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  1. 9/11

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

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    This book tells not the incident of 911 but the feelings of the people who experience in it.

    when we were kids... we use to swimming in a river... even when there is a

    beheaded corpses just a few meters away... maybe i am little bit hardened seeing corpses.

     

    muslim rebel in the place i grow up use to cut the head of their victims... it is very common here.

     

    Sounds pretty horrific RW

     

    If you dont mind me asking, where are you from?

  2. Religion, Power, Identity

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    To echo Cato, and what of the new cults of Isis and Magna Mater, Mithras etc?

     

    There was also another pagan belief which competed with christ for the control of the western world, this was the cult of the Sun, it was revered by millions of the inhabitants of the Roman empire, it's religion for a time even became the state worship, the Roman people believed that they must greet the suns orb as a beneficient divinity- and their conviction was confirmed afresh each day as the god rose again.

     

    The emperor Aurelian established a massive temple of the Unconquerable Sun as the focal point of the entire religious system of the state. The birthday of the god was to be 25 December, and this, transformed into christmas day, was one of the heritages which christianity owed to his cult.

  3. Etruscan Culture

    in Historia in Universum

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    I am deciding whether to study the Etruscans or not, and I want to ask is this part of history important, or would it help in studying Roman history? I went to a Etruscan excavation exhibition, but am not quite interested in it. Should I just simple skip it, or study it?

     

    I think its definitely worth a look

     

    The Etruscans played a major part in the beginnings of Rome, most of the early kings were of Etruscan descent, without these guys Rome may not have become the super power that it eventually did

     

    There were some pretty interesting characters around at the time like king Tarquinius Superbus who was the last king of Rome www.unrv.com/bio/lucius-tarquinius-superbus.php

  4. Diocletian

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    Diocletian was a Dalmatian of humble origin, after rising to become commander of the imperial bodyguard, he successfully asserted his claim to the throne (284AD), two years later he appointed an old Danubian comrade, Maximian, as joint Augustus, then after a few years of fighting on the frontiers he converted the dual regime into a system based on four rulers( the tetrarchy). He nominated two more Danubians as secondary emperors, Galerius, who was to preside over parts of the east under Diocletian control, and Constantius I, who was to rule over western areas under Maximian.

     

    There had been partitions in the empire before, but this arrangement was more elaborate and thoroughgoing and was intended to be permanant. It was designed to fulfil military needs and to ensure in due course an orderly series of collegiate imperial successions.

     

    Diocletian took the un-precedented step of abdicating from the throne due to ill health (305) and persuaded Maximian to do the same, leaving Galerius and Constantius as the reigning Augusti in their places

     

    Diocletian left a remarkable heritage, he was probably the greatest imperial organizer since Augustus. He made many reforms during his reign like raising the number of provinces from fifty to a hundred and then grouped the provinces into thirteen major units or dioceses. these dioceses, which in some cases pointed the way to national identities of the future, were administered by governer generals, and they in turn depended on the four praetorian prefects , who had now become great personages of the civil administration.

     

    He also under-took with the help of his fellow tetrarchs the overhaul of the entire structure of the Roman army.

    He issued an edict fixing maximum prices for all goods and transport costs, and maximum wages for all workers throughout the empire.

     

    Does any one have anything else on him?

  5. Religion, Power, Identity

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

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    There has been some acidic debates about whether or not the Druids really practiced human sacrifice as Caesar described it, or if it was merely Roman wartime slander.

     

    For my own part, I think the ultimate answer is superfluous. The Druids were simply one of the few people who could not fit into the Roman socio-religious scheme (for reasons described above), and thus they had to go.

     

    Since the druids were the religious/ scholar/ priestly social class, they almost certainly would have participated in human sacrifice, and probably officiated at them.

