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manfredo
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Regularly...when I realize I am stoned and rambling and that no one wants to read my long ass boring post. BUT sometimes I hit "post" too soon and make you all suffer anyways!
lokie
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ChingOwn
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Welcome to TnT
So ended the Pax RomanaIt all depends on who is being entertained.
lokie
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Marcus Aurelius's son was named Commodus
raratt
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No shit?
lokie
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lokie
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Commmodus Takes The Throne
In this scene from Gladiator, Commodus (played by Joaquin Phoenix) murders his father to seize the throne for himself.
Lucius Aurelius Commodus, born 161 A.D., was appointed co-emperor by his father Marcus Aurelius in 177 A.D. when he was just 16 years old. Contemporary Roman writer Cassius Dio describes the young heir as “rather simple-minded,” but he ruled agreeably with his father and joined Marcus Aurelius in the Marcomannic Wars against the Germanic tribes along the Danube, which the emperor had been waging for several years.
But once Marcus Aurelius died in 180 A.D. (of natural causes, not at his son’s own hand, as depicted in Gladiator), Commodus hastily made peace with the tribes so he could return to Rome “to enjoy the pleasure of the capital with the servile and profligate youths whom Marcus had banished, but who soon regained their station and influence about the emperor.”
Despite his unusual personal tastes, Commodus at first behaved more like a typical spoiled, rich youth than a bloody dictator. Cassius Dio declared that Commodus “was not naturally wicked” but that “his cowardice, made him the slave of his companions.”
He kept most of the advisers from his father’s regime in place and the first three years of his reign ran as smoothly as that of his father with the added benefit that Rome was no longer fighting any wars. In fact, the rule of Commodus might have gone down as quite unremarkable in the history of Rome were it not for one unfortunate incident.
More info here.
The Story Of Mad Roman Emperor Commodus Was More Outrageous Than 'Gladiator' Could Depict
He went insane after his sister tried to have him killed – some say because she was jealous of his wife.
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The history I read had Aurelius dying from illness on campaign. Oh ok I actually READ it and yes that's true based on Herodian's history. I just saw the Gladiator snippet, LOL. Now if they would just stop shelling my fucking dogs and I could get more than 2 hours sleep I might be sentient again, sorry.Commmodus Takes The Throne
In this scene from Gladiator, Commodus (played by Joaquin Phoenix) murders his father to seize the throne for himself.
Lucius Aurelius Commodus, born 161 A.D., was appointed co-emperor by his father Marcus Aurelius in 177 A.D. when he was just 16 years old. Contemporary Roman writer Cassius Dio describes the young heir as “rather simple-minded,” but he ruled agreeably with his father and joined Marcus Aurelius in the Marcomannic Wars against the Germanic tribes along the Danube, which the emperor had been waging for several years.
But once Marcus Aurelius died in 180 A.D. (of natural causes, not at his son’s own hand, as depicted in Gladiator), Commodus hastily made peace with the tribes so he could return to Rome “to enjoy the pleasure of the capital with the servile and profligate youths whom Marcus had banished, but who soon regained their station and influence about the emperor.”
Despite his unusual personal tastes, Commodus at first behaved more like a typical spoiled, rich youth than a bloody dictator. Cassius Dio declared that Commodus “was not naturally wicked” but that “his cowardice, made him the slave of his companions.”
He kept most of the advisers from his father’s regime in place and the first three years of his reign ran as smoothly as that of his father with the added benefit that Rome was no longer fighting any wars. In fact, the rule of Commodus might have gone down as quite unremarkable in the history of Rome were it not for one unfortunate incident.
More info here.
The Story Of Mad Roman Emperor Commodus Was More Outrageous Than 'Gladiator' Could Depict
He went insane after his sister tried to have him killed – some say because she was jealous of his wife.
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Yep, and in the morning I'll see 30 or so reactions so I have to look back & see what dumb ass thing I said to tickle so many.
Oh dear:
news.ycombinator.com
After the clawback of bitcoin the hackers are a tad out of sorts. Looks like we NEED TO DO BETTER! If you have anything you really like residing only on the cloud, or a webserver, now would be the time to clone it to your hard drive, harden your virus software and make sure you have an incoming and outgoing firewall. Oh yes and make a backup now that is not connected to the internet.
It's going to be a bumpy ride for a bit.
Fastly Outage | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
After the clawback of bitcoin the hackers are a tad out of sorts. Looks like we NEED TO DO BETTER! If you have anything you really like residing only on the cloud, or a webserver, now would be the time to clone it to your hard drive, harden your virus software and make sure you have an incoming and outgoing firewall. Oh yes and make a backup now that is not connected to the internet.
It's going to be a bumpy ride for a bit.
Metasynth
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We had drippy June gloom till about 3pm here yesterday. Everything was soaked like it had rained all day.
clear and partially cloudy now.
BudmanTX
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i miss hiim too....loved his shows....he's the one who introduced me to pork chop sandwitches
Miss him