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I finally found his site - again. It might be fun for some of you - if it's still works: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/2385/varus.html
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Here's to you, WW.
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Here is to you, N.N.
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When it gets to AUTOMOBILES, eat your heart out! http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm
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Especially for you!
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It may have something to do with the Holy Family. I really can't jog my memory.
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Would a mosaic of Orpheus be in a Christian catacomb?
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Though actually , I misbegot something: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?autoco...si&img=1238
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So why did the Patricians/Nobiles support Caesar
Gaius Octavius replied to Arduumresgestasscriber's topic in Res Publica
Would you hold the same for Cicero? If I recall, he couldn't decide which side to stay with, and that is what really led to his end. Didn't Augustus actually admire him? -
MPC, think of a modern event, WWI. It is said that once the wheels of war were in motion, they were impossible to stop. Ditto with Caesar? As far as LAW or CONSTITUTIONS are concerned, the First Triumvirate wasn't stopped. Nor were the supremes concerned about appointing a U.S. president.
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Rome, as a territorial power, surely fell at some point. Yet, it has yet to Fall, thanks in part due to their conquerors, and the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. It's culture is still alive and doing quite nicely. Lest I misbeget, Latin is not the only ancient language the unworthy R.C.C. has preserved.
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Help me. If Caesar had so much support from the oligarchy, why didn't the Senate let him stand for consul while he was in his province? Please don't cite The Law. It could have been very easily taken care of.
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`Indiana Jones': Real archaeologists don't have whips
Gaius Octavius replied to Viggen's topic in Archaeological News: The World
I do know an archaeologist that has a whip, known him all my life in fact. I also want to make it clear that it was a gift Willy Whiplock? -
Sander van Dorst.
Gaius Octavius replied to Gaius Octavius's topic in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'
Let us assume a hypothetical military problem with regard to command and control: 1. A British infantry regiment circa 1875AD. (No radios or motor vehicles - to make things even.) 2. A Roman legion circa 50AD. 3. They are both stationed at the same fort (for their times). 4. They are ordered to take an enemy fort 3 days march away. 5. They both have cavalry and artillery. 5. En route they are ambushed. 6. They envelop and defeat the enemy. 7. They then proceed to lay siege to the enemy fort. 8. (No Warrant Officers ) Questions: 1. How did the commanders exercise command and control of their force, both at the ambush and at the siege? 2. What would the differences have been? 3. Would the artillery and cavalry have been considered 'specialized' units or forces. -
Unless I am missing something here, it seems that the Romans were using dogs to attack their enemies quite often. Therefore, can someone cite a couple of recorded battles in which they fought?
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Some may find this interesting. http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Choosing_a_Roman_name
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Boris for President???
Gaius Octavius commented on M. Porcius Cato's blog entry in M. Porcius Cato's Blog
Looks like a painted pumpkin. Probably shares a brain cell with the liberararin candidate barr. -
Barry Bonds, Clemens, Giambi, etc., are on steroids. Right? That's a badie. Left! 1. The Yankee Stadium was built for my personal hero, Babe Ruth. 2. The pitchers' mound raised. 3. The balls and bats 'adjusted'. 4. A ball hit 6" off the ground on the fair side of the base and lands foul is a hit. On the exact same trajectory but 10' in the air - foul. 5. Strike zone from ankles to nose for one umpire; belly button to crotch for another. 6. Foul territory in one park, and you need a cab to cover it. In another, you need a seat in the stands. 7. Strike for a good pitcher; ball for a good batter. 8. On a DP, the runner is out at 2nd, if the fielder is somewhere in the country. 9. C.C. Sabathia 1-6, and can barely pitch 6 innings, is witching about $100 million? Johnny Vander Meer who pitched back to back no hitters and did duty in both ends of a double header had to sell apples in the off season. 10. A reliever who pitches one inning and can't go again for a few days. And Barry Bonds can't get a job. And that CENSORED congress is looking into steroids? Look at what the owners did. They're the ones who wanted the homers. Gaius has to take his necessary medication. A couple more shots. god "Damn Yankees" give me no solace at all! (Watch out, you delinquent penciltucky farmer!)
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Currently, isn't there something in the news about this town?
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Of course you are correct. By using the term 'Byzantine', writers may have been attempting to distinguish the point at which the eastern emperor's edicts no longer had the force of law in most of the west.
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Simple problems have simple solutions. Take the chicken bone out; put a key ring in! Easy!
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Anyway, I hope that none are so foolish to fill out their 'citizenship' application. Why would they want to know a telephone number,etc.?