On the 18th September AD 96 another of those dreadful Roman Emperors was done in. This time it was Domitian. His father had been the great military commander Vespasian, who started work on the Colosseum. Domitian succeeded his equally good brother, Titus, but when he fell ill, he left orders to his attendants to let him starve.
Domitian was a sadist and as he grew older he lost his good looks and athletic frame. He took his brother’s daughter as a mistress and executed a man after he had taken his wife from him, because he had joked about it with Titus. His wife hatched a plot with another who also feared for his life, using other members of the Emperor’s exasperated staff.
The assassination came days after Domitian had celebrated his 15th anniversary as Emperor.
The man who would do the deed was Stephanus, the steward to  the Emperor’s niece, Domitilla. Days before he began wearing a sling, feigning an injury. On the 18th September he placed a dagger in it and at a good moment pulled it out, stabbing Domitian in the groin. The two wrestled for their lives, until four more plotters came in and stabbed the Emperor a further seven times.
He was succeeded by a 65 year old Nerva, who was elected by the Senate and who died of natural causes. He was the first of the Five Good Emperors.
Emperor's lock of hair anyone?
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My faith in Gargantua was well placedA would be conqueror of the world through visual terror has got to have more than 1 “bullet” to fire
Now you all know - OPEN UP THIS THREAD AT YOUR OWN RISK
Protective eyewear strongly recommendedFRIMMEL!
We need the antidote, and quickly -
:lol: :-P :-P :-P
My faith in Gargantua was well placedA would be conqueror of the world through visual terror has got to have more than 1 “bullet” to fire
Now you all know - OPEN UP THIS THREAD AT YOUR OWN RISK
Protective eyewear strongly recommendedFRIMMEL!
We need the antidote, and quicklyJust scroll back up and drink Christina in again. Breath deeply and mentally pat yourself on the back for the witty thing you said to put that smile on her face. Feel her grip on your arm as she uses you to support herself while she adjusts the strap on her high heel. Breathe deeply and realize how wonderful she smells and think of all the other ways you’re going to put smiles on her face.
Make that place real in your mind and heart and know the confidence and self-mastery that James Bond knows.
And say with the stone cold calm, the terrifying calm, of the man who has been to and seen darker places than villains who want to see the world burn for their own sadistic glee visit in their most horrid nightmares, “Is that the best you got?”
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Excuse me while I throw myself off of a tall building.
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garg……why…
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Because the internet gives me the POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.
And because I can…
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@wittmann:
I thought he was a singer, so I felt no need to go any further into it.
I use the net a lot, but it is principally for historical research.
Not to research children’s poo idols.A wise policy.
I have a policy too. That Justin Bieber photos ruin threads. What do you guys think? :P
Oh crap, I have to go bleach my eyes now…thanks a lot Gargantua!
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That picture of J.B. is the visual equivalent of the unendurably bad poetry readings which the Vogons use to torture their enemies in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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Yeah…
Optical Assault. :P
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that pic is just too much……
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Try replacing your saline solution with hydrogen peroxide, seems to sting less than looking at it!
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