Oracus

um...i don't think that the early Roman legions would be a match for Alexander. wasn't it much later when the Romans started training their legions to combat and counter the tactics of phalanxes? post-Marius legions would have a chance, IMHO, but not the early ones.

hi, Nephele: aasmdcrnmhaeota (female). thanks! *sits back to watch what happens*

i've heard a lot about this on the news...worse than Columbine? *shakes head* the gunman sounds like a guy with serious problems. wrote a bunch of angry plays and poems and stuff. scary. what i don't like about the situation is that somehow, people (specifically the guys who "run" this country) find a way to turn things like this into a political thing, what with the gun control laws controversy and all. like CyricVT said, we should just "mourn the dead and care for the wounded, the families, and the community." there are countless opinions and speculations and hard feelings, but it's still a tragedy any way you look at it. ahem. sorry. condolences to anyone who needs it.

I second MPC in this. Caesar, for all his reforms and accomplishments, was pretty much what the republic founders feared the greatest: a single person who had the ability to achieve complete power, a king. When he did just that, I guess it was pretty much a worst nightmare come true. Brutus and the rest were surely justified in this killing--they really believed that they were saving the republic. A trial and/or exile probably would have been smarter, but it's hard to see someone as narcissistic (i know i spelled that wrong) and as proud and stuff as Caesar submitting to either. Regardless of what he did for Rome (he did do a lot), Caesar could have at least tried to do it legally. Wrecking the constitution and dealing the death blow to a 500-ish year-old republic can't be that legal.

*gulps* i'm Oracus from good ol' California and i have a sneaking suspicion that i'm probably one of the youngest members here. (i'm 14...yeah.) i first found this site researching a history report and it's really cool. hopefully my (rather limited -_- ) knowledge in Roman history will be enough to allow me to participate in all the discussions and stuff. that's about it...greetings to everybody.