It was so much fun! Thanks for all the entertainment this past year. I am totally surprised! Congratulations to the others who played and for the two Fabius boys ... baci! You guys are great!

Congratulations go to the other winners and contestants, and thanks go to M. Fabius Furius and Mauricius Fabius for creating a novel and challenging contest.

The following list shows the titles from the “Year of Four Emperors” thread identified as “references” for the Imperial Titles contest by Titus Flavius Sabinus and Mauricius Fabius.

Cinema and Performing Arts – 12 possible

• High Noon – title of the Fred Zinnemann film starring Gary Cooper
  
• Death of a Freedman – variation of the title of Arthur Miller's play “Death of a Salesman”
  
• A Night at the Theater – variation of the title of the Marx Brothers’ movie “Night at the Opera”
  
• Sleepless in Glevum – variation of the movie title “Sleepless in Seattle” starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks
  
• Roman Holiday – title of the William Wyler film starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck
  
• On the Town – title of the movie (based on a stage musical of the same name) featuring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
  
• The Quiet Man – title of the John Ford movie starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara
  
• The Diary of Caecina Alienus – variation of the title “The Diary of Ann Frank.” This is the 1959 movie title based on the American title of the memoir “Ann Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”
  
• Two Conspirators in Ravenna – variation of the title of a play by William Shakespeare “Two Gentlemen of Verona”
  
• [Battle of Cremona:] Waiting for Tiro – variation of the title of the play “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett
  
• Suspicion Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt – combines the titles of two movies by Alfred Hitchcock, “Suspicion” and “Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt”
  
• Local Hero – title of a movie starring Burt Lancaster
  

Literature – 11 possible

• Letter to the Galatians – book of the New Testament attributed to the apostle Paul
  
• Letter to the Ephesians – book of the New Testament attributed to the apostle Paul
  
• Persuasion – title of a Jane Austen novel
  
• A Scandal in Moesia – variation of the title of a Sherlock Holmes short story by A. Conan Doyle “A Scandal in Bohemia”
  
• Desolation - title of a novel by Stephen King
  
• The Red-Headed League – title of a Sherlock Holmes story by A. Conan Doyle
  
• A Ridge Too Far – variation of the title of the book by Cornelius Ryan “A Bridge Too Far” also made into a movie by Richard Attenborough with the same title
  
• Shipwrecked – title of a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
  
• Death in the Afternoon – title of a novel by Ernest Hemingway
  
• Reflections on the Resolution in Rome – variation of the title of essays by Edmund Burke “Reflections on the Revolution in France”
  
• The Emperor’s New Title – variation of the title of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
  

Art and Architecture – 10 possible

• The Night Watch – popular title of a painting by Rembrandt
  
• A View of the Autumn Poplars – reference to the title of a painting by Claude Monet “Poplars (autumn)”
  
• Sans Souci – reference to the palace of Frederick the Great at Potsdam, Sanssouci
  
• A Bend in the River Mincius – variation of the title of a painting by Claude Monet “A Bend in the River Epte” now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  
• [Battle of Cremona:] The Separation of Light and Darkness – title of a fresco by Michelangelo, one of several decorating the Sistine Chapel
  
• Death’s Triumph – variation of the title of a painting by Peiter Brughel the Elder, “The Triumph of Death”
  
• Venus at Her Mirror – title of a painting by Velasquez; similar titles by Titian and Rubens
  
• Afternoon Effect in Antipolis – variation of the title of a painting by Claude Monet “Antibes, Afternoon Effect”
  
• Apoxyomenos – title of a sculpture by Scopas
  
• [First Saturnalia:] Starry Night in Sabinium – includes the title of the famous painting “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh
  

Musical Compositions – 10 possible

• Over the hills, but far away – song title, “Over the hills and far away”
  
• Tales from the Vindobona Woods – variation of the title of a waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr., “G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald” translated as “Tales from the Vienna Woods”
  
• Roses from the South – Johann Strauss, Jr., waltz, “Rosen aus dem Süden”
  
• The Dragonfly – Johann Strauss, Jr., composition, “Die Libelle”
  
• The Watch on the Rhenus – German patriotic song “Die Wacht am Rhein” written and composed by Karl Wilhelm
  
• Home, Sweet Home – American song
  
• Old Comrades – German march “Alte Kamerade” composed by Carl Teike
  
• Forest Murmurs – excerpt from Richard Wagner’s opera “Siegfried” (Act II) and also title of a piece for piano by Franz Liszt “Waldesrauschen”
  
• Magnificat – title of a canticle of the New Testament set to music by Vivaldi, Bach, Lassus, et alii
  
• [Third Saturnalia:] Immolation of the Gods – excerpt from Richard Wagner’s opera “Götterdämmerung” (Act III, Scene III)
  

Imperial Titles Challenge

Results

Third place : Vipsania Augustus
Second place : Senex Caecilius
First Place : Antonia Marius

A round of applause for all three ! Thanks to all of you who participated, even if you didn’t sign up.

These two examples won’t help with the contest – neither count as reference titles. They will, however, subtract two titles from consideration and show some of the humor thrown into the posts for fun.

A Grim Old Day in Monoacus is a pun.

A Consultation of Senators was my attempt to create one of those strange Victorian collective plurals.

Salve, Antonia!

That format is fine for your answers and quite complete. Whether that one is correct or not (either in the YFE title or the reference) is yet to be revealed. Good luck!

In case anyone is wondering, all contestants have been notified they may submit or resubmit answers until 12:00 AW time tomorrow.

"Immolation of the Gods" (* M. Fabius Furius, Dec 19, 2009 - 14:27 ), variation of "Cufflinks of the Gods" Saturday Night Live First aired: 10/2/1976, would work? *L*

The titles referred to are well-known, but that always depends on one's background. What is popular in the film world may not be so popular in the quantum physics world !

Good luck to all contestants, you still have three days to make your list and reply !

Pray Juno I have time before December 31st. These are popular titles, right? I am intrigued.

As far as I know, no one has come up with all the correct "reference" titles yet. So keep searching!

There's just under a week left, but that's still time for new contestants to sign up to try for the top prize!