P.Clodius

Damn...Sorry to hear the news. RIP..et felicitas.

I agree completely.

I remember these when they were first broadcast, awesome series.

No he didn't mention it, though it is reputed he was pissed about it. Caesar prized loyalty. More on Labienus HERE.

Yes it's true to an extent figures could be unreliable. But did Caesar fight his battles alone? No he didn't. He was not the ONLY person writing back to Rome, there were many individuals writing back to Rome. If his figures were wildly exaggerated then his exaggerations would not have stood up to much scrutiny, right? Did Quintus NEVER write to Marcus? Wouldn't Cicero (with his notoriously loud mouth), being a political opposite of Caesar make these supposed lies known? I'm using Cicero as an example but anyone could have made exaggerations public, from the tribune down to the legionary, to the camp follower, etc...You can't keep 70,000 mouths shut. And the notion of a pro Caesarian whitewashing of history just does not fly IMO.

Notice how the text refers to Caesar in the first person and not the third person as it was written.

Perhaps oversimplified/generalized but this comparison is quite nice, though nothing new to these forums me thinks..! Rome/USA

You are of course deluding yourself. We cannot win a confrontation with Russia, especially one on their doorstep!

This I have a hard time swallowing. Brutus (LJ) was one of the first consuls. How could he become a consul if he was not a patrician prior to the eventual outcome of the conflict of the orders?

It sounds like you wish to know if the US will have a reign of Caesars.

I've said this before, but...Did it fall at all? I think it just evolved, (or devolved for want of a better modernism).

"After Pompey was sent to take command in the wars against the pirates and Mithridates, the popular party lost ground and the oligarchy became more powerful. They secured a virtual monopoly of public offices, provincial commands, and all other privileges. Living in security and prosperous ease, they had nothing to fear for themselves,..." Sallust The higher up the ladder one wished to go the greater the competition. Catiline had essentially painted himself into a corner by accruing large debts in his unsuccessful campaigns for high office, unsuccessful because he chose the popular route. The fact that there were substantial amounts of individuals who flocked to his banner near the end game is an indication of the level of dissatisfaction in Italy.

Yeah, it's definately not dial-up friendly. Errr..that's not what I meant, but hey!

Nice pics dude thx for sharing, hope you got some time to "reformat"!

Ahhhhh....Utopia Wasn't it easier chasing Ibex an clubbing women over the head for Saturday night amusement?

Well he wouldn't be leading cohorts at all...The Scipionic era legions utilized maniples not cohorts, but a rough modern equivalent would be a battalion commander, but apply this loosely. For an overview of a tribunes role read this! Also remember Scipio was mounted at Canae.

I've been using FF since ver 0.93, I've always loved it's tweakability...

The advent of the internet could be a candidate....Some of you may take this for granted but, I have worked in the IT field and let me tell you it is no simple task to get one device to talk to another. I once read someplace that the pyramids and sending a man to the moon pales in comparison to the global complexities of connecting devices across disparate networks, and all this on a global scale! That aside, I know it wasn't a single event but I think the Enlightenment should be a candidate also. Freedom of thought should not be taken for granted, I prize it, and the free exchange of information as central to our evolution.

GO, why don't you talk properly?

Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaa Also Happy bday Will Shakespeare

Clodius

IMO most people of whatever religious persuasion are worthy of ridicule.

A more important question would be related to expenditure. I read something yesterday that said something about Obama having a budget of $45 million ready to layout JUST for the month of April. The system is corrupted and needs to be fixed...I cannot run because I was not born in the US, fine, but PP cannot run either because he's not a multi-millionaire.

The missing years, a discrepancy in calculating A.U.C. due to the differences in calculating per Varro and Livy. Who were the missing magistrates and why are they missing? Does it derive from the rule of the Decemvirs?