Really? I've never heard or read that Scipio helped Hannibal later. Lots of OTHER people did, to stick a finger in the eye of the imperialists, but Scipio wouldn't have had a motive to help him, it seems to me. IN fact, I would think that getting Hannibal (whether capturing or killing him) might have helped Scipio…

(Technically, the Carthaginians in Spain who killed Scipio's uncle—and his dad, too—were under the command of Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal.

Not only that, but before the Marian reforms, you had to be a landholder to serve in the military. So not only did the men have less work to do because of all that slave labor, many of them had lost their land to the consolidators that @avclub-717729ce391c20ef3e722c3e6ef79a58:disqus mentions above. The Gracchan land…

Bonus Fun Fact: The only Carthaginian book that the Romans bothered to keep (& translate into Latin) was a how-to for creating those massive plantation-style latifundia that you mention.

That's exactly what happened to me, @Jugmarker:disqus (except that they didn't change my name).

I thought I did that when I created my Disqus account, @white_abed:disqus , but maybe I did it wrong? I didn't even intend to create a Disqus account, but I wanted to comment on some site that made me do it, & I figured since I was already using the Disqus-powered AV Club it'd be OK. For several months, before this…

You know what else I find annoying? I had almost 8,000 comments as my registered self here at the good ol' AV Club, but since I only recently registered myself officially on Disqus, now I have only 400-some. I have seen some fellow AV Clubbers, though, who seem to have kept all their comments, so maybe there's a way…

I haven't seen Day of the Dead in 20+ years, & that's the one scene, & the one line, I still remember—vividly.

And Darnell from My Name Is Earl! I liked the show, but even if you didn't , Eddie Steepled was great in it.

Also Eddie Steeples, aka Darnell from My Name is Earl.

I'm continuously surprised by how dismissive my fellow AV Clubbers are of The Hold Steady. Though to be fair, it's mostly aimed at Craig Finn's talk-singing (which I personally dig), so maybe we're allowed to like the guitar work?

Gilmour's solo on "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is similarly obvious & cliche—and another excellent choice.

Mark Knopfler is one of those guys whose style is deceptively "simple". When your guitar-playing friends single out an artist for his technique, you know the guy's got some serious chops.

Not familiar with that one. Better give it a listen.

Guy I worked with, back in high school, enrolled in a guitar camp (not sure if that phrase does it justice—morel like a two-week intensive course) taught by Robert Fripp. Not idea how often Fripp offered such courses, or when he started or stopped. He could still do 'em, for all I know.

Steely Dan, "Reeling in the Years"

Thank GOD.

My brother LOVES that little guitar break!
A guitar-playing friend of mine once said something similar about R.E.M.'s "Flowers of Guatemala"—nothing fancy, just absolutely perfect for that particular song.

Agreed, & enhanced by the Felder-Walsh tandem. You SHOULD unashamedly love it.

Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain" has one of the best Jimmy jams—not just "good" (technically proficient) but perfectly suited to the song. Add that to Bonzo's great half-time shuffle & you've got something there, people.