P.Clodius

Do you mean Mytilene?

This is a point I, and I think others have made before. When more than one is involved in a lie then it becomes a conspiracy, and conspiracies always end up unraveling. The more people involved the quicker it unravels. Letters would indeed have flooded from Gaul and any 'inconsistencies' would have been utilized by Caesar's political opponents. Indeed, even the Catonic circle could not stop the senate from voting an unprecedented twenty days of thanksgiving for his campaigns. But lets step back here and take a look at the composition of Caesar's officer corp. Gruen provides perhaps the most in depth study of this time period, (thank you MPC for inspiring me to read this). "The proconsul of Gaul, to be sure did not lack nobiles among his lieutenants, men of consular family who sought service abroad. They included the two sons of Crassus. One of them, P. Crassus, was prefect of Caesar's cavalry in 58 and continued to exercise important responsibilities in the succeeding two years...The other son M. Crassus, was Caesar's quaestor... C.Claudius Pulcher saw advantage in a post as a Caesarian legate...Q.Tullius Cicero, the orator's brother...Ser. Sulpicius Galba...In addition, four young nobiles, near the beginning of their public careers, are found as legati or praefecti in Gaul: M.Antonius, D. Junius Brutus Albinus, M. Junius Silanus, and C. Volacius Tullus..." Though quite an impressive list Gruen goes on to say "In general, the contingent of nobiles under Caesar's charge is not conspicuous or imposing. Ten men of consular families fought in Gaul during Caesar's tenure." Further. "In rather larger numbers came representatives of new senatorial houses, families that first make an appearance at the beginning of the first century or were introduced into the ranks only after Sulla's expansion of the curia. Among the former may be reckoned legates, quaestors, and other junior officers like C. Antistius Reginus, C. Fabius, L. Minucius Basilius, L. Munatius Plancus, P. Sulpicius Rufus, Q. Titurius Sabinus, and G. Vibius Pansa..." ..and so on This is likely just the tip of the iceberg. Can you imagine the volume of correspondence from Gaul? Or the scale of the 'conspiracy' if the numbers were systematically falsified? Didn't the Helvetian migration include a census written in greek? On a side note/off topic in the same chapter Gruen states... "The geographical origins of Caesar's legates and junior officers cannot in every case be documented. Occasionally, the literary and epigraphical sources give notice of an individuals home town. More often one is left to conjecture from the nomen or cognomen. But if the evidence is not always decisive for each individual, the cumulative effect is compelling: Caesar drew on most of Italy for his officer corps." A prelude to Octavian's Tota Italia policy?

Possibly yes. His agenda was 'promoting' a return of Roman or Italian 'greatness'. So he, as do most layman identified Caesar as the personification of Rome, or Romanitas. So neo-fascists placing flowers is probably more of a reverence of Mussolini than of Caesar. Do the presence of Fasci on the Lincoln memorial denote his fascist principles? I don't think so. Caesar's pyre is just an example of something symbolic being hijacked for someone's agenda. The rebel flag has been hijacked by both sides to promote an agenda also, but the american civil war was not a war about race.

Infamous in what way?

You are similar to The Fratt Boy, in that you often try to take care of peers you percieve as less successful, but with the added benefit that you actually understand those on the fringes. You are a good ally to have, but people might be hurt if they believe your universal good will is a sign of a close friendship. You are nice to everyone, but you know who your true friends are. In terms of dating, you want someone who shares your interests; other than that, anything goes. You are more QUIRKY than NORMAL. You are more LIBERAL than TRADITIONAL. You are more DOMINANT than PASSIVE.

I'm an amateur photographer, amateur being the operative word, but I love all things to do with photography. I often troll the internet looking for information on ways to improve and I came across these series of pictures of Afghanistan. They were taken using film during the 1970's, and the author offers some historical information on the places, people, and country of his subjects. Hope you enjoy as I did. http://avalon.unomaha.edu/afghan/index.htm

I guess that would be because it is easy for us moderns to fall into/categorize, we have a penchant for categories and classifications. The Gracchi bros were touted as commies by the commies, no? You and I both know the romans used an optimate means, or a populares means to achieve an end.

Oh..duh...hahaha he's been here for a while! I own one of his book..Awesome, belated welcome to you Maty, enjoyed your book!

Errr...I noticed the review on the main page of Goldsworthy's book, did I miss something? Is Matyzak a forum member or no?

First things first, pay homage to the devine..

Hmmm...Well he kinda looks like the MMA Hannibal.

Hail inimicus, may your day be free from sharp objects!

Hail PP and happy bday.

You missed the point. He did nothing that no one before had not done, therefore his climb up the cursus was indeed unremarkable. He wasn't old enough to know better at the time because that was ALL he had known.

Error indeed. Caesar's assent of the cursus is unremarkable, conformist, and did not break with mos maiorum. 102 for me also!

The romans also admired maturity of age in politics, it would have been an advantage to make yourself older not younger.

What is this now? This is news to me, please elaborate. Hahaha..Yeah quit the revisionism. Caesar's birth date has already been discussed at length and the idea that he changed it to appear younger is retarded.

Parenti's Caesar has a somewhat 'modern' socialist tone to it, but it does provide plenty of ammo for sniping!

If you're a little tech savvy you can buy the parts over a period of time and build the PC yourself. If you don't game too much you don't need a top of the line PC...give it a try, you'd probably be surprised just how easy it is.

I thought Judaism was a religion not a race. Does this mean I'm of Christian ancestry?

ROFL....Damn don't hold it back Ursus...

If he was anything like his namesake... I'm sure he bribed plenty of people to vote for him Speaking of bribes...Here's one...

Sensible people, who else.

...but now I'm found!