Saturday, June 11, 2011

Fundamental Seriousness

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So I'm about halfway through the second book of Livy, and am really starting to grok just how different the early Romans are from the silk-covered brats stumbling out of the vomitorium we're shown in popular images of the Empire.
No, this is the early Rome.
To set the stage - they've just said "enough of this 'king' horsepuckey," kicked out their king, and set up a Republic.
Said king goes and shacks up with some of the city's old enemies, and eventually said old enemies and their king come knocking at the Romans' door to make them proper royal subjects again. Bad example for the neighborhood, you see.
Now, the royals get spanked trying to take the city, but are too powerful to be driven off entirely. Stalemate. So they settle in for a siege, hostages are taken, and negotiations ensue.
Enter The Kid.

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