     

    Here's a site about druid sacrifice www.digitalmedievalist.com/faqs/sacrific.html

  6. Fall Of Rome

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    There were many different contributing reasons for the fall of the Western Empire, of which many have been discussed like the economic problems, military inadequacy, christianisation, influx of foreigners, even global weather patterns all of which are very valid reasons, but i think that there's another contributing factor to add to this list......Flavius Stilicho

     

    At the time of the barbarian invasions Stilicho was the regent (guardian if you like) to the eleven year old emperor of the west, Honorious. Although Stilicho was a general of unusual brilliance and vigour, his career which might have saved the west for a time was darkened by two clouds, first was his hostility to the Eastern Empire, where he had already arranged for the regent of its young emperor, Rufinius, to be assasinated. The second was his unwillingness to deal with the Visigoth's new leader Alaric who had already shown his intentions by many small invasions into Italy itself, yet instead of countering against Alaric, Stilicho was too busy planning military action against the eastern goverment

    Because of Stilicho decision to concentrate on the east instead of making the Rhine Barrier secure i think this was a major factor in the fall of Rome

  9. Gallery

    in Renuntiatio et Consilium Comitiorum

    Posted

    Ahh. My guess is you need to be at least an equestrian to start an album then. I suggest you PM one of the admins and maybe they can give you special access.

     

    As a patrician even I can only have one photo album at a time, so choose your theme carefully.

     

    Thanks for your help FC

     

    I guess i'm just not important enough yet sob sob boo hoo :nopity: :sadwalk:

  10. Gallery

    in Renuntiatio et Consilium Comitiorum

    Posted

    1. Go to gallery section.

    2. Choose which gallery is best for your photos. Either Roman history related or not basically.

    3. Hit 'New Album'

    4. Give a title and description for your collection and approve of the new album.

    5. Hit the scroll down menu to the right called 'select an operation' and click on 'upload image.'

    6. Determine it's title and description.

    7. Towards the bottom upload an image from your computer in the 'image to upload' section. Click the browse button and you can search your harddrive for the pic.

    8. Click the 'Post image' button.

    9. Repeat steps 5-7 until you've added all your images.

     

    :)

    Thanks mate thats just what i wanted but there's just one problem

     

    I do not have a 'New Album' section on my gallery page???

     

    I've just looked at 'My Controls' and in the 'Your Albums' section it says "sorry, the board administrator has not enabled your permissions for this part of the control panel"

    what does this mean???????

  13. The Greatest Caesar

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    I agree with Ursus it has got to be Augustus

     

    He worked, fought and talked his way at quite a young age to becoming the FIRST emperor of Rome which in itself was a major achievement, he took control of the most powerful city in the world and continued to rule and improve it considerably up until he died peacefully at the age of seventy seven and a reign of forty one successful years (apart from the Varian disaster which although it was not his fault he never really got over it)

     

    He was responsible for the creation of eleven new legions and countless new buildings in Rome and around the empire.

     

    There is no other "Ceasar" who has left a legacy like this

     

    "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble" - Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus

  14. English Football Season

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    I just like the name: I take a very scant interest in football, so I only really judge team by their names and kits etc.

     

    That's like many American women say they watch football for the tight ends...too bad there aren't many worth watching :lol:

     

    Tight ends, docoflove????? please enlighten me :P

  15. Steve Irwin

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    I think it was a pretty fitting way for him to go, doing what he loved best, which was interacting with wildlife

    It would have been an anti-climax to his life if he'd have died in a dare i say "normal" way like some illness or being run over or something like that

    I'm sure Terry would agree too

     

    R.I.P. Mr Irwin

  18. "The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    I too have read the book and i must say that i found it very entertaining, i think people have gone way over the top with the whole religion thing, he wrote the book for one thing and that was to make himself rich and by being so controversial the book probably made two to three times more than it would have done if he'd have struck to the age old guide lines, so in that sense it makes the book a vey clever piece of work.

     

    I personally think the his book "Angels & Demons" is a better book, it is the prequel to "The DaVinci Code" and set in the Vatican, this also has an historical theme, i would recommend this one first

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