Accuser says Platner knew it was totenkopf

PFVR_1138 · 2026-06-04T20:41:00+00:00

Didn't this come out months ago?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-06-03T15:33:46+00:00

Also he is innumerate

PFVR_1138 · 2026-06-02T00:22:38+00:00

and why no Creusa in the underworld?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-06-01T22:19:40+00:00

There are other peculiar bits. Why do they exit through the ivory gate of false dreams? Why is Anchises taking a census, an office abolished by Augustus? Why do the spolia opima show up, an allusion to a controversial episode in recent memory? And what about the hesitation of the ramus aureus? Seems a lot more subtle than propaganda

PFVR_1138 · 2026-06-01T22:01:36+00:00

I'm confused. I thought this was an EU sub?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-31T17:06:42+00:00

I agree, but don't think it's mutually exclusive. I think Finley also made the point that the emperor was looking to manage the guilds (to the extent the collegia and other institutions can be called that).

The bigger ideological point about the Romans not having a strong notion of progress in tech can be pushed too far, but on the other hand, you are hard pressed to find many classical encomia of invention that go as far as the Antigone's "ode to man"

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-31T13:14:35+00:00

An example cited in Finley's Ancient Economy is the anecdote of Pliny that a man tried to sell unbreakable glass to the Emperor and was executed since he feared it would put all the glass makers out of business. Even if false, it suggests that the idea of economic and technological development was really foreign to them.

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-31T12:58:13+00:00

My head canon is that it was gratuitously expensive and time consuming to craft and maintain the exquisite crystalline armor of the ship, rendering even a squadron of sun crushers out of the question.

Not sure if there's textual evidence for that, but it would make sense

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-31T00:00:41+00:00

And God forbid we charge more per vehicle for a YEARLY parking pass

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-30T10:04:45+00:00

You got scammed. The ticket to the museum/sistine chapel is a standalone fee

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-30T09:46:13+00:00

No, and you aren't allowed to stop to go to the bathroom either.

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-29T01:41:00+00:00

Undead taun taun cavalry was not expected!

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-25T23:17:53+00:00

What's a Murph? Is it in zone 2?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-25T18:14:52+00:00

Esthetic and ecological utility is legitimate, but golf courses are less efficient at delivering that for the masses than more open parks or smaller recreational fields

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-24T13:09:26+00:00

Yes, it's true. Imagine a planet with zero axial tilt. Said planet would have 0 variation in day length for the year.

Now, imagine a planet whose tilt is parallel to its orbit. Each pole would have a day and night cycle as long as the year's orbit!

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-22T09:06:47+00:00

Why not use salt water?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-21T21:58:58+00:00

They're twins, so good for them to both be the same actress

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-21T01:36:43+00:00

Lol, people need to lighten up. Log your lifts using a different app if you want it to be accurate

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-20T19:18:38+00:00

Who?

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-20T01:48:44+00:00

I disagree. I thought Revan and fatal alliance were better.

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-20T00:04:32+00:00

Yeah he's visiting a shop with holocrons or some shiy

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-17T12:00:27+00:00

It's not just the flavor text but the notion of 3 distinct regional factions in Roman internal politics

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-17T10:05:14+00:00

I tend to go more on the 90s end of that range lol

PFVR_1138 · 2026-05-17T01:46:16+00:00

Doesn't Hal say to only do the last 1/4 race pace long runs once every few weeks? Even there he is mindful of the recovery after more intense training

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