― Mog, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― selfnoise, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)
Unfortunately it has only come out in fragments, but one story The Dinner at Trimalchio has survived in its entirety. Petronius was of the court of Nero, and his story has a real authentic feel and is sometimes very funny.
Fellini adapted some of the ffragments for a film-version of the Satyricon.
Its the story about two runaway slaves and their mutual "boyfriend" who stroll around 1st century Rome.
― erik, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Sredni Vashtar, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)
For me two of the fascinations of history at that period are how different the beliefs, customs and folkways were and yet how familiar and understandable the people were. Right bastards then were no different than right bastards today, togas notwithstanding. The candidates contending for power were almost identical in their means and methods. You can learn a lot.
― Aimless The Unlogged, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― erik, Saturday, 14 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)