Monday, March 2, 2009

Why didn't Marc Antony die of syphilis?

He clearly should have. I mean, what a thug. He didn't even have Alcibiades' political acumen. He was just a gross, lecherous thug.

Well, and possibly a military commander of considerable gifts.

But that's beside the point. He got where he was by a curious personal magnetism and good choice of sleeping locations. Many people have since, I suppose, but in those days before medicine and precautions, it seems unfair that he did so with few negative repercussions until Actium.

I mean, how does a man like that get to kill himself?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bravo.

Finally, a voice of intelligence among the shrieking egotistic inanities of the blathosphere.

To answer your question, because Antony was a handsome jock. Those are always popular.

Keep writing.