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Senatus Populusque Romanus

This sunday, Rome makes its debut on HBO. I’m really excited about this series. It looks fantastic.

Interesting timing - August 24, 410, was the day Rome fell. For three straight days, the Romans watched in horror as Alaric and the Goths sacked the Eternal City. The crumbling western half of the greatest empire in the history of the world was finished by the end of the century.

Now, a millenium and a half later, I get to grab a bowl of popcorn and enjoy all the decadence and debauchery that was the Roman Empire as prime time weekly entertainment - without all the inconvenient stabbing, of course.

Wonderful.