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Hey everyone! long time no see. been a few years since i was here last, but ill cut to the chase. I am having a discussion with someone (actually hes having it with me...) about ancient battles. It sparked when we were talkin about the new movie 300. He said "its only the greatest military achievement in history!" and i said, "are you sure? theres got to be others just as big or bigger." Well he wont let it go and i thought id have some fun and see if i cant prove to him there is. So can yall give me some battles to look in to? I have honestly forgotten so much about history since high school is sad.

i dont get what all the people were saying about that, i mean yah the templars were war hungry and agressive.. but like i said before the whole movie is pretty much somed up with what the priest says to orlandos charactor about religious fanatics. i think that by showing the europeans as the warhungry fantatics (as the muslims are shown today) it is simply just putting the shoes on the other foot so to speak. showing that both side are at fault and are crazy when it comes to proclaiming violence in the name of an intangible spirit such as God.

what do you mean by that? (in an attempt to start a good convo )

wow... dominus! ive heard alot about you from guys like Vhil and kegg and the like. didnt know you posted here. (in case your wondering who i am.. im just a memeber of the uruk-hai, vhils unit...) i may be going to college in maryland or in that general area and was thinking about possibly joining you guys some time...

the link doesnt work for me

it seems to me that rome was such an incredible monster of power and military might that no one no matter how close thay came actually succeeded in destroying rome. through all the enemies and all the attacks and all the years of war rome remained strong. yet isnt it interesting that it took romans themselves through civil war and other things to destroy one of the greatest empires in history? what are your thoughts on that?

that was really interesting thanks forsharing that man!

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holy crap 6 hours!?!?! that is a must have!

i just saw the movie myself.. i thought it was well worth the 4 bucks to get in as far as the whole making the christians look horrid and the muslims ritious or what not.. i think the movies purpose was to show how religious fanatics... no matter what religion... are crazy, savage, and warhungry. and for the first time.. i dont hate orlando bloom in a movie. i thought he did rather well as his roll, although i really wish liam neeson had more of a part in it.

heh.. political correctness offends me nazis vs the ragheads... ROUND ONE!!! (im not racist... i hate everyone equally )

werd people used to be small back in the day... which leads me to another thought i had on the whole medieval army verses rome thing... the size of the soldiers in the miedieval army vs the romans...

slackin.. i personally think hes thinking of scipio africanus... hes usually the first one people think of when it comes to that kind of question. i know i do and most of the people i know do...

ooooo the third crusade was no good.... thay shoulda done the 34th crusade! or the 81st! but not the third. bad choice for the third

well i personally like the military ranking thing but yall do what you want its your board

holy crap.. its 12 bvucks for you guys? its like 6 for us in my town... well for a matinee showing. after like 6pm its like 8-10 i think... anyhoo im sure as hell gonna go see it. does anyone know what part of the crusade it is supposed to take place in? whats seige and all that??

wow...

scipio africanus...

well the only two beliefs i know anything about really are that rome was founded by refugees of troy during the trojan war.. and the story of romulus and remus. but its my guess that in actuallity it was simply nomadic people from eastern europe and central asia that eventually migrated to italy, and later on establishing themselves as poeple and then founded the great city...

hmm.. if i had money id probably buy it...

so one could say that, with out the punic wars... rome may never have made it?

what part, event, person place or thing, or manyo f the latter...made rome a super power? what was it in history that turned rome from just a city that was founded to one of the greatest empires in history? edit:: as read what i just asked i dont think i made my question clear. what...um.. single major event ( or a few) defined rome as a super power and set it on its monster like course through history? yes i think that explains it better...

i just read the thread about blacks in the legion forum and was wonder what kind of racism if any at all was there in rome? the other thread said that there was all sorts of races and ethnisities in rome but what did the people of rome think of those people and how were they treated? also how did slavery pan out as far as racism go? were people slave simply becuase they were thought ot be inferior like whites did to blacks?

i really know very little about the middle ages, and i am about to join the SCA and i am wanting to make a persona of someone from the eastern parts of europe, no farther then middle east. can someone help me find the names of some people that might be worth doing some research on from that time frame?

^^touche