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  1. Love is a many splendored thing

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

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    Yeah, as the saying goes some things are better left unsaid. And also if you check out my signature it reads, 'so it is written, so shall it be.'

     

    Ah, well, I'm dating an 18 year old girl. But a 15 year old boy would be not to my taste.

     

    18 years old???? Who's a lucky boy then?

     

    No wonder you've been in such a joyous mood lately!

     

    Love really is a many splendored thing :wub: :wub:

  3. Fun in bleak January, anyone?

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    I'd like to bring Vespasian and his son Titus back to Rome and let them stand back and admire thier dream and creation in all it's glory - the Colosseum or as they knew it - the Flavian Amphitheater, still standing 1927yrs after it was completed.

     

    The looks on thier faces would be priceless! :no:;) :smartass:

  5. Dromedarius on patrol

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted

    I think the things in the quiver are throwing spears.

     

    Nice work!!

     

    Not sure that i agree LW, he's already holding a spear in his hand, thats definately a bow behind him so he must be carrying arrows, maybe JP just forgot to add the feathers/flights to the ends( heaven forbid! ;) )

     

    I think only JP can answer this one.

     

    Oh yes by the way, as always excellent work JP :no:

  6. Caesar's Commentaries

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted

    Ave

    I read Gallic Wars at the age of 12 or 13 so my memories of it are very sketchy. The one thing that did strike me at that time was the realisation that in combat bravery and virility are rarely a good substitute for discipline and battlecraft, and this is amply illustrated in the Commentaries.

    I might read it again if I have time but can anyone give me any input on his Civil War commentaries and on how they compare with his previous famous work? There is a copy in my local library and I am in two minds on whether to get it or not.

     

    Ave Gladius xx

     

    Yes i think it's definitely worth reading Caesar's Civil War commentaries, lets not forget that this is a first hand account of what happened from somebody who was there and in the thick of it, ok it's probably a pretty one-sided account but all the same it was still written at the time of the event and that to me is a very good reason to read it, it's informative, not too long and not too hard a read.

     

    So if you've got the time , why not.

  7. Roman Clibanarius

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    I found this little piece of infomation by the greek historian Ammianus Marcellinus describing the clibinarii cavalry of Shapur II

     

    All the companies were clad in iron, and all parts of their bodies were covered with thick plates, so fitted that the stiff-joints conformed with those of their limbs; and the forms of human faces were so skilfully fitted to their heads, that since their entire body was covered with metal, arrows that fell upon them could lodge only where they could see a little through tiny openings opposite the pupil of the eye, or where through the tip of their nose they were able to get a little breath. Of these some who were armed with pikes, stood so motionless that you would have thought them held fast by clamps of bronze.

     

    Hope this helps.

  16. Favourite guitarist of all time?

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    Aside from all the obvious ones, my own personal favorite guitarists are John Squires (The Stone Roses) and Noel Gallagher (Oasis)

     

    Prince (go ahead, laugh...but listen to "When Doves Cry" or "Purple Rain" and tell me that he wasn't a talented kid who listened to his Hendrix)

     

    I'm not laughing doc, i think that Prince is an absolute genius with a guitar, i saw him live a few years ago and he did a 5 min guitar solo which ended with a standing ovation from the entire arena!

  17. Roman Geography and Cartography

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted

    As mentioned in another thread, Pliny refers to Agrippa's "Commentarii" which was his (now lost) geographical survey. Pliny also made reference to an actual map of the world by Agrippa drawn in conjunction with the survey.

     

    If i'm not mistaken i seem to remember reading somewhere that Augustus had this map or chart engraved onto marble and placed in one of the temples or some other place of importance within Rome, can anyone expand on this further?

  20. Sol Invictus

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted

    Since Sol Invictus and December 25 are being tossed around in this conversation, would anyone care to comment on the theory that Christmas was favored by Constantine to be on that day because of Mithras?

    (Instead of on the "Star of Bethlehem" conjunction dates of May 27, October 6 or December 1.)

     

    Or is there already a thread on this that I missed?

     

    Christianity eneded up doing the same with many of it's rituals. Christmas is a joining together of the Roman winter festival, Saturnalia, celebrating Saturn, the god of agriculture, and the northern pagan ritual, known as Yule. Yule was a celebration of the birth of the pagan Sun God, Mithras and was observed on the 21st December.

  21. What really happened there in "509" ?

    in Res Publica

    Posted

    LARS Porsena of Clusium

    By the Nine Gods he swore

    That the great house of Tarquin

    Should suffer wrong no more.

    By the Nine Gods he swore it,

    And named a trysting day,

    And bade his messengers ride forth,

    East and west and south and north,

    To summon his array.

     

    I know it's not quite what your looking for but i think it's a fantastic poem telling the tale of Lars Porsena's march on Rome and of the heroic Horatius who stood alone to defend his city.

     

    http://www.englishverse.com/poems/horatius

     

    It's quite a long poem, but give it a chance , you will not be disappointed.

  22. A few questions about Lictors

    in Res Publica

    Posted

    Lictors had quite a few other jobs than just escorting consuls, they sometimes escorted private citizens on special occasions like funerals or political reunions as a show of respect from the city.

     

    There was also the Lictor Curitas who were religious lictors and carried no fasces, these were at the command of the Pontifex Maximus, and were present at sacrifices, they were incharge of the sacrificial animal. I think these were the one's who escorted the vesals about.

  23. Famous Roman Women

    in Romana Humanitas

    Posted

    This is a good idea, there were some very interesting Roman women around like Livia, Porcia, Servilia etc all very intelligent and complex women in thier own right who could quite easily have ruled the Empire on thier own.

     

    Then there's the women like Julia the elder and Messalina who's depravity and seediness reached all time lows, these women had everything they could possibly want and should have set the example of Roman matronliness but yet they spent every spare minute in the gutter.

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