# Rome **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332 "2005-06-22T09:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/1 "2005-06-22T09:59:52Z")
When you saw the thread title, did you first think…? A. The modern city in Italy B. The ancient Roman Empire C. The ancient Roman Republic D. A town in New York or Georgia E. A variety of apple F. Something else (please specify) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/2 "2005-06-22T10:06:06Z")
The modern city. (I thought it was going to be a ‘tell me what to do/see/visit’ thread) ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/3 "2005-06-22T10:10:59Z")
B. The Ancient Roman Empire. Dunno why though ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/4 "2005-06-22T10:15:32Z")
A. The modern city in Italy. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/5 "2005-06-22T10:17:52Z")
F. Something else: my home city, birth place and seat of my Alma Mater. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/6 "2005-06-22T10:32:03Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > The modern city. (I thought it was going to be a ‘tell me what to do/see/visit’ thread) As did I. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/7 "2005-06-22T10:37:39Z")
Ditto - or anche, as the Italians would say. Right before they ordered another Nastro. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/8 "2005-06-22T10:51:33Z")
A,B, and C. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/9 "2005-06-22T11:00:05Z")
A. The modern city. And when I think of Gibbon, it’s either Euell or great ape. That last one isn’t really true, but they did pop into my head when I started to type this post. And I had to google “Euell Gibbon” (actually “Euell Gibbons”) to find out why I knew his name. [And if anyone thought of the USA, this webpage might be interesting.](http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/us_rome.htm) > [@](#): > > If America is the New Rome, it might help to study a side-by-side timeline of Roman and American histories and get a feel for whether we are travelling down the same road. This will give us the opportunity to make several pointless and unfounded, yet totally irritating, predictions of what to expect in the next few centuries. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/10 "2005-06-22T11:22:04Z")
Rome if you want to, rome around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/11 "2005-06-22T11:59:34Z")
A. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/12 "2005-06-22T12:06:27Z")
B. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/13 "2005-06-22T12:06:38Z")
Chalk me up in the traveloque category. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/14 "2005-06-22T12:36:36Z")
First it was B and then a slightly bemused tug toward the HBO series to be offered someday. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/15 "2005-06-22T12:41:57Z")
I thought of Rome: Total War. Can’t really tell you why though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/16 "2005-06-22T12:50:29Z")
B and C, 'cause unless I’m thinking about it, the two become one in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/17 "2005-06-22T13:09:50Z")
B. The ancient Roman Empire. Then I thought it may be about a show with the same title that’s in production by HBO and another company. Then I wondered why it wasn’t in CS. By then I got the preview pane and was able to see what it was about. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/18 "2005-06-22T13:10:26Z")
Well…F, but F in a way that’s almost a B or C. I thought of ancient Rome, but not the Empire OR Republic, just the ancient city itself. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/19 "2005-06-22T13:15:30Z")
The HBO Series. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/20 "2005-06-22T13:18:44Z")
I thought A because I thought it was going to be a travelogue type thing. If you had asked in Great Debates, though, I probably would have said B or C. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332.md?page=2)