beyond the wide world's end

Or, my other favorite part from the insert, "This Renaissance painting was the perfect --" (Er, I was going to finish this with, "example of Roman violence." You know. From the Renaissance.)

OH MY GOD THAT IS THE MOST TERRIFYING THING I HAVE EVER READ.

Wow, there's a whole Wikipedia page devoted to how Gladiator is historically inaccurate.

I'm, um, going to stop now.