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These Romans are crazy!

Scenes of rioting during the ManU game in Rome last night are all over the back pages today. Seems like the hooliganism baton has been passed on from England to the Italians... Nutty.

As a side note, I just found out that the meaning of SPQR is "Senatus Populusque Romanus", or "the Senate and People of Rome". Modern Italians use a different expansion - Sono Pazzi Questi Romani. In French it's Ils sont fous, ces Romains - They're daft, these Romans, or, as fans of Asterix might prefer to say, "These Romans are crazy!"

Tags: football, Asterix