Cas, the choice is yours. Lady D’s realistic answer, or ThotfullGuy’s fanciful retconing? :rolleyes:
and Spock again with the hat. glad he doesn’t have to wear it too long this time
“I’m a doctor, not a religious historian!”
McCoy is very wrong. Rome had many recognized sun gods, not the least of which was someone that he’s actually met: Apollo.
There was also Mithras, whose cult was an earliest competitor of Christianity in the Empire.
slaves with social security & medicare
lol it was trial and error
I always think off the out takes where the all slide and fall.
somewhat depressing from today’s point of view.
That will actually be explained (somewhat) in this episode.
ETA: Oops. No, it won’t. I was thinking of the planet of the gangsters. 
Merickus reminds me of the guy who played Caligula in I, Claudius, but less debauched.
I love the face the guard makes when he gets the Vulcan nerve pinch.
Totally unrelated digression here, but recently we researched the origins of the names of our two daughters. There names are Daphne and Cassandra.
Long story short, from greek mythos both Daphne and Cassandra get involved with Apollo. The lesson learned? If me kids every meet a boy named Apollo, they need to STAY AWAY from him else a love triangle will ensue.
20th century Rome means really ugly clothing, doesn’t it.
That was John Hurt, I believe? (who played Caligula in I, Claudius).
The fashion in this episode confuses me.
They really didn’t make an argument as to WHY they should stay there. At all.
Sparrow in garum. mmm, Roman delicacy.
Garum was a sauce made from fermented fish intestines. Yum. 
the pro-consul is sketchy. He and Cavil could be friends.
The thing is - if the pro-consul knows about the prime directive, do they still have to follow it?
Kirk doesn’t take any crap from those that threaten him.
In all fairness, getting involved with Apollo wasn’t all that rare in Greek myth.
ewwww…thanks, Mr B 