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Wonderful find, and an example of amazing items still in there. But why call it a throne?
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LOL...no kidding. Looks like chair to me.
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Technically the Greek "thronos" was used in antiquity for any high-backed chair with animal-clawed feet. It was a high status piece of furniture but didn't carry the specific meaning of 'formal seat of a ruler' that it has now.
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Quote: but didn't carry the specific meaning of 'formal seat of a ruler' that it has now.
As well as....
http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2 ... eated.html
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They would have to come in groups of at least four to cater to the Roman taste for 'communal crapping.' Also, where does the 'sponge on a stick' fit?
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Surely it must be a sacrificial chair ?
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I guess Elvis wasn't the only one that liked to crap in style.
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Hey, a marble throne.........brrrrrrrrrrrrr
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