If Ancient Rome Had the Internet
Apr 5, 2007 at 07:15AM
Doug in Culture, Humor
Here’s an interesting question: What if ancient Rome had the Internet? Well, here’s how EMR sees it…
The destruction of Pompeii in 79AD is the most viewed video at YouTube. The first comment is…”OMG so cool! Volcanos ROCK!”

Attila the Hun has his own MySpace page. Nobody ever rejects his “invite a friend” emails.
The soothsayer’s “Ides of March” email fails to get Caesar’s proper attention as it’s inadvertently filtered into his junk folder.
But at least Caesar’s “Et tu Brute?” comment is available as a free ringtone download.
The domain gladiator.rome sells for the record sum of 1,000,000 denarii.
The owner of hadriansucks.rome is compelled to hand over both the domain name and selected body parts by an independent domain tribunal chaired by…Emperor Hadrian.
“Naked Cleopatra” is the top search term on Google.
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