I have been bidding for cheap Roman antiquities on eBay: battered bronze rings found in a field near Bratislava that once belonged to shortsighted ethnic archers from Legion MMXVI.V recurring. You can usually buy a reasonably roundish example for about one hundred and fifty bucks or so.
I often wonder who the Roman God of bric-a-brac was. They must have worshipped such a deity; the Romans invented special Gods for everything. We do, too, but we call them Shops.
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Posted by: dillon p b | April 15, 2009 at 23:29
I always share links, except those containing material about sewing or backgammon.
Posted by: stephenesque | April 16, 2009 at 21:38
The appropriate Roman god would be Tchotkus, of course.
Posted by: mike | April 16, 2009 at 21:57
Oh, I thought it was the twins, Castoff and Bollox?
Posted by: Fcb | May 08, 2009 at 16:02