From: ROCxolan@t-online.de   
      
   Morgoth's Curse wrote:   
   > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:29:27 +0100, Florian Blaschke   
   >  wrote:   
   >>Morgoth's Curse wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:28:11 -0500, "David Milligan"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>>What can audiences expect from Lucretia's role in the upcoming prequel to   
   >>>>'Spartacus?'   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Lucy Lawless: She's a much sweeter, kinder, and gentler Lucretia from the   
   >>>>one we love to hate. She is still in the honeymoon phase and is crazy about   
   >>>>her husband, whom she would never dream of cheating on. Lucretia's old   
   >>>>friend shows up and teaches her a whole slew of bad tricks. Under the   
   >>>>influence of opium, they get into some pretty weird things and then their   
   >>>>world starts to fall apart. It's really fun to watch all of these   
   characters   
   >>>>go from being young and full of potential to getting into a rotten   
   >>>>situation.   
   >>> 	Opium in the Roman Empire?  Didn't Lucy once say something about   
   >>> realism in this series?  < shakes head in disgust >   
   >>What exactly makes you think that the Romans did not use opium?   
   > 	It is my understanding that while opium was known and used in the   
   > Roman Empire, it was ingested rather than smoked and therefore much   
   > less addictive and potent than opium that is inhaled.  In other words,   
   > it was primarily an anesthetic rather than a narcotic per se.   
   >   
   > 	The description seems to imply that there was a drug culture with   
   > drug addicts analogous to modern drug cultures.   
      
   Now you're rowing back. Your "Opium in the Roman Empire?" undeniably   
   implied that you thought that the Romans did not use opium at all. :-P   
   You should have said something like "Smoking opium in the Roman Empire?"   
   or "Opium as a recreational drug in the Roman Empire?", rather.   
      
   And just before you accuse me of nit-picking, think again ... :-P   
      
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