In Reply to: ps- Your definition of "historical Rome" vs Roman history is nonsense- and you know it. posted by john dem on January 24, 2002 at 06:34:35:
... "based on or suggested by events of the past" as in a historical novel and "famous in history" as in occuring in a place such as HISTORICAL ROME (now often shortened to the word historic, but it applies the same emphasis). Furthermore, the word "historical" is an adjective used to limit or qualify the noun which follows it. Sheeeesh! It never occured to me that I'd be required to provide lessons in grammar in order to defend a good movie! My intent was simply to suggest why Gladiator is a fine, enjoyable film that's rich in detail in spite of the liberties it takes with the protrayal of historical and fictional characters. If you weren't entertained by it, that's not my problem.AuPh
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Follow Ups
- Look up the word "historical" -- it has a number of meanings, including but not limited to: - Audiophilander 07:53:11 01/24/02 (2)
- Hysterical Rome. - john dem 08:27:43 01/24/02 (1)
- Hee, hee! - Audiophilander 09:36:14 01/24/02 (0)