Wot have the Romans ever done for us?

[oldbrownhat]

Well, they're keeping archaeologists very, very busy, not to mention excited.

Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city

In a short video in the BBC link above, "Dr Sophie Hay explains how a rich politician left his mark on the buildings", explaining the various abbreviations on the wall, including one that says, "Vote for me."

"We know who ARV is: he's Aulus Rustius Verus," explained park archaeologist Dr Sophie Hay. "We know him from other political propaganda in Pompeii. He's a politician. He's super-rich. We think he may be the one who owns the posh house behind the bakery and the laundry."​

The three-part series, Pompeii: The New Dig, begins on Monday 15 April, 21:00 BST, on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. It will become available internationally. There is also an Open University website connected with the series.

I'd like to see this when it becomes available

The god Apollo is depicted on one of the frescos trying to seduce the Trojan priestess Cassandra (who looks utterly bored)

 

[CH4]

The god Apollo is depicted on one of the frescos trying to seduce the Trojan priestess Cassandra (who looks utterly bored)

…or utterly disappointed.

 

[Rustyt1953]

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xad5Rl0N2E[/ame]

 

[oldbrownhat]

…or utterly disappointed.

"I don't care if that lyre DOES go up to 11"

 

[robvious]

the first artistic depiction of "I have a headache"

 

[ACORN]

A little known historic fact is that Apollo was also known as “Stumpy”.

 

[pharmer]

I read "Marcus Aurelius' Meditations" every day. Puts me in perspective when he starts with: "Soon you will be dead........" Joe

 

[dockmurgw]

A depiction of the Appolo 4 mission.

 

[glenwolde]

I'm afraid any responses on my part would be ban bait.

 

[NYlakesider]

"Wot have the Romans ever done for us?"

Well, as Romans were the masters of different sorts of plumbing, I would have to say they gave me a very good trade.

Worked many years at a very good paying job.

 

[Chuck24]

We couldn’t name Super Bowls without them

 

[CH4]

A little known historic fact is that Apollo was also known as “Stumpy”.

And that he was Irish, not Greek.

 

[Onomea]

..The god Apollo is depicted on one of the frescos trying to seduce the Trojan priestess Cassandra (who looks utterly bored)

This must be early on before Apollo improved his technique...

 

[oldbrownhat]

I'm afraid any responses on my part would be ban bait.

I thought of the same...er... "pharmacy" reference last night and likewise decided that I wan't going there However, if Cassandra had taken him up on his offer, she would have had less of a credibility problem. Life is full of compromises.

Well, as Romans were the masters of different sorts of plumbing, I would have to say they gave me a very good trade...

Plus they gave us the name of your trade: plumbum = lead.

 

[oldbrownhat]

A depiction of the Appolo 4 mission.

Well, there is Cassandra involved with NASA's JPL:

Dr. Cassandra Nickles is a Systems Engineer in the Applied Science Systems Engineering group at JPL working primarily for the Physical Oceanography Data Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) project. Her work involves connecting NASA data to science and applications communities by creating and presenting coding tutorials for satellite data end-users. Dr. Nickles received her PhD in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in May 2021 having performed research surrounding large-scale river networks and applications enabled by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission in the contexts of discharge dynamics and hydrologic model calibration. Her overarching passion is to serve society through remote sensing and hydrologic applications, facilitating data ease of access for a wide variety of users and science applications.​

She looks a lot happier, probably because people believe her

 

[gjgalligan]

Wot have the Romans ever done for us?

They showed us how to to lose a Republic.
Too bad we didn't learn anything from it.

 

[CH4]

1. The Halloween
2. Corvus
3. Grid-Based Cities
4. Roads and Highways
5. Laws like the Habeas Corpus
6. The first newspaper
7. Sanitary management and plumbing
8. Air conditioning
9. Aqueducts
10. Julian Calendar
11. Postal Services
12. Stadium
13. The first surgical tools
14. Toga
15. The Codex
16. Proper living standards
17. The use of apartments
18. Concrete
19. Arches
20. Roman Numeral
21. Dental Fillings
22. Bacon
23. Glass Blowing
24. Welfar2
25. Wine
26. Education

 

[Sistema1927]

1. The Halloween
2. Corvus
3. Grid-Based Cities
4. Roads and Highways
5. Laws like the Habeas Corpus
6. The first newspaper
7. Sanitary management and plumbing
8. Air conditioning
9. Aqueducts
10. Julian Calendar
11. Postal Services
12. Stadium
13. The first surgical tools
14. Toga
15. The Codex
16. Proper living standards
17. The use of apartments
18. Concrete
19. Arches
20. Roman Numeral
21. Dental Fillings
22. Bacon
23. Glass Blowing
24. Welfar2
25. Wine
26. Education

But, apart from all those things, what have the Romans ever done for us?

 

[dockmurgw]

I. The Halloween
II. Corvus
III. Grid-Based Cities
IV. Roads and Highways
V. Laws like the Habeas Corpus
VI. The first newspaper
VII. Sanitary management and plumbing
VIII. Air conditioning
IX. Aqueducts
X. Julian Calendar
XI. Postal Services
XII. Stadium
XIII. The first surgical tools
XIV. Toga
XV. The Codex
XVI. Proper living standards
XVII. The use of apartments
XVIII. Concrete
XIX. Arches
XX. Roman Numeral
XXI. Dental Fillings
XXII. Bacon
XXIII. Glass Blowing
XXIV. Welfar2
XXV. Wine
XXVI. Education

I added to your list

 

[oldbrownhat]

1. The Halloween
2. Corvus
3. Grid-Based Cities
4. Roads and Highways
5. Laws like the Habeas Corpus
6. The first newspaper
7. Sanitary management and plumbing
8. Air conditioning
9. Aqueducts
10. Julian Calendar
11. Postal Services
12. Stadium
13. The first surgical tools
14. Toga
15. The Codex
16. Proper living standards
17. The use of apartments
18. Concrete
19. Arches
20. Roman Numeral
21. Dental Fillings
22. Bacon
23. Glass Blowing
24. Welfar2
25. Wine
26. Education

Hallowe'en? Corvus? (did they invent crows?) Postal Services? - that was the Persians, whose description of their couriers inspired the USPS creed, "Neither snow nor rain... "etc., Toga? Are they "in" again? Must get mine dry cleaned. Proper living standards? (the lead in their water pipes and cosmetics didn't do the populace any favours.) Roman numerals look really classy, but try calculating the cube root of MDCMXIII on your iBacus...

But aside from all that, they DID vastly enrich our language, gave us some great architecture to copy (Greeks, too), and a lot of pageantry to inspire us, albeit not always to the better, cf Nazi Germany...

I see I've opened capsa vermis...