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De phallus impudicus staat al in bloei
Hans
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Grrr - why is there no way to delete posts?! Bring back the preview button, say I... :roll: or have I already mentioned that? ;-)
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Mike, there IS a delete button in the lower right corner. And there's an edit button, too.
Alas, no preview. I often used that, too. Guess I'll have to eat another Oreo to drown my sorrow. Sigh.
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Nope, no particular reason to assume it might have belonged to a soldier - unless the site where found has strong military connections. As said in the article, they were charms to ward off the evil eye and civilians used them as well. Romans were a superstitious people and hung all sorts of amulets about their persons or on their possessions to bring good luck or to ward off bad luck.
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@Hans: I liked your first post much more! :mrgreen: :-D :lol: :!:
@forty-one: no, just my vivid imagination!
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Mr. Mike, I apologize. It might well be that moderators have a delete button, and others do not. I hadn't thought of that until just now. And, look: thousands of beautiful butterflies spiraling out of my PC speakers. Wow, Far Out, man!!
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Well, delete button or not, the first post of this thread only says, "It could have belonged to a Roman soldier."8-)
Or... maybe it belonged to a rich and horny woman.:roll:
Or... maybe "it" was something else, like a singular sandal, or one of those limp danglies hanging from a balteus.:mrgreen:
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