Comments on: Rise of The Roman Empire https://booksquare.com/rise-of-the-roman-empire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=rise-of-the-roman-empire Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: booksquare https://booksquare.com/rise-of-the-roman-empire/#comment-2545 Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:54:04 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/11/07/771/#comment-2545 David,

One thinks you’re biased. Less Latin, more football. We’d prefer the opposite…

We’ll avoid the obvious parallels for the momen. However, if you’re looking for an outlet..

]]> By: David Thayer https://booksquare.com/rise-of-the-roman-empire/#comment-2305 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 01:01:52 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/11/07/771/#comment-2305 Hmm, the golden age of Roman literature? Augustus built a lot of roads and aqueducts but wasn’t much for literature. Ovid’s Metamorphosis had to be toned down so as not to offend the emperor’s conservative sensibilities. Bad playwrights were sometimes beheaded; think of the possibilities! TV would be a blank space. Not ESPN though.

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