Today in 536, Byzantine General Belisarius entered Rome while the Ostrogoths peacefully left the city. Sure they did. Okay, maybe they left without any violence, but you know there was some trash talking going on. I can just imagine crowds of Ostrogoths walking out of the city yelling, "You're a poophead!" and "Your mother washes her hair with hummus!" as they went. I've tried three times to post something today, but every post seems to get really long and boring, so here's your short and cryptic... read more