tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5366025593636262585..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Representing Rome by L.J. TraffordMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87111988891237165762019-06-20T13:55:27.558+01:002019-06-20T13:55:27.558+01:00Excellent post! So nice to see something on the RE...Excellent post! So nice to see something on the REAL life of Romans. I want to invite you all to a magnificent dinner party!! Side note, though: I’m unclear what part of “the romans treated their slaves well” surprised you. In fact slaves were considered to be part of the family. They were buried alongside the family, often married into the family, ate the same food as the family. It wasn’t like what we consider Alavert to be today. All races mixed freely—so long as one spoke Latin, one could buy freedom and become a citizen. They were actually pretty darned enlightened folks. Savvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00729898484140486272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74438968667837273602019-06-19T18:55:00.576+01:002019-06-19T18:55:00.576+01:00I know Andrew! What is that all about! I found my ...I know Andrew! What is that all about! I found my old school text books and for Romans I drew plans of Roman army camps and coloured in a little map of europe with the provinces.<br />Nobody mentioned eunuchs or orgies or Nero pretending to be a bride and 'marrying' his freedman.<br />HonestlyLJ Trafford https://www.blogger.com/profile/08564717315514997283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31740964963093597182019-06-19T10:03:19.313+01:002019-06-19T10:03:19.313+01:00Know what you mean. When I was 16, at school, imme...Know what you mean. When I was 16, at school, immersed in Latin translations and Roman history..., they all seemed to be about Caesar's Gallic Wars, or Pliny and Pompeii.<br /><br />Not a single word about the Roman orgies, not one. Andrew Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063661979113168003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90243800739726043222019-06-19T08:56:58.528+01:002019-06-19T08:56:58.528+01:00Carry on Cleo! A favourite of mine. Carry on Cleo! A favourite of mine. LJ Trafford https://www.blogger.com/profile/08564717315514997283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25288791017767079472019-06-19T08:38:38.925+01:002019-06-19T08:38:38.925+01:00My immediate thought went to TV in the 1970's ...My immediate thought went to TV in the 1970's 'I Claudius' for serious drama and 'Up Pompei' for burlesque comedy with Frankie Howard. Oh and then there was a Carry On film too wasn't there? The title escapes me! Carry on Caesar? with Kenneth Williams declaiming 'Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!'Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.com