Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@dirkvdlinden #ClassicsTwitter I vote for Diocletianus. Art, #foodnotlawns website 2001. sapport.scribble.com/Mainpages/cabbage%20coalition.htm

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @pauljpastor @pants One of the world's greatest anti-triumphal exits. After ruling Rome, Diocletian abdicated—almost unheard of— retiring to his palace to grow vegetables. When later political chaos led others to beg him to return to power, he reportedly replied: "Thanks, I’m busy with my cabbages.”Quoted by@pauljpastor @pants One of the world's greatest anti-triumphal exits. After ruling Rome, Diocletian abdicated—almost unheard of— retiring to his palace to grow vegetables. When later political chaos led others to beg him to return to power, he reportedly replied: "Thanks, I’m busy with my cabbages.”