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Started by Eddie Teach, May 30, 2011, 10:48:56 PM

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Which 1st Century BC Roman do you most resemble?

Marius
2 (6.3%)
Sulla
2 (6.3%)
Lucullus
1 (3.1%)
Soranus
2 (6.3%)
Cicero
4 (12.5%)
Caesar
1 (3.1%)
Pompey
1 (3.1%)
Crassus
0 (0%)
Cato
4 (12.5%)
Clodius
0 (0%)
Brutus
1 (3.1%)
Antony
2 (6.3%)
Octavian
11 (34.4%)
Other
1 (3.1%)

Total Members Voted: 32

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Eddie Teach

May 30, 2011, 10:48:56 PM
Crib sheet:
Marius- practical military man
Sulla- debauched aristocrat, homo
Lucullus- Sulla's protege, kiddie fucker and pothead
Soranus- shouted Rome's "secret name" in the Forum, mortally horrifying everyone, apparently out of disgust rather than mischief
Cicero- great orator, intellectually vainglorious, politically vacillating
Caesar- good at everything. Vote this option if you're delusional
Pompey- competent general, didn't deal well with adversity
Crassus- ruthless and greedy, killed own troops for poor performance
Cato- a force of nature, incorruptible, arch-conservative stoic
Clodius- professional troll basically
Brutus- weak-willed and greedy, in many ways under mama's thumb
Antony- thoughtless and macho
Octavian- cautious and ruthless
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Monoriu

#1
May 30, 2011, 10:55:58 PM
Out of the choices, I voted Cato.

jimmy olsen

#2
May 30, 2011, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 30, 2011, 10:48:56 PM

Soranus- shouted Rome's "secret name" in the Forum, mortally horrifying everyone, apparently out of disgust rather than mischief
What was the secret name?
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sbr

#3
May 30, 2011, 11:12:54 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 30, 2011, 11:11:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 30, 2011, 10:48:56 PM

Soranus- shouted Rome's "secret name" in the Forum, mortally horrifying everyone, apparently out of disgust rather than mischief
What was the secret name?

Like he's gonna tell you.  :rolleyes:

Eddie Teach

#4
May 30, 2011, 11:23:44 PM
Seems to have been lost, though there's different theories around.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Razgovory

#5
May 30, 2011, 11:24:57 PM
Ed's going to kill you for calling Sulla a debauched Homo.  Also, where are the Gracchus boys?
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Eddie Teach

#6
May 30, 2011, 11:29:03 PM Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 11:39:28 PM by Peter Wiggin
They died in the 2d century BC so not in right timeframe.

As for Ed, his love affair with proscriptions has blinded him to everything else about Sulla. :contract:
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Ideologue

#7
May 31, 2011, 01:13:41 AM
Soranus, I guess.  Sounds like something I'd do.
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jimmy olsen

#8
May 31, 2011, 01:16:49 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 31, 2011, 01:13:41 AM
Soranus, I guess.  Sounds like something I'd do.
He was executed for that. :contract:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Martinus

#9
May 31, 2011, 02:14:55 AM
From the list, Sulla.

Martinus

#10
May 31, 2011, 02:15:42 AM
The Pulcher siblings were the best, though. :D

The Brain

#11
May 31, 2011, 02:40:21 AM
I'm more of an early republic man.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Maladict

#12
May 31, 2011, 02:51:09 AM
I'm more of a late empire man.

Agelastus

#13
May 31, 2011, 05:15:53 AM
Other - Vipsanius Agrippa.

It's embarrassing to say it but I'm more the loyal, competent and effective subordinate type than a leader.
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The Larch

#14
May 31, 2011, 05:17:18 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on May 31, 2011, 05:15:53 AMIt's embarrassing to say it but I'm more the loyal, competent and effective subordinate type than a leader.

There's nothing embarrassing about that, an army needs generals, officers and soldiers, everybody has a role and is a different part of the machinery. Not everybody can or should be a leader. Many of the guys in the poll clearly shouldn't.
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