In the first episode Augustus uses the phrase “fast as boiled asparagus”, which is noted by contemporary Roman historians to be one of the odd phrases he made up and commonly said (“as fast as asparagus boils”)
[off topic] Lindsay Davis is the author of the novel “The Silver Pigs” It’s the first book in a series about a Roman ‘public investigator’ named Falco. In one of the books he’s made up a Roman underworld slang, because there’s no actual record of Roman underworld slang.
https://youtu.be/Z7XRX1UBooQ
Episode 1 of the BBC series based on the novels by Robert Graves.
Great acting, clever scripts and superb photography
What a fantastic portrayal of Tiberius, lmao
I only posted ten minutes ago!
Talk about a speed run!
[jk]
Asparagus
I remember this vaguely. Do you know the episode?
In the first episode Augustus uses the phrase “fast as boiled asparagus”, which is noted by contemporary Roman historians to be one of the odd phrases he made up and commonly said (“as fast as asparagus boils”)
Got it.
[off topic] Lindsay Davis is the author of the novel “The Silver Pigs” It’s the first book in a series about a Roman ‘public investigator’ named Falco. In one of the books he’s made up a Roman underworld slang, because there’s no actual record of Roman underworld slang.