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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:45 PM Original message |
Sallust's description of Rome in 80 B.C. ... |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Josephus? and I forget the name of the book. n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No sir! Please try again. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gibbon nt |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. nope... keep trying... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gibbon or Suetonius |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. nope and nope... a clue... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Less and More Recent |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. scratch that... more recent than both |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. From what I've read |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:14 AM Original message |
As Joseph Tainter points out in "The Collapse of Complex Societies", |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks! Good Choice, Strong Quote nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Cato the Younger? Titus Lucretius Carus? Marcus Tullius Cicero? |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Second Vote for Cicero |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Cicero was pretty young when Sulla became dictator. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. think modern... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. In 80 B.C. Rome was still a Republic. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sulla was dictator (82-80 BC) but resigned in 80 BC |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Bzzzt! Caesar founded the Empire when he crossed the Rubicon and fought |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
68. True, but didn't he just call himself dictator for life? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. More CLUES.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That's too modern for me! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:34 AM Original message |
"a moralist in the tradition of Gore Vidal." nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. OK, I couldn't stand it any longer - I cheated. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. One.... twwooo.... theeerreeee...!! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:54 AM Original message |
No, but I saw the author speak about it |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. Book TV, perhaps? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. You mean he's gay? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. dunno... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. Jacqueline Susan? Valley of the Dolls? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Troublemaker!! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'm doin' the best with what I got... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. I gogled it and know the name of the author and work and it is |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. a true gentleman! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I did it for selfish reasons. I wanted to be able to find this |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. Teddy Roosevelt. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. Is the author British? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. as American as Apple Pie. nt |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Upton Sinclair? Edith Hamilton? |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. Michael Harrington |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Much, much closer... but nope. nt |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
35. Marshall McLuhan? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. Gore Vidal? |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Kevin Phillips |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I'm having a blast too.... and nope! But here's a clue... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Leon Litwack |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Little Lulu! |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Lucy Lawless... Lindsay Lohan... Lorna Luft... Leapin' Lizards... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. ... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Say, thanks! |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I thot of Lyndon Larouche? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. oh god, not Lyndon LaRouche... n/t |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I know, my answer was off the wall (yuck!)-- |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Southern Comfort, actually... |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Mmm. Reminds me of drinkin' days. Husband & friend finished off |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Lewis Lapham ? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. WINNER!!!!! Here's your prize... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Good night... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I hope you were the only one |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. good clue! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Speaking of "LL"...did y'all hear that Lieberman Lost? |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Whiny Losin' LIEberman |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Ya kin learn dose in Chigaagoo, too! |
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Pierogi_Pincher (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. To the gracious original post poster, |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Potato Pierogis smothered in butter and sauted onions, |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Marcus Aurelius |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
44. Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
53. think 1997 |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Your "P" turned into a "T". |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. fixed |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You got one tiny keyboard, girl. |
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Mikimouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
45. Tacitus?...n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
65. ttt n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
67. Still looking for the title! Kick! nt |
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