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Originally Posted by Solon
Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Syria reminded me of this story from Roman history, as related by Matthias Gelzer:
From M. Gelzer, Roman Nobility, trans. by Robin Seager (Oxford: 1969), pg. 138
I On doing so Antiochus announced that he must deliberate with his friends. Thereupon Popilius drew a circle round the king with his vinewood staff and ordered him to give his answer inside this circle.
[See Polybius 29.2 and 29.27; Livy 45.12.3.]
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Thus inspiring future car salesmen everywhere!