[Your Favourite Roman City]

I've never actually stepped foot in any of these cities. Hard to judge.

 

Also, what time period are we talking? Rome before the Caesars was basically a boring, dirty Latin town.

 

Me too ;] I want so much to go to Rome

 

I don't really refer to a particular era, it is just based on the whole time period throughout Roman history, from building to falling.

[Caesar]

Ah...seems fun ;]

[The Kidnapped Girl Speaks Out]

I see this on newspaper this morning. It's so unbelievable...

[A Little Humor]

both the boy's screaming and his mother's laugh are soooo horrible

[Formations And Tactics]

See if this help

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_infantr...ttle_formations

 

I found it on wiki. Perhaps you've seen it before.

[Caesar]

Interesting.

 

I've played SimCity before. It's fun, but quite hard to govern the city.

Would there be natural disaters or people causing trouble around, like SimCity?

And, is it just to defend the city from barbarian attack or the player can conquer other places?

[Your Favourite Roman City]

Ravenna IS an important Roman city!!! Unfortunatly I've never been there, but it's on every school book...

 

Maybe you're right, then, cause I really don't know much. My history books seldom mention this city...Frankly I don't know much about Roman cities except the four major ones, i.e. Roma, Constantinople, Antioch and Alexandria.

[Caesar]

I, too, have never played Ceasar before.

Is it something like the Age of Empires?

[Your Favourite Roman City]

i voted for Ravenna. though i much prefer Constantinople id like to learn more about the layout of Ravenna and stuff like that

 

u should add milan btw

 

Oh...I don't know much about Ravenna and Milano...

Ravenna is not really an important Roman city. It rarely be shown on maps in the books (that I own). =w=

And...what's about Milano anyway? Seldom hear this name in Roman history.

["The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism]

I'm not sure what you're asking.

 

what I mean is that the facts are refer to history (Christian church, in real life) or the bible (religious story, or what the Bible says)

["The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism]

Here is a link that claims to refute some of the "facts" set forth by the novel:

 

http://www.religioustolerance.org/davinci3.htm

 

A nice site.

The facts refer to history or to religion actually?

[Film About The Emperor Hadrian]

omg...Antonio Banderas...*0*

I wonder if he speaks Latin or Greek...

["The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism]

I am not sure about the genre of the book. Do they call it historical thriller?

 

he wrote the book for one thing and that was to make himself rich

 

In my opinion, authors should write for their interests, but not only to make money. And sometimes I really think that a heart that is passionate to write is more important than a fabulous story.

["The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism]

I think the book is rather religous than historical.

Sometimes I don't really understand why Brown included the Roman Church in the story.

[Your Favourite Roman City]

Vote for your favourite city.

["The Da Vinci Code" and Roman Catholicism]

I have not read the book, yet I am not intend to, but I saw the movie.

But I am wondering was Constantine a pagan as the story stated?

[New Roman History Books (september 2006)]

Nice.

I am interested in the Gothic Wars one.

 

But wondering how long do I have to wait before I can get it in my city's bookstores...

[What Would You Do With Eight Treadmills?]

Incredible!

[Most Significant Battle In Britain.]

Is it true that the battle of Britain in 1940 brought the most serious destruction to Britain?

[The Eternal Republic?]

Sorry for that. My English is very bad.

 

As you say it would be difficult to sustain such empire, I wonder would it split up like Europe nowadays?

[Lebanon's Ruins Survive Recent Bombings]

Oh I see.

Why had Theodosius destroyed it?

[The Eternal Republic?]

While they might be roughly similar in size, Rome and the USA are dissimilar in hundreds of other aspects. a Majority of the Roman empire was borders with very little interior. They had a hundreds of wildly different cultures within the empire, they had a low level of technology, a much smaller population density, and active enemies that sought to attack at any sign of weakness. Them's just a few of the differences!

 

I think we have to consider would there be the USA if Rome survived. Perhaps Britain would not exist, and the formation of USA could not make sense. Suppose she is here today, I agree with Severus that Rome and the USA are very unlike. They are culturally different, but I do not think Rome would have a lower technology level since she would still develop just like Europe today. One more thing, remember if Europe is unified, WWI & II would not take place and she would not be weakened; USA would not gain benefits; Europe Union could be just like the US.

[The Most Beautiful City On Earth In 1400!]

When I see the title, the first name I can think of is Constantinople =w=

This city was too remarkable in the 15th century though.

[Lebanon's Ruins Survive Recent Bombings]

Why had Theodosius destroyed it?

And where is it excatly? Somewhere in Turkey?

[The Eternal Republic?]

I stand corrected! Maybe they shouldve given Sui the imperial throne instead of Theodisius - if only he were alive then

 

At any rate, China sure is a frontrunner for competition with the West nowadays...

 

It is true that China could compete with the so-called SPQR when she rose again :') Add that Sui was murdered by his son Sui (the 2nd), and most importantly was that his son was no good king, not at all. if Sui came to the throne and the murder case still happened in history, perhaps Rome would fall even faster than original.

 

I am glad for you are so interested in Chinese history =]]]]*