


previously:
Julius Caesar
Pompey
edit: many thanks for kind words, all

*click*
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:17,
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this one really brought home how much of a kid he was. and at the same time Emperor of Rome. Enough to make you mad, if you weren't already...
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:19,
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edit: just looked it up - yeah...
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:23,
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So the royal line was kept pure
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:34,
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the rest of the series is emmence too :)
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:26,
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and the creepiest
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:30,
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the effect is testament to just how good the sculptors were. some busts could just start speaking and you wouldn't be surprised...
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:36,
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www.fitceleb.com/files/images/neil-patrick-harris.jpg
and "Click" for all of 'em!
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 20:40,
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and "Click" for all of 'em!

www.hbo.com/rome/cast/actor/season2/kevin_mckidd_v2.html - I was surprised when they cast him in the other (more non-historical) role of Lucius Vorenus.
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:10,
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but each one is rather pink and white, no touch of the italian sun - assuming that they were all sons of Romans
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:09,
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from the water-works...
penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html
"This may be verified by observing the workers in lead, who are of a pallid colour; for in casting lead, the fumes from it fixing on the different members, and daily burning them, destroy the vigour of the blood; water should therefore on no account be conducted in leaden pipes if we are desirous that it should be wholesome"
(or it was the wine that also had lead in it.)
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Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:15,
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penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html
"This may be verified by observing the workers in lead, who are of a pallid colour; for in casting lead, the fumes from it fixing on the different members, and daily burning them, destroy the vigour of the blood; water should therefore on no account be conducted in leaden pipes if we are desirous that it should be wholesome"
(or it was the wine that also had lead in it.)