Lost_Warrior

I think some of it might be truth...and quite a bit of it is highly unlikely.

Are there any specific myths you want information on?

I read somewhere that Rome had several official languages. I however, don't know what they are/were.

Aww...well I'm glad you can see. I had an accident at work that was very unlucky and kind of funny in retrospect. I hit my fingers with a rubber mallet (the kind that is weighted with birdshot) and they bled so much that I fainted and when I woke up my supervisor was standing over me and I had a concussion

Heh I used to do TKD before I moved...I sparred (and TKD people kick HARD) but I never got seriously hurt. Bruises, yes, but when I should have been laying on the floor crying, I was still kicking the living daylights out of whoever it was (and people hated to spar me ::grins:: ) and yet, I fall on my stairs AT LEAST once a day.

hehe online translators are notoriously bad. They...make you say strange things lol does anyone else have any poetry they wanna share? ::smiles encouragingly::

By the way...can anyone here translate it into latin? I'd be very interested (i don't know a word of latin aside from scientific terms and that in my sig...or I would do it)

you may translate. I would be very interested to see the results as for if its possible, well...I don't know russian so I cannot tell you for sure

ok, here you go To Caesar, From a Legionary O valiant one who rose to free your people Through conquests far and wide Acts of valor unparalleled To stand the tests of time It is you to whom I give my life My victories are yours Your will is my duty I can have no other Your love and your causes are mine O fateful day The ultimate betrayal Trusted friends and Romans Spilled your blood And took what you spent so long to build Ripping it in two They turned friend against friend Brother against brother All for the power They deserve not to hold And for you I weep I can do no other As my love, my cause, my duty Stain the ground red With your blood they spilled In a last valiant effort to serve you My blood is spilled on the streets of Rome The city you loved will forever remember you In the hearts and minds of her people For you are a legend copyright2005Lost_Warrior

heh I wouldn't believe it anyway. I can be like that sometimes.

It depends on who you ask, and it depends on where you are at. The american govt. was shaped by Rome, as was much of its architecture. But alot of the people...are still Celtic (thats me!! lol) and German (also me!!! i'm part english and native american too) and we still act accordingly lol. You see me eating beef & potatoes or strudel (got some strudel right here as a matter of fact) and not usually...whatever it was they ate in Rome I don't know. My "religion" if you can call it that, is Celtic, etc. etc. and I know there are lots more of me out there. So...are we talking about the "well known" and "out in full view" culture? or are we talking about the people?

ok, unfortunately I am away for the weekend, so I won't be able to post the poem untill I get back, but it will be the first thing I do when I get home monday!!

Any other poets out there who've written things about Rome? I think it would be interesting to see them. I have one I will share if anyone is interested

Just a random guess, but they could have burned them. I doubt they buried them because it would take too much manpower and time.

I agree with you on the similarities...but...we are a long way down from the glory of Rome IMHO.

...and Caesar wasn't afraid to fight to change things.

IMO, if a law is bad for the people, it should not be followed (and I am NOT condoning anarchy here). But if no one questions the bad laws, then things never change. If everyone blindly follows the laws "for the good of the country" because its "the right thing to do" then we would still have things like the inquisition.

from what I've read: They used pumice stone. (OUCH!!) Sort of a dirty off whitish color (undyed fabric in other words) A horrendous excuse for a razor. May have been made from bronze but I'm not sure.

I think they were. As far as I know, centurions would happily beat the crap out of any legionary that stepped out of line (they had that vine stick for a reason ya' know) and I'm sure most of the higher ups were just as bad.

AVE CAESAR! ROMA VICTOR! Nothing anyone has said or will say will be able to diminish my love for Caesar. BOO! to Cassius and Brutus as well

why...does the Suddeutsche (south-German) lottery come from the Amsterdam (the netherlands?)

The only thing Brutus and Cassius had to lose by the loss of the republic was their power. Caesar's reforms helped many, and his conquests helped make what would later become the Roman Empire so great. And besides, at this point the Republic was no longer effective. As soon as Brutus and Cassius had killed Caesar, they threw Rome into a bloody civil war (fighting for their own power) so did they really care about Rome?

I stumbled across this...the look on his face made me almost fall off my chair in hysterics... Caesar

I'm also fairly certain that it was far more comfortable than chain mail (which tends to feel like wearing a dead cat)