-land
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Old 02-04-2009, 03:48 PM   #49
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Yes, I actually did know that. I know a lot of strange things about Latin and about the Roman Empire (being a history nut), and I can even read some Latin (as long as it is enough like one of the modern Latin-based languages).

The whacko's real name was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. His father, Germanicus, probably would have made a great emperor ... he was supposedly a very good man. His son?? Not so much.
He was an ancient Kennedy Have you ever read Suetonius? Super awesome.
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