Nah, the joke is more self-centered than that--it's the answer to a British adolescent's exam question "Name x benefits of Roman rule." No actual Romans would s

Nah, the joke is more self-centered than that--it's the answer to a British adolescent's exam question "Name x benefits of Roman rule." No actual Romans would sit around saying "Wait...this is the same word either way, but is it dative or ablative??" either.