This amazing song seems to have a sub-textual obsession with, among other things, the Roman Empire. He rhymes castrum doloris (Latin for "castle of grief," basically an elaborate funeral bier) with Horace (the Roman lyric poet), casually mentions a Roman hypocaust (a sub-floor heating chamber), and then mocks the Romans for changing their names because they lost (to the barbarians, presumably). So that's why they go by "Italian" now!
Licorice, incidentally, was given its name by Dioscorides, Roman physician and botanist. Coincidence? I think not!
By the way, if you've never seen a Jack Chick comic, Google around until you find some because they are unintentionally hilarious. "Dark Dungeons" is my personal favorite, warning kids of eternal damnation for the sin of playing D&D.
This amazing song seems to have a sub-textual obsession with, among other things, the Roman Empire. He rhymes castrum doloris (Latin for "castle of grief," basically an elaborate funeral bier) with Horace (the Roman lyric poet), casually mentions a Roman hypocaust (a sub-floor heating chamber), and then mocks the Romans for changing their names because they lost (to the barbarians, presumably). So that's why they go by "Italian" now!
Licorice, incidentally, was given its name by Dioscorides, Roman physician and botanist. Coincidence? I think not!
By the way, if you've never seen a Jack Chick comic, Google around until you find some because they are unintentionally hilarious. "Dark Dungeons" is my personal favorite, warning kids of eternal damnation for the sin of playing D&D.
Now state the same damn thing with the violin!