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In the spirit of “Dead or Canadian?“…

Test your command of these two exalted domains…

As we reach for the spreading knife, we might ponder another question: it was on this date in 81 CE that Roman Emperor Titus (Titus Flavius Vespasianus, son of Vespasian), then aged 41, died– after only 26 months in office (apparently of malaria; it is said that a mosquito flew up his nose and picked at his brain).  Titus’ last words were, “I have made but one mistake.”  To this day, no ones seems to have a clue what that was…

Titus