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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2174694, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks again, Doug... Emmett is on the buy list. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I was curious enough about the term to look it up...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In ancient Greece and Rome, a lectisternium usually referred to a religious feast held during times of great calamity, the first one in Rome being held in 399 BC.&nbsp; For a number of days, offerings were set out before effigies of gods that were placed recumbent on a couch (the couch itself sometimes also referred to as the lectisternium).&nbsp; At the same time, private citizens would open their houses to welcome guests and lay out tables of food on the street.&nbsp; Debts were forgiven and criminals released from prison.&nbsp; With such a celebration of universal good will, the people hoped to invite the aid of the gods to banish whatever adversity was troubling the state.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, to recap what we&#039;ve learnt - JA is a god! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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