I'm amused that between my four years of Latin in high school and my discussions of the family in late antiquity last semester, I was able to nod right along with this. Somehow I don't know that the professor who reviewed this material with us would be too shocked- I know one of the Americanists in the history dept is an SPN fan.

Anyway, I love this post because it perfectly encapsulates the conflicts between John and Sam and why they are the way they are. And I also love it because in my head, Sam took Latin and maybe some Roman Civ at Stanford.