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Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.
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The research Sylla has pointed to relates to non-recovery of hoards during periods of political instability, with the research indicating significant increases in the non-recovery rates.
- You can only find hoards that have not been recovered; recovered hoards are not available for being studied, so the "non-recovery rates" are not measurable.
- The pointed research relates to hoards from periods of either political stability or instability; the research confirmed the hypothesis that the hoard's incidence correlates with periods of political instability.
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Ergo, Venice is only one among myriad reasons for deterring anthropogenic global warming.As I have already indicated, that it will probably take centuries or millenia for Venice to totally submerge but if it does the rest of the world will probably have other concerns associated with rising sea levels given how large a percentage of both arable and heavily populated land surface already lies within a few meters of high tide levels.
Given total inaction, progressive sea rising and allied global ecological consequences are an absolute certainty; the difference of "optimistic" vs. "pessimistic" is just the time required.
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I understand both mechanisms are operative in Venice and other places of the north Adriatic; one of them does not exclude the other.I have also seen examples of this kind of behavior in Venice, but I believe that was cased by the buildings sinking, not the water level rising? -
A Vatican scholar claims to have deciphered the "death certificate" imprinted on the Shroud of Turin, or Holy Shroud, a linen cloth revered by Christians and held by many to bear the image of the crucified Jesus.
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="Bad money drives out good" (under legal tender laws) = Gresham's law."... The fact that they were not good silver caused them to remain in circulation until the debasement of the regular Roman coinage reached the same level and made them desirable to be buried in hoards... deposited over 200 years after their issue..."... from Doug Smith's excellent article...
Or in Theognis of Megara's words: "Nor will anyone change the good that is there to something worse".
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A paradoxical statement, as such protector is exactly the product of the same so-called "neurosis".Funny how Venice becomes a target for the climate-neurotics when it is just about to be protected better than most coastal cities with the multi billion tide surge protector.
Do you mean across the Little Ice Age? Can you quote your source(s)?The lowest levels of many Venetian palaces have already been abandoned due to waterlogging even before the so-called warming period,
... especially if any alternative might affect our pockets in the short term, Gods forbid!Life has cycles that come and go - enjoy what they give and don't pointlessly fret if they take away. -
I guess Caesar's corpse would have been incinerated for especifically avoiding any political use of it, as it was the case for Alexander Magnus (notoriously from Ptolemy Soter).
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Au contraire; as any other people (even nowadays), Romans hoarded money for its value, not for the lack of it.... I imagine that with the debasement of Roman silver coinage in the mid-200's, hoarding became more common...guy also known as gaius
Coin hoards were fundamentally emergency reserves for dangerous times; therefore, hoards' frequency is a reliable index of political instability, not of the coins' intrinsic value.
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We certainly know how the Mongols were able to defeat Islamic armies.
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(The) surest and indeed the only method of learning how to bear bravely the vicissitudes of fortune, is to recall the calamities of others.
Polybius 1,1,2.
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The battle of Yarmouk has been considered as one of the most important turning points leading to the loss of much of the Byzantine empire to Islam.
The Battle lasted several days and a superior Byzantine force was eventually wiped out by the Arabs. The Byzantines were well known as experts in military strategy. What military innovations did the Arabs bring to the field?
From a purely military standpoint, a most critical contributor was definitively the command of Kh?lid ibn al-Wal?d, a tactician of the same magnitude as let say Timur or Alexander Magnus.
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Based fundamentally on Luttwak (first phase), it seems what the Republic and early empire definitively found cost-effective was a warrior-state economy primarily based in looting; any raid and conquest was money, at the very least from slave trade and (indirectly) from political prestige.The Republic and early empire may have found it cost-effective to maintain an army composed primarily of infantry. The cost of maintaining more cavalry during the later period may have contributed to Rome's economic problems.It was only after the Empire got bigger and bigger (second phase) that the inversion required for any further conquest vastly outgrew any potential earning; after that point, the Roman army constantly required to become even bigger and stronger just to keep the conquered territory, in spite of the obvious risk of rebellion, patently evident since the Republican Civil Wars.
