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  1. Mar 15, 2019 #1
    cc50fralin

    cc50fralin Tele-Meister

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    Julius Caesar got it! 15, March, 44BC.

    He did a lot for the Roman Republic, but stepped on too many toes on his way up.

    He actually received a message on the way to the senate that he might be killed, but dismissed it by saying, "It is better to die once, than to always live in fear."

    Have a good Ides of March. ;)

    Mike
     
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    koen

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    john_cribbin

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    Eh tu cc50?
     
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    notmyusualuserid

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    'Et tu'

    means 'and you'.

    Although I suppose if you're Canadian...
     
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    mimmo

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    Thanks for this!
    As a Roman I really appreciated it.
     
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    darkwaters

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    A very remarkable guy. Glad, though, that there haven't been too many of them. They can be more trouble than they're worth. Sometimes a lot of people have to die and a republic has to fall, just so they can make the history books.
     
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    uriah1

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    You do know there were 12 Caesars
    (or more)
     
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    jhundt

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    hmmm... a power-seeking military man who successfully waged many campaigns (wars, we call them) that were not sanctioned by the Republic he ostensibly represented; who invaded that Republic and began a civil war; centralized government and had himself proclaimed "Dictator for Life"; and whose actions ultimately led to the demise of the Republic and the creation of the Empire.

    "He did a lot for the Roman Republic, but stepped on too many toes on his way up."

    I would probably say he did a lot TO the Republic, and was quite ruthless in his succesful ascent to power.

    But hey... we're not supposed to discuss politics here!
     
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    trapdoor2

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    Cool. Rome may fall but your salad will live forever! :rolleyes:
     
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    notmyusualuserid

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    Only one was stabbed to death on the steps of the Senate on the Ides of March.
     
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    jhundt

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    but only three Marlenas
     
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    Never make a pretty woman your wife as the song goes. Twas Cleopatra that done him in. Too much time away from Rome.
     
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    cc50fralin

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    Yes, Caesar was ruthless, but then again, almost any general or politician was/is.

    If you've never heard of it, the Battle of Alesia is the battle which pretty much made ancient Gaul, modern day France, a part of the Roman Empire.

    This will take 10 minutes of your time, but if you watch this video, I think you'll have a new understanding of the ancient European world, and why French and Italian are related languages.

    Caesar was brilliant here, but so was his foe, Vercingetorix. In the end, I think luck was Caesar's biggest ally.


    There were other battles in which Caesar almost got all his troops killed, but that's for another day.

    I have to like Julius Caesar; my mother was Italian. ;)

    Mike
     
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    Fiesta Red

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    Julius Caesar was guilty of the thing that has brought down more rich, powerful and popular people than any other thing:

    He started believing his own press.
     
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    notmyusualuserid

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    Without Vercingetorix we would never have had the Asterix comix :)
     
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    cc50fralin

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    Absolutely! ;)

    Mike
     
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    unixfish

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    I have been resisting make a crack along those lines all day. Thank you @trapdoor2 for the relief!
     
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    memorex

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    Ides be Marchin', but I prefer sittin'.
     
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    :( … R.I.P.
     
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