From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2008-03-17:
"Both sides hurled stone and lead slingshot at each other. About eighty of these lead balls have been discovered by archaeologists and many have brief, extremely rude messages scratched on them. Examples include 'I seek Fulvia's clitoris'; I seek Octavian's arse'; 'Octavian has a limp cock'; 'Hi, Octavius, you suck dick'; 'Loose Octavius, sit on this'; and, rather more feebly, 'Lucius is bald.'" -- Anthony Everitt, from his book Augustus, a biography of the first Roman emperor. Everitt is describing a seige by the forces of Octavian (Augustus) against Lucius Antonius's legions in the town of Perusia. (Fulvia was Marcus Antonius's wife.)
(submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)