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Coventina

(27,064 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 03:35 PM Aug 2017

Does this remind you of anyone?

".......was a man without political skill, administrative competence, or intellectual distinction. During his unfortunate reign, he devoted himself to luxury and frivolous pursuits...."

I'm preparing to teach my fall classes, so I was reviewing the textbook chapter on the Roman Empire, but was struck by this description of the Emperor Commodus.

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Does this remind you of anyone? (Original Post) Coventina Aug 2017 OP
tRump in a nutshell madokie Aug 2017 #1
"Commodus" . . . fleur-de-lisa Aug 2017 #2
kick for the afternoon crowd.... Coventina Aug 2017 #3

madokie

(51,076 posts)
1. tRump in a nutshell
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 03:38 PM
Aug 2017

We have to keep calling our congress critters to get this dickhead out of our Oval Office and into a rubber room somewhere where he can't hurt anyone ever again.

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