The increasing economic pressure from the military budget (including but not limited to the cavalry), the unavoidable social instability from so many active soldiers and the migration pressure from alien populations over the static borders were presumably all critical for the eventual collapse of the V century.
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Can you quote your source? Far as I remember, Punic War I was defined at sea.Sure they had good cavalry at their disposal, but not enough. Seriously, if the Romans really did have enough cavalry then they would have done a lot better in wars. In Sicily (a good old example) the Romans got attacked and were bleeded by probing attacks by the Carthaginians. Their own cavalry tried to stop them, but they did not have enough. Now Sicily was a big campaign, so you would have thought they would have had enough cavlary to protect the marching columns, but they did not.In any case, the Roman army was in constant evolution; any time they found a worth contender, they took something valuable; from the Punic army, the gladius hispanensis, the Numidian cavalry, the Balearic slingers and even the war elephants, at least for a time; that
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...and they sure aren't there anymore.
In fact, I haven't been able to found where they are (either Caesar's remains or his familiar tomb).
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I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to Caesar's remains? I thought they were placed at his temple, but I'm not sure. Is that the case? Are his ashes placed at the altar still?
Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.
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Some Dacian inscriptions.- Dacian, an ancient language from the Balkans, is thought to have survived until around 500 AD (no inscriptions survive though). -
Offending post deletedThe points above are correct: Cicero was no coward. But he was a pacifist. He was willing to risk his life for his country, but he didn't care much for being directly involved in violence... My guess is that he was too emotional, indecisive and chatty and could not be trusted. Actually even Brutus was not well fit for the task. Cassius (the actual ringleader) wanted Brutus along simply because of his name and the hope it would inspire memories of his ancestor driving out the last tyrant. In reality, however, they may not have thought about the issue of Cicero as much as we might think. It is widely agreed that the assassins did not think things through well. They planned the assassination, but nothing else. They thought Caesar was the cause of the problem, despite the last century of similar trouble (the Gracchi, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, ect). So they thought that, with Caesar gone, everything would snap back into place as though there was never any trouble. They expected the people to act as they were told the Roman people acted 500 years earlier when Tarquin was driven out. -
The point is that their power did not derive from the military. Their power was electory - military authority came with elected power. They were not permanent military chiefs as individuals--well until one particular tyrant came along that is.
If their power had derived from the military and not a legitimate constitutional process, it would have been a military dictatorship. There are few stratocracies around today, so it is hard to find a real-life example. Stratocracies involve officials elected through a legitimate constitutional process, but where the entire civil apparatus is inseparable from the military apparatus. There are a few countries in Africa, for example, where military officers of a certain rank are entitled to a seat in parliament for that reason alone. I think you are missing the point that power in a stratocracy is legitimate and constitutional. It is based on elections, not the army. The emperors, in contrast, (as well as a few people in the later republic like Caesar) had their power based on the army as opposed to legitimate elections. Rome was, in these instances, a military dictatorship and not a stratocracy.
Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.
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Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.According to Plutarch, Caesar actually encouraged Crassus to go on his Parthian expedition.Is it possible that Caesar foresaw the outcome? Was it a convenient way to get rid of one of his rivals?
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That term implies Christianity took (stole, in fact) the Jewish theology, beliefs, traditions and sacred texts, an accurate description of the historical facts.... the term "Judeo-Christian" itself is somewhat misleading, implying a fusion of Christianity and Judaism. -
As far as I know in the west the local languages has no alphabet so the only inscription are in Latin. In the east the common language was Greek and so most the inscriptions are in this language, the only exception I know of is Judea where there were tomb inscription in Hebrew and Aramic (like the tomb of Caiaphas).
The Irish had a writing system known as Ogham which was carved into the sides of stone slabs. This script was extant in the 5th century and possibly earlier, and stones have been found in some Roman towns, notably Silchester. Wether or not this - like runes - was an adaptation of the Roman alphabet I do not know.
