P.Clodius

I was left with the impression he was jewish, when he demands coinage he asks for "Shekels" to which Servillia doesn't comprehend. A tie in to Timon's brother perhaps?

Nope...and he is unlikely to have uttered any of those words. He was in his mid-teens when Brutus was born, and while it isn't impossible to father at that age, it is unlikely in Caesar's case.

And just what did the Pompeians do after Dyrracium?

All of what you have all mentioned plus the writings of the first roman historian, Q. Fabius Pictor

Agreed...But I have to keep reminding myself that Caesar et al are really just background stories to what is happening in Pullo and Vorenus' life.

He's taking the head to the Aventine to show everyone who's boss now I reckon.

Perhaps she was a representation of Venus Birthgiver?

Customs, religion, etc are Ursus' domain..He'll answer in due course...

Technically this is not true, atleast from a US perspective. I was born and raised in Britain and came here at the age of 27 in search of booze and hotchicks, and funnily enough never went back. To cut a long story short I'm a US citizen now, in my eleventh year as one, and as part of the oath of citizenship you are required to "renounce" all other loyalties, which includes citizenship of another country. I remember mumbling quite a bit when it got to the renunciation part.

Indeed. His heart was in the right place, his methodology was a little skewed.

No one's arguing that the Christians burned Rome. They intolerantly drove out the pagan religion, sucked up the resources of the empire to build worthless new churches and monasteries, and much later burned heretics at the stake while they were busy reminding everyone of what holy martyrs they were, BUT they were absolutely innocent of burning Rome itself. Then how do you explain the evidence that Philhellene cited? And if the Christians were so eager to preserve higher learning, how do you explain the Christian mob that tore the philosopher Hypatia to pieces? To me, those Christians sound like carbon copies of today's Taliban. Agreed, this is onething me and Cato will always see eye to eye on! If it wasn't for dogma drunk monks there would probably be no lost books of Livy and Polybius, et al..

1) Italy was not being 'torn apart' 2) Cato was already dead!

The Mamertines (Sons of Mars) were also 'invited' to Messana, then ended up taking over.

"...One of Thurmus' main tasks was to defeat the city of Mytilene, which was beseiged and eventually taken by storm. During the course of the fighting the nineteen year old Caesar won Rome's highest award for gallentry, the civic crown. Traditionally this decoration was given only to those who had risked their own life to save that of another citizen. The rescued man was supposed to plait a simple wreath of oak leaves - a tree that was sacred to Jupiter - and present this to his savior as an open acknowledgment of his debt. However, by Caesar's day it was normally awarded by the magistrate commanding the army. The wreath was worn at military parades, but winners of the crown were also permitted to wear them during festivals in Rome. None of our sources preserve any details of the exploit that led to Caesar being awarded the crown, but the corona civica was never lightly bestowed and commanded immense respect." Goldsworthy's Caesar

I am but the Herald. Further, as a soldier I served in many different countries and I wasn't even in the US military!

Caesar was a recipient

Hawaii, Philipines, Caribean to name a few. The US has troops all over the place and its interests are without borders almost. Try this for research.

Agreed. The similarities are easy to see, the differences aren't.

A Comparison

Britain is actually copying the US, smoking has been banned in public places in CA, NY, NJ, and probably others..

What's next, "Quit or be euthanized"?

They were recovered by Augustus as part of a mutual non-aggression pact.

Not sure, probably on display in court or some temple.

Perhaps I'm mistaken here (I don't think I am), but wasn't Octavian's policy of Tota Italia a means of drawing support from his italian clientella?

Fascism