Romulus (left) and Remus
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romulus, remus, twin, twins, identical, identical twins, mother, portrait, mom, mothers, mum, wolf, wolves, raised by wolves, rome, roman, founder of rome, romans, first, founding of rome, founding, founder, city of rome, she-wolf, capitoline wolf, romulus and remus, myths, legends, myth, legend, history"Truly a magnificent emperor! While Rome burns, Nero plays an instrument that hasn't been invented yet."
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nero, emperor, emperors, roman, rome, romans, roman emperor, julio, claudian, julio-claudian, fiddle while rome burned, fiddle, fiddles, violin, violins, propoganda, flavia, flavian, fiddled while rome burned, rome burned, impressed, impressive, inaccurate, inaccuracy, historical, history, historical inaccuracy, fiddling, fiddling while rome burns, ancient rome, viola, toga, togas, ancient history"I'm really glad I don't work on this floor."
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office, offices, office workers, office workers, skyscraper, skyscrapers, high rise, high rises, office blocks, office block, business men, business man, business woman, business women, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, businesswoman, businesswomen, businessperson, business people, lift, lifts, elevator, elevators, colosseum, colosseums, coliseum, coliseum, gladiator, gladiators, rome, romans, ancient rome, ancient romans, flavian amphitheatre, amphitheatres, snob, snobbery, floor, floors, fight, fighting, combat, armed combat, prisoners, prisoner, caveman, cavemen, city, city worker, city workers, class, class snob, class snobbery, job snob, job snobbery, crowd, crowds"Our goal is to modernize it but retain the historical flavor."
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greece, rome, roman empire, greek, parthenon, history, historical flavor, remodernize, remodernization, remodernise, remodernising, remodernisation, modernise, modernising, modernize, modernizing, american, american influence, fix, fixes, fix up, fixes up, ruin, ruins, remodel, remodels, remodels, miss the point, missing the point, bottom line, architecture"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your money."
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history, historical, rome, ancient romans, ancient rome, roman, romans, roman empire, ancient, friend, friends, countrymen, countryman, lend me your swords, lend me your money, money, tax, taxes, taxation, paying taxes, finances, politician, politicians, speech, speeches, politics, government, governments, orator, orators, political speech, political speeches, bailout, bailouts, cliche, cliches, catch phrase, catch phrases, catchphrase, catchphrases, big government, tax and spend, taxing and spending, greed, government greed, stimulus, stimulus package, bailout, bailouts, bailing out, bailed out, tax office, irs, internal revenue service"Preparing to Cross the Alps: Hannibal's Address to his Elephants
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history, historical, ancient, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, carthage, carthaginian, hannibal, second punic war, crossing the alps, animal, animals, elephant, elephants, pachyderm, pachyderms, african, africans, problem, problems, speech, speeches, address, addresses, addressing, speaking, army, armies, war, wars, military, military strategy, military strategies, understand, understanding, encouragement, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational, inspiring, nothing to lose"You just carpe, carpe, carpe."
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carpe diem, latin, ancient rome, ancient roman, ancient romans, roman, romans, rome, wife, wives, husband, husbands, odes, horace, classicist, classicists, classics, ancient history, chatterbox, chatterboxes, gossip, gossips, gossiping, gossiper, gossipersThe Judgment of Paris
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paris, judgment of paris, judgement of paris, greek, greek myth, greek myths, interview, interviews, job interview, job interviews, aphrodite, venus, judgement, judgements, judgment, judgments, judgmental, judgemental, interview question, interview questions, question, questions, questioning, art history, skill, skills, skillset, skillsets, skill set, skill sets, qualification, qualifications, job qualification, job qualifications, trojan, trojan war, rome, foundation of rome"This wasn't commissioned by the Emperor. This is just my random thoughts on stuff."
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roman, romans, rome, ancient, ancients, ancient rome, ancient italy, ancient romans, emperor, commission, commissioned, chisel, chiseling, chiseled, artisan, artisans, random, randomly, thoughts, sharing, shares, ancient history, historical, artistic"I'm having my entrails read."
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history, historical, ancient, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, religion, religious, temple, temples, haruspex, haruspices, haruspicy, divination, fortune-telling, fortunetelling, fortune, fortunes, fortune-teller, fortune-tellers, fortuneteller, fortunetellers, fortune teller, fortune tellers, psychic, psychics, future, prediction, predictions, predicting, see the future, seeing the future, seer, seers, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, goat, goats, death, entrails, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour"Did you know that 'decimate' means kill just one out of every ten?"
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decimate, decimates, decimating, decimation, one in ten, historical, definition, definitions, define, defines, defining, conquest, conquests, takeover, takeovers, pillage, pillages, viking, vikings, rome, roman, romans, linguistics, etymology, etymologies, vocabulary, vocabulary word, vocabulary words, overzealous, overdo it, overdoing it, linguist, linguists, linguistics, english, english teacher, historian, historians"Frieze!"
