According to Ray Laurence, the author of Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial Rome, the top 10 passions of Ancient Romans were the following:-
- Binge Drinking
- Getting Naked
- Grand Designs
- Older Women
- Younger Men
- Singing and Dancing
- Violence
- Collecting Things
- Food
- Pleasure
(Well - I can add most of those to my "favourite things". Just tone down numbers 1 and 2 a bit and get rid of number 7.)
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