# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/21 "2005-06-22T13:35:48Z")
I thought “ancient Rome” without spcifically thinking “empire” or “republic.” (And, uh, off-topic, but when I read **Derleth** ’s tangent about Euell Gibbons, I kept seeing it as “Evil Gibbons” until I forced myself to pay more attention.) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/22 "2005-06-22T13:47:26Z")
F: When in Rome, do as the Romans. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/23 "2005-06-22T14:00:48Z")
C, the Roman Republic. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/24 "2005-06-22T14:18:53Z")
I’m hungry so… F) Really good pasta with roasted plum tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and lemon. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/25 "2005-06-22T14:21:10Z")
F. The city in the Ancient Roman Empire. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/26 "2005-06-22T14:22:21Z")
B. The Ancient Roman Empire. But I’m a history buff. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/27 "2005-06-22T14:23:31Z")
togas. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/28 "2005-06-22T14:51:18Z")
C. But I just got done with a thread about ancient languages. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/29 "2005-06-22T15:08:49Z")
A. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/30 "2005-06-22T15:18:00Z")
A., shortly followed by B and then C. Then I thought about being in Rome. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/31 "2005-06-22T15:27:30Z")
Just ancient Rome, neither the Empire nor the Republic specifically. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/32 "2005-06-22T15:34:49Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > The HBO Series. Me too. But if I hadn’t heard about the series, then A and B. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/33 "2005-06-22T15:40:44Z")
I thought of A. Mostly because I thought it would be some kind of travel thread. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/34 "2005-06-22T15:42:58Z")
A, looking for travel info. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/35 "2005-06-22T15:48:23Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I thought of Rome: Total War. Can’t really tell you why though. I thought of Rome: Total War as well. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/36 "2005-06-22T15:55:56Z")
The Empire. Only because I have been reading some late imperial biographies lately. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/37 "2005-06-22T16:04:57Z")
A. Don’t know why…that was just the first thing that popped into my head. > [@Sevastopol](#): > > Rome if you want to, rome around the world. I think I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/38 "2005-06-22T16:14:28Z")
I just came from reading Cafe Society and I too thought it was about the new HBO series coming up in the fall. Half naked men, leather…hmmmmmmm! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/39 "2005-06-22T16:17:26Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > I thought “ancient Rome” without spcifically thinking “empire” or “republic.” Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332/40 "2005-06-22T16:26:58Z")
B and C; but I’m a Classics minor and have been squandering all my summer reading time with anicent history books instead of researching for my approaching religion thesis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rome/309332.md?page=3)