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art, sculpture, sculptures, architecture, ancient, history, historical, greece, greek, ancient greece, rome, roman, ancient rome, frieze, bas-relief, bas-reliefs, freeze, stop, don't move, order, orders, ordering, police, police officer, police officers, cop, cops, homophone, homophones, wordplay, word play, play on words, pun, puns"We've waited twenty-five years to make this trip, and we're certainly not interested in getting there in any six and a half hours."
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travel agent, travel agents, travel agency, travel agencies, flight, flights, flight time, flight times, paris, london, rome, vacation, vacations, vacationing, plan, plans, plans, dream vacation, dream vacation, middle age, middle aged, tourist, tourists, tourism, impatient, impatience, patience, greedy, greedy, entitled, entitlement, customer, customers, nightmare customer, nightmare customers, difficult customer, difficult customers, entitlement complex, entitlement complexes, travel time, travel times"Sure, I'd get married again, but who wants a she-wolf with two adopted children?"
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romulus, remus, baby, babies, child, children, kid, kids, she-wolf, wolf, wolves, rome, founding of rome, roman, roman empire, history, historical, art, myth, myths, legend, legends, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, single, family, families, marriage, marriages, re-marriage, second marriage, adopted, adoption, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals"Surely, as the world's only superpower, we're entitled to a little mischief now and then."
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ancient, ancient rome, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, history, historical, politics, government, governments, empire, empires, superpower, superpowers, mischief, mischievous, global superpower, politician, politicians, emperor, emperors, caesar, julius caesar, international relations, foreign relations"It's true, Caesar. Rome is declining, but I expect it to pick up in the next quarter."
"It's something new I'm trying out. Death by chocolate."
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religion, religious, greek, greece, roman, rome, ancient, history, historical, myth, myths, legend, legends, heaven, mt. olympus, mount olympus, god, gods, zeus, jupiter, lightning bolt, lightning bolts, lightning, death, dead, chocolate, chocolate bar, chocolate bars, candy bar, candy bars, dessert, desserts, pudding, puddings, health, diet, diets, unhealthy diet, unhealthy diets, new, trying out, innovation, innovations, innovative, creativeVeni, Vidi, Vici, Mani, Pedi.
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history, historical, military, ancient, rome, roman, romans, roman empire, soldier, soldiers, warrior, warriors, latin, language, languages, julius caesar, caesar, veni, vidi, vici, i came, i saw, i conquered, victory, victories, mani, manicure, pedi, pedicure, nail, nails, toenail, toenails, fingernail, fingernails, painted, nail polish, nail polish, nail varnish, nail varnish, beauty, beauty salon, beauty salons, manicurist, manicurists, pedicurist, pedicurists, nail technician, nail technicians, beauty parlor, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty parlours, catchphrase, catchphrases, word play, wordplay"Food, drink, shelter—what else is there?"
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romulus, remus, baby, babies, child, children, kid, kids, she-wolf, wolf, wolves, rome, founding of rome, roman, roman empire, history, historical, art, myth, myths, legend, legends, mother, mothers, food, drink, drinks, shelter, what else is there, cliche, cliches, catch phrase, catch phrases, catchphrase, catchphrases"Might I sound a note of caution?"
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religion, religious, greek, greece, roman, rome, ancient, history, historical, myth, myths, legend, legends, heaven, mt. olympus, mount olympus, god, gods, zeus, jupiter, lightning bolt, lightning bolts, lightning, death, boomerang, boomerangs, wife, wives, husband, husbands, marriage, marriages, married life, advice, caution, warning, warnings, ricochet, return, returning, danger, dangerous, risky, bad idea, bad ideasPillar Trees.
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tree, trees, wood, woods, forest, forests, architecture, architectures, temple, temples, forest of columns, column, columns, ancient greece, ancient greek, ancient greeks, chop, chopped, deforestation, history, ancients, ancient, rome, romans, building, buildings, marble, marblesA lion walks into a Colosseum arena where a dish of food is waiting.
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history, historical, ancient, rome, roman, romans, colosseum, colosseums, arena, arenas, stadium, stadiums, gladiator, gladiators, gladiatorial contest, gladiatorial contests, fight, fights, fighting, fighter, fighters, death, life or death, winning, losing, weapon, weapons, do or die, media, press, journalist, journalists, reporter, reporters, question, questions, interview, interviews, interviewer, interviewers, journalism, scribe, scribes, pressure, sport, sports"I found the old format much more exciting."
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debate, debates, debating, debated, lion, lions, people, person, man, men, italy, coliseum, arena, podium, podiums, animal, animals, fight, fights, wild, wild animal, wild animals, history, historic, historian, historians, ancient, meeting, meetings, violence, violent, gladiator, gladiators, rome, roman, italian, entertainment, animal rights