Beware the fury of the Legions (attributed to Marcus Flavius) (1961 English 1960 French)

[Jonathan Lighter]

I can find no reference to any historical "Marcus Flavinius" anywhere. No
cousin Tertullus either.

What's this? A more definitive note from Doug Wilson!  Damn!

JL

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Is Ron having iPhone constipation or am I the only one who can't see his
> replies? That's three in a row now that had no added content.
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> On 3/3/2012 12:26 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
> > On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
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> >> An Op-ed published in the Washington Post in 2010 contained part of a
> >> letter attributed to a Roman commander named Marcus Flavius.
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> >> ...
> >> Thanks for any help you can provide
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> >> Garson
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