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Which Historical Period Would You Have Most Liked To Live In?

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anotheoldgit | 10:38 Wed 23rd Sep 2015 | ChatterBank
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3245896/Miss-Italy-winner-Alice-Sabatini-tells-beauty-pageant-judges-wants-experience-World-War-Two.html

/// When asked which historical period she would most like to live in, Alice Sabatini, from Lazio in Rome, paused for a moment before replying '1942' - one of the bloodiest and darkest years in Italian history under the Mussolini dictatorship. ///

This young woman was asked the question, and she gave her answer, why was it wrong for her to suggest "during WW2"?


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/// Actually, I fancy myself in a toga, recumbent on sofa, being entertained by the witty talk of Cicero ! ///

What something like this mikey?

http://gb.fotolibra.com/images/previews/32490-cartoon-roman-soldier-eating-grapes.jpeg
No AOG...I haven't got the knees for that get-up.
mikey -- when would we hear you say -

'Infamy , Infamy , thev'e all got it in for me ''
AOG...now, that more like it !

Bazile :::::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BJJe9JV_A
At Baldric's cartoon

Am i correct in saying that the thumb pointing downwards , was for the person to be spared .
As opposed to the way it's interpreted nowadays ?
Bazile - //Am i correct in saying that the thumb pointing downwards , was for the person to be spared .
As opposed to the way it's interpreted nowadays ? //

I believe so.

Common folklore has confused the 'thumbs up' sign which to modern eyes is a positive indication, with the Roman thumbs up from the Emperor, which indicated that the vanquished gladiator was to receive a fatal up-thrust from the sword of the victor.
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I'm sure it is, divebuddy, I'll make a point of remembering it if I am ever in that position!

I was just going to say that, assuming I was rich, the Regency period would be absolutely fascinating to visit for a few weeks. (And the dresses were so comfortable and easy to wear!)
Transgenderism isn't sexuality, AOG, although it's a common enough mistake to confuse the two.
I would like to go back to Jane Austen's time and hopefully be woo'd by a Mr Darcy lookalike .......

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