The Return of the Apolyton Random Trivia Thread

[Al B. Sure!]

Sorry. I can't answer. I looked it up after DaShi and I posted.

Boris got it.

[laurentius]

Well, Boris? Stcho govorit?

[Guynemer]

Indeed he did. Hamlet is his longest play overall, and Macbeth the shortest tragedy; Comedy of Errors is his shortest overall.

[Boris Godunov]

Well, Boris? Stcho govorit?

Ubiytsy nyet! Zhiv, zhiv malyutka!

[Guynemer]

I don't speak your crazy moon language.

[laurentius]

Come on Boris, tybya lyubit.

[Boris Godunov]

Ok, somewhat easy: Of the (approximate) 93 recognized Roman Emperors who reigned up until 476 AD, 21 of them had this dubious "distinction."

[laurentius]

Some gay stuff? All i can tell you is the that last Roman Emperor De Jure died in exile died 481 AD.

[Al B. Sure!]

They were murdered?

[Boris Godunov]

Some gay stuff? All i can tell you is the that last Roman Emperor De Jure died in exile died 481 AD.

Julius Nepos died in 480 I believe, but Romulus Augustus is usually considered the "last" Western emperor, and no one knows when, where or how he died. He was a kid when he was deposed.

Nepos is, by the way, not one of the 21.

[Boris Godunov]

They were murdered?

No, that number is probably higher than 21.

[laurentius]

Must have been more. Perhaps they were left handed, gay or insisted on being called dominus instead of caesar/augustus/principalis/imperator.

[Al B. Sure!]

Yeah I figured 21 seemed too low. 21 would be maybe how many were murdered by their Praetorian Guard or something.

[Al B. Sure!]

Maybe they were only Eastern and Western Emperors after Diocletian? Not very dubious though.

[Boris Godunov]

Must have been more. Perhaps they were left handed, gay or insisted on being called dominus instead of caesar/augustus/principalis/imperator.

Maybe they were only Eastern and Western Emperors after Diocletian but before Constantine?

Nope. The 21 come from all centuries of the empire, although they do tend to be concentrated at certain periods.