Roman Culture Fan Gifts

"Well, it seems we've run out of condemned criminals and Christians. Do you think maybe we could keep the crowd happy if we tried throwing in some overly strident vegans?"

"What was the Roman attitude to construction?"

"Hmm...well...It'll look better when it's finished...!"

Hadrian's Wall

The Fall of Gnome

'Bloody streakers - they have a lot to learn.'

"I'm working on more of a 'personal' mythology."

Goddess

I'm Spartacus.

'Honey, I'm Rome!'

'Barbarians at the gate? That's fine, I fully support social mobility.'

They came...they saw...they conga'd.

The Original Gossip Columns

Romulus (left) and Remus

"It's a land flowing with milk and honey, with a small but lively arts district."

Carpe diem

Roman playing croquet under aqueducts.

The de-friending of Julius Caesar

'Somebody got some sun.'

'Wellington!...Come take a look at this!...I've never seen anything like it!...Some sort of early sun worship etching perhaps!'

'No wonder this is so hard to translate - it's a note from his doctor.'

"Reviving the old all type, eh?"

Ion Luca Caragiale.

'Actually, I find the destroying more satisfying than the nation-building.'

"Remember, Jeremy, thou art immortal."

I arrived, I Ate, I Conquered (aka Pooped).

Julius Caesar

'What Caesar doesn't understand is that all politics is local!'

Britain in 410AD

Hadrian's Fence

I suspect we'll find the coffin painter in that last one.

Donald Trump

The Colossal Issue

'Take no notice, he was raided by wolves.'

'Go ask Caesar what he wants in his salad.'