Vorenus was dead.  Cicero was dead.  Antony was dead.  Brutus was dead.  Cassius was dead.  Pompey was dead.  Caesar was dead.  Octavian ruled for 42 years.  There wasn't much of anywhere else to go.

For an idea of what it could have been there is always "I, Claudius."

(November 14, 2018 at 8:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Vorenus was dead.  Cicero was dead.  Antony was dead.  Brutus was dead.  Cassius was dead.  Pompey was dead.  Caesar was dead.  Octavian ruled for 42 years.  There wasn't much of anywhere else to go.

For an idea of what it could have been there is always "I, Claudius."

But if they hadn’t decided to give it the chop after one series, they wouldn’t have snuffed everyone. Could have carried on for yonks.

Boru

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(November 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 8:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Vorenus was dead.  Cicero was dead.  Antony was dead.  Brutus was dead.  Cassius was dead.  Pompey was dead.  Caesar was dead.  Octavian ruled for 42 years.  There wasn't much of anywhere else to go.

For an idea of what it could have been there is always "I, Claudius."

But if they hadn’t decided to give it the chop after just two series, they wouldn’t have snuffed everyone. Could have carried on for yonks.

Boru

I suppose they felt constrained by historical events?

(November 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 8:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Vorenus was dead.  Cicero was dead.  Antony was dead.  Brutus was dead.  Cassius was dead.  Pompey was dead.  Caesar was dead.  Octavian ruled for 42 years.  There wasn't much of anywhere else to go.

For an idea of what it could have been there is always "I, Claudius."

But if they hadn’t decided to give it the chop after just two series, they wouldn’t have snuffed everyone. Could have carried on for yonks.

Boru

(November 14, 2018 at 5:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 4:38 pm)Joods Wrote: I bet they are slippery little suckers.
Amirite?

I’ll check with my chief leech-wrangler and get back to you.

Bit of trivia: if you get a leech on you, what should you do?

Boru

Run about, scream and shout! I always thought salt was the remedy.

(November 14, 2018 at 9:07 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 5:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’ll check with my chief leech-wrangler and get back to you.

Bit of trivia: if you get a leech on you, what should you do?

Boru

Run about, scream and shout!  I always thought salt was the remedy.

Salt is for slugs.

(November 14, 2018 at 9:10 pm)Joods Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 9:07 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Run about, scream and shout!  I always thought salt was the remedy.

Salt is for slugs.

Yup.

Worked a treat in my downstairs room when I kept finding slime trails.

Dead slugs all around.

(November 14, 2018 at 6:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

(November 14, 2018 at 4:01 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: Oh, look at that. Now I know who to go to with questions on 12th century medicine.

 

-Teresa

Or First Century BC.

A little graphic but it gives the idea.

Fantastic.

I'm going to Rome in February with my kid and I'll be sure to look for a tour with a live educational re-enactment of the "surgery" scene.

We went on an after-dark tour of a local Gold-Rush history museum just before Halloween and we were treated to the tools and methods of 19th century "medical" treatment, which weren't much more advanced than the video above.

-Teresa

I hear that Valk calls them "the good old days."

(November 14, 2018 at 9:28 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I hear that Valk calls them "the good old days."

I call that "tomorrow afternoon".