Vibius Tiberius Costa

Does anyone have a time machine (if so i could tell The Romans to go on a small campaign to Perth that would mean you could come here)? Or a spare few thousand pounds? Seriously though! I miss out! To Klingan: could you pick me up in your longboat en route Oh well, mention me. vtc

*hangs head in shame* Note to self: don't post unless check via expert or are 99% sure vtc

Best few in my view for CS would be: Audaces Fortuna Iuvat Fortune Favours the Brave or words to that gist/effect Bella, Horrida Bella Wars Horrid/Horrible Wars Anything PP says is usually sound advice Maybe something simple like Gladius or Pugio. vtc ps If my translations are off sorry

You couldn't make it December by any chance. Or move venue to Australia. hehe vtc

Ridiculous! Next they'll say a bunch of people talking about a bunch of dead romans is weird. Harry Potter is scary though. Radcliffe's voice still hasn't broke, that's scary. vtc

I have yet to vote, so if i was to be suitably *cough*bribed*end cough* coerced into voting. I am sure I could sway the boat. Confused enough? vtc

I know about as much as the common quotes and the bits on the website like consilium comitiourum I can however speak a fair bit of french, spanish, german and australian vtc

Don't go doing anything special. vtc

Could I make a suggestion? You don't have to take notice of it but could the Gloria Exercitus section be split in two or three or whatever, eg Republican and Imperial like the Imperium Romanorum section. Any thoughts? vtc

Do you want us to report or just drop a pm in to you almighty moderators ? *bowing* vtc

I always liked Costa as a name And welcome vtc

Before Marius the elite might have been the local warriors not the romans themselves. In theory a new recruit could be far better than a veteran triarii member, only age and experience would cahnge the ability. I would think in battle as everyone was formed a giant working grinder and everyone did the same pattern of movement and defending that it didn't really matter if you were a better soldier than the man next to you. vtc

You guys are great. My thanks (especially to caldrail) cheers vtc

Well if yo bare with me I'd like to place an image in your heads, imagine if you will: A sterile like clean plastic base about the size of an adequately sized bedroom. Connected on like a limpet a circular dial, atop a clear tube filled with all your possessions. Now slowly and carefully place both hands on the dial. It's cold but you can't stop yourself. With a shrill matallic sound it slowly shifts around. The room fills with a monstrous etherly grumble and shakes - at first small but then greater. Your possessions begin to spin, the tornado of stuff increases pace at the same rate the noise and shaking does. It all becomes to much to bare. You close your eyes and crawl into a corner. It stops. You open your eyes. The scene appears all fine. You look with bleary eyes your room is a mess. Voila there you have it my bedroom, summed up as a blender-ed mess. I have finished my editing of the first third of my book and am cracking on with the second part. I took a few weeks off from it which helped bring me back fresh and have a differene eye/perspective on it. Anyone else doing a book or form of writing should definitely take some time off and come back it helps - believe me. vtc

Probably my dimmest question yet. But I need to be 95% sure. How does one join a legion? Super-exact details What boundaries are there so not just any old riff-raff can get in (treat me like I know nothing about patricians and land-owning classes etc.)? What do you need to join a legion? - how much does that cost, cann someone break t down into amounts per 'unit' type? Was there a standard entrance rank or could you be entered higher depending on your class or the influence of your relatives/friends? Where were you trained? how? with what, were there practicing swords? If it applies I 'm specifically asking about early 2nd bc. If there have been previous threads I apologise but ask for the link please so i can check it out. vtc

Much like CiceroD's point, wasn't the bait for joining the army the chance for citizenship or potential land and wealth? However when armies were levied wouldn't archers be particularly hard to get hold of? vtc

Hi, VTC. Broughton's doesn't list Senators specifically, but since election to magisterial offices brought one into the Senatorial class (for a lifetime seat), then the names of the magistrates could be counted as Senate representatives, too. I could give you a few names from Broughton's lists for the 2nd century, but it would be pretty time-consuming to go over each list of magistrates individually for a 100-year period to make a note of each individual name. If, when I re-do my initial list, it turns out that I'm compiling the information that way after all, I'll send you what I get. Is this for that book you're planning to write? -- Nephele It is, but it is definitely not necessary. vtc Ps I have written a third of it

Thanks guys vtc

Example: Hey there In the percentages above you gave percentages in each century could you reply or PM me with a percentage spectrum of the 2nd century senators and if you had it available, please don't go to any special lengths the percentage of each family in the 2nd century. Don't go out your way but I would be most grateful if you could do this. vtc

Why did the senate suddenly agree with Catos phrase, "Furthermore, Carthage must be destroyed" And why ask them to move the city. That's ridiculously devious, If they had complied do you lot think they would still have been butchered? vtc

Nothing Beats RTW! If your struggling remember don't fight like the Romans, fight a bit differently, I conquered the whole world in summer 210bc as the greeks (I don't have Barb expansion) but i don't think you really care However have fun!!! vtc

Probably Centaurs or maybe Cyclops or the Basalisk vtc

Cheers guys So were there ballistae on the Aurelian and Servian walls? I know they were frequently on ships but were they in ports or watchtowers? vtc

If only they knew what flaws UNRV would find! vtc

While you lot are talking about artillery, I'll add a few related questions in if you don't mind. What did an army do with ballista bolts on the move? Could they be created easily with local wood or made on the move? Without fletchings wouldn't the bolt go completely off course or was there spiralling grooves? Did a legion practice the range of artillery weapons? If so where? Were scorpions and ballistae primarily seiging or field weapons? Thanks in advance. vtc