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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2890380, member: 19463"]A few from Rome:[ATTACH=full]694434[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694439[/ATTACH] Two from "Emesa"[ATTACH=full]694440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694441[/ATTACH] One from Laodicea[ATTACH=full]694443[/ATTACH] In a week and a half the voters in my state will go to the polls to elect a new governor.  The candidates have spent a lot of money buying TV time to tell me what a crook the other guy is.  Not one of them showed up at my door throwing money.  Some promise things but the Romans did things more directly.  In addition to cash, Roman politicians funded games and circuses.  None of the mailings from politicians I have received included World Series or NFL tickets.  Most people I know have already decided who they will vote for if they bother to go vote and the winner will be the one who gets the largest turn out from his fan base.  None of them have announced a buffet lunch at the polls to make me want to drag myself down there.  Today we consider the Roman ways of politics to be borderline barbarous.  Candidates, listen up: Your phone calls during my nap time are not helping your cause.  Go Roman, send denarii! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]