great stuffbut 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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It was the lead poisoningfrom 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.)
(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.)
tubaman,
Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:15,
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very good pointwe'll see if septimius severus is available. there was definitely an african-born Emperor at some point...
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revmoola was thinking about a software problem,
Fri 24 Apr 2009, 21:23,
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