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Only they would have been saying the Latin for "We have been conquered."
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This is how I recall it : (The movie that is... I'm old but not that old!) :
All the slaves, including the real Sparticus, were hung on crosses ... the "I am Sparticus" thing was so the Romans would never be sure whether or not they had actually gotten Sparticus!
Then there is the old joke about the Roman Procurator leading a column of Romans - all driving chariot - along a road lined with men hanging from crosses. The Procurator stops and calls to one ofthe soldiers and tells him, "That man hanging on the cross over there is singing. Go find out what he is singing."
A few minutes later the soldier came back.
Procurator : "well?"
Soldier: "I Love A Parade."
Last line of the joke should be sung, of course!
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Maverick, maverick, tell me true:-
Did you ever live in or near Barrow-in Furness, or have close friends or relatives who did so?
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Not as far as I know, Rhu - but dad always teased my mum that she came from a tribe of itinerant gypsies, so who knows where a forebear may have clogged his pops 
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I only ask because the usage, "m'mates" is a peculiarly Barrovian one (also, "m'dad; m'mam;" etc).
So, knowing you to be an honest man, I believe that you are not the real Vixy, and the real Vixy is probably Vixy - ain't that so, Vixy? I don't see why there is all this disbelief.
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>...knowing you to be an honest man, I believe that you are not the real Vixy
but what about archie?
>I don't see why there is all this disbelief.
but what about archie?
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Honi soit qui mal y pense
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>I don't see why there is all this disbelief.
but what about archie?Archie tells me he has neither brethren nor sistren, nor plans any Now, when my spies report on our young fox's identity, you-all'll be the first to know!
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Are we still being monitored by the Paranormal Police as per your PM warning, mav? 
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you better believe it boyo!
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