O tempora! O mores!

[altariel]

And there was I hoping to be Titus Pullo.

Banished Scholar You scored 14 privilegedbirth, 52 scholarliness, 15 ruthlessness, and 38 outspokenness!

You're lucky to be banished! Most guys like you end up with their entrails on the front steps. You rose from your lowly birth with learning, but you forgot to keep your mouth shut. Nobody likes a party pooper, and pointing out the foibles of Roman society did not earn you that nice cushy position tutoring the Senator's feeble-minded offspring. It is suggested that you never set foot in Rome again, but I hear things are much milder and more tolerant down in Judea, so maybe make your way over there. Cheers!

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 9% on privilegedbirth You scored higher than 95% on scholarliness You scored higher than 19% on ruthlessness You scored higher than 85% on outspokenness

Link: The Who in Ancient Rome Are You Test written by chickennibbler on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Comments

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I'm jealous. Much better than Germanicus!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh, tho' I did like him a lot in Clavdivs.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

He was a nice guy, but, you know, not so much with the survival sense...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Gone, but not forgotten.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Very impressive! And provided you write a few books in exile, you'll be famous for centuries.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Or else my books will be lost forever in some library fire...

[gair.livejournal.com]

Ee look at the new layout! And it is always better to be banished than, er, eaten along with your two tiny sons by the snakes of Lord Poseidon as the image suggests. (Trojan Priest of Apollo eaten by snakes represents Roman banished scholar in whatwaynow?)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The picture does strangely call my PhD supervisions to mind... Glad you like the redecorating of the journal, you're the first person to comment!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100 per cent convinced of the reliability of their information on Judaea. Alexandria, maybe?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I hear DS9 is good for exiles.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

"The Teacher Slave
You scored 19 privilegedbirth, 40 scholarliness, 27 ruthlessness, and 18 outspokenness!
You didn't let your low birth keep your nose out of those books. In fact, you're probably from Greece originally where your birth is regarded as descended from the gods themselves. The Romans,however, don't seem too impressed by that lineage. You wouldn't hurt a fly, and you do your best to keep your mouth shut, so you should enjoy a long life educating Roman boys about philosophies they could never live up to. Maybe you'll get lucky and produce a few future rebels/crucifixions. Good luck!"

That's probably not too far away from the truth.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I got the same.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

Me too. The Roman equivalent of Jayne Eyre I suppose.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It'd be a better life than some.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

This sounds oddly like my A-level Latin teacher, actually.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Hey, what's wrong with being Ovid? :D

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Good point!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

A good cup of banishment beats a steaming cup of hemlock any day. :)

By the way, just for you. Happy holidays!

[kerravonsen]

Yeah, well, when I did the quiz, I ended up with the cup of hemlock ("Martyred Royal"). Guess I'm too naieve and idealistic.