Now, that explains it. Thanks for clearing this up OP!
Just checked into Ceasar’s palace and this fucking Praetorian comes prancing up to me and offers me a massage not cool
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I think the slang term is "Praet" ...it's in the Zuffa handbook of banned terms.
And lol at "the 209 of Rome"
One of your best threads, Jupes!
DiscipleDojo -
I think the slang term is "Praet" ...it's in the Zuffa handbook of banned terms.
And lol at "the 209 of Rome"
One of your best threads, Jupes!
Love you too.
No Praetorian.
sitchpack -2JupitersTooMany -sitchpack -2JupitersTooMany -It is no secret that homosexuality was accepted among the enlightened class in Rome, as the following quote from Wikipedia proves:
Roman men were free to enjoy sex with other males without a perceived loss of masculinity or social status, as long as they took the dominant or penetrative role. Acceptable male partners were slaves, prostitutes, and entertainers, whose lifestyle placed them in the nebulous social realm of infamia, excluded from the normal protections accorded a citizen even if they were technically free. Although Roman men in general seem to have preferred youths between the ages of 12 and 20 as sexual partners, freeborn male minors were strictly off-limits, and professional prostitutes and entertainers might be considerably older.
Members of the Praetorian Guard were the personal bodyguards of Roman emperors. Not surprisingly, this caused some snickering among the less-enlightened Plebeian class, the 209 of Rome, and the term soon became a derogatory gay slur.
At the height of the term's unfortunate popularity, famous Gladiator Nike Diazonysus was banned from Clash at the Colosseum XXIV and fined 100 Denarius for calling a fellow competitor a Praetorian.
Have to agree with Dana on this one.
Wikipedia proves nothing, please link me to the sources and ill head over to perseus and translate them and tell you if they are credible or not.
70% of most things ancient history on wikipedia are either a misconception stemming from an old mistranslation which has gained public notoriety; straight up incorrect; up for contention in academia without any proof either way that said piece of information is credible, or it has been invented by amateur historians who do not assess and translate the sources efficiently.
Anyone here ever wants the lowdown or help with anything ancient history related id be glad to help people out and point them to better resources than wikipedia.
No need to throw a Praetorian fit, no offense meantI understand you are joking, just pointing out to anyone interested in history to not ever use wikipedia as a source.
Praetorian fit over bro.
You do realize 2jupes has a pHd in Roman History from Calo University right? 
None So Blind - ROFLMAO @ "Gladiator Nike Diazonysus was banned from Clash at the Colosseum XXIV and fined 100 Denarius"
Well done, it looks like most posters did not see what you did there :-P
Damn how did i miss this gem.
Brilliant!
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Woah ^
vu cause i thought this is for real for a moment!
nice work! 
Imagine if you spilled some Pecorino Romano cheese on a Holzer Reich shirt and you get the picture
Haha well played.
That VU gift is also awesome. I logged in on the browser on my phone to vote you both up.
did superCalo hack in to 2jupes account?
I also hear that UFC Fighters will be banned from giving anyone fruitcake at christmas in fear of offending the desireable gay demo as well.
Hail Odin