Usus autem sum, ne in aliquo fallam carissimam mihi familiaritatem tuam, praecipue libris ex bibliotheca Ulpia, aetate mea thermis Diocletianis, et item ex domo Tiberiana, usus etiam [ex] regestis scribarum porticus porphyreticae, actis etiam senatus ac populi. 2 et quoniam me ad colligenda talis viri gesta ephemeris Turduli Gallicani plurimum invit, viri honestissimi ac sincerissimi, beneficium amici senis tacere non debui. 3 Cn. Pompeium, tribus fulgentem triumphis belli piratici, belli Sertoriani, belli Mithridatici multarumque rerum gestarum maiestate sublimem, quis tandem nosset, nisi eum Marcus Tullius et Titus Livius in litteras rettulissent? 4 Publ<i>um Scipionem Afric<an>um, immo Scipiones omnes, seu Lucios seu Nasicas, nonne tenebrae possiderent ac tegerent, nisi commendatores eorum historici nobiles atque ignobiles extitissent? 5 longum est omnia persequi, quae ad exemplum huiusce modi etiam nobis tacentibus usurpanda sunt. 6 illud tantum contestatum volo me et rem scripsisse, quam, si quis voluerit, honestius eloquio celsiore demonstret, et mihi quidem id animi fuit, 6 <ut> non Sallustios, Livios, Tacito<s>, Trogos atque omnes disertissimos imitarer viros in vita principum et temporibus disserendis, sed Marium Maximum, Suetonium Tranquillum, Fabium Marcellinum, Gargilium Martialem, Iulium Capitolinum, Aelium Lampridium ceterosque, qui haec et talia non tam diserte quam vere memoriae tradiderunt. 8 sum enim unus ex curiosis, quod infi[ni]t<i>as ire non possum, ince<n>dentibus vobis, qui, cum multa sciatis, scire multo plura cupitis. 9 et ne diutius ea, quae ad meum consilium pertinent, loquar, magnum et praeclarum principem et qualem historia nostra non novit, arripiam.
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It seems you have already gotten a precious help from Nephele and Maty.Iam sudying the Subject of Roman Law and we are given an assignment to list those heads of state during the main three periods in the Roman history and we also have to discuss the contribution to the development of Roman law by two individuals from each period.Actually it is hard to find facts related to this contribution by those ancient Roman heads of states. if you can please help me. it would be greatful.
Thank you
I would think most if not all you require on the legal achievements of those seven Roman figures is already there in the links posted above.
Tourism in Venice is Reaching Meltdown
in Historia in Universum
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Actually here is a much better exposition from Mr. Lomborg's sensible ideas.
The general message is full of common sense and Mr. Lomborg actually gives plenty of examples on the rational selection of alternatives for the optimal use of resources.
But specifically regarding his main thesis on Global Climate Change, he simply asked the right question to the wrong people.
Contrary to his opening statement, economists are not experts on every possible subject just because they dispose of the cash; e.g. I seriously doubt even Mr. Lomborg would use an economist instead of a pediatrician for any sick child of his family...
In plain economic terms, any objective estimation of the "value" of the perennial survival of the Homo sapiens expressed in dollars (or any other currency) would simply tend to infinite; it would be like asking how much money should the Kennedy administration have spent on preventing nuclear war at the Cuban missile crisis.
Please note that contrary to most opponents of taking action on Global Warming here at neverending thread"]UNRV[/url], Mr. Lomborg is not a denier; he perfectly accepts the overwhelming evidence on this ongoing menace.
He does not explain the reports on such evidence from any absurd global conspiracy theory.
From an ideological standpoint, both positions are absolutely contradictory.
Strictly speaking, regarding Global Climate Change Mr. Lomborg is just a nihilist ; as nothing can be done (in his best opinion), we should just accept the inevitable...
The only thing these opposite positions have in common is that both might be used as rationalizating excuses by stingy contributors worldwide; period.