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I always watch this movie when given a chance and I own the restored copy (With Anthony Hopkins doing his Olivier immitation for voice over during the Oyster-Clams scene). And I do love a bit of cheese...
However, for the last fight, it may have been a bit too much history...and against movie content at the time...but i have come to think that maybe this would have been better:
Instead of fighting, have both of them look st Crassus, throw down their swords and recite:
" Uri, Uninciri, Uerberari, Ferroque necari " or perhaps in english: " Burnt by fire, shackled with chains, whipped with rods and killed by steel." The oath of submission.
You know, a cheesy bit of them proudly waiting to be killed (by having their throats cut) as is their lot, but not surrendering in the face of death. Just a scene that came to my mind.
Of course you could save the final baby scene by having them bump off Antoninus that way but "sparing" Spartacus for crucifixtion.
One of my favorite movies though.
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The blues I play most everyday when working on projects:
ARTHUR ADAMS, B.B. KING, DEBORAH COLEMAN, POPA CHUBBY, BIG BILL MORGANFIELD & TAJ MAHAL GEORGE "HARMONICA" SMITH, MEMPHIS ROCKABILLY BAND, MUDDY WATERS
(Blind Pig all the way, baby!)Just in the background, far too many movie and showtunes to list here
Get my butt moving, no matter how it's dragging...most any good swing band doing stuff from the late 30s and 40s.
(I can see the retirement home 30 years from now, the music in the speakers: "Highway to Hell" and maybe "Electric Funeral" :punk: )
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Here is a discussion on the fall of the Republic. It has some good points and shows the diversity of opinion on this subject here in UNRV.
There might be some good discussion points to bring back up from that topic for this topic.
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Hi, I've been a bit busy and working on a revision of this post, but I'd like to answer some comments.
FLavius Valerius Constantinus: Ben Hur, the Chuck Heston version, did capture the wide open feel of the race...and the potential body count. As noted in the post- Roman style wrapped reins could lead to dragging. The spina could get that tall and decorated, enough to obstruct view of the other side of the track...but the public seemed to think that added to the suspense. (Green was leading going around the far meta, but Red was close. And there was a lot of Red cheers over in the other stand...)
In my revision I'll also mention the use of fish (a nod to Poseidon and horses) to note laps, though not in the way the movie shows.
Pertinax: Fiat, too bad it's from medieval latin or else it might have made a combined meaning instead of just the obvious car company location. Thanks for the compliment.
Favonius Cornelius: Good question. If it hasn't been discussed before it's fully worthy of its own thread. I'll be checking. My initial thoughts are people need entertainment, no matter what. The physicality and athletic feats of the games would be roughly equal to great special effects in today's movies...so sports of any type would still have been popular. Perhaps the threatre would have received a boost if Ceasar had been public in watching them. (Not to say he watched the games while working through them, he just knew what concessions he had to made to the "mob".
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I don't see a reason for the British Museum to keep them, outside of funding. The Museum makes a goodly amount of trade with the Elgins (and their images) as one of its big draws. They would need to ensure, in the long run, that something with as much drawing power goes up in their place.
To the larger question of preservation, that shold be one of local priority. To make everyone's past the province of countries who can afford to preserve antiquities risks taking history and placing it with art: Only those who can afford it should have it. That is wrong on so many levels.
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Kind of funny if you don't think like Captain Kirk and give answers like someone who had to really deal with this on a day-to-day basis
Prostitute
You scored 33% on Social Skills!
You are only margianally better than a slave. You are still most likely enslaved, but you have a chance to end that. Through pleasing your master, and your customers you may get tips that will eventually be enough to buy your freedom. Until then, you are used and abused by the highest of Romans, but are most likely left in the dirt and filth that is your room in the Lupanar (brothel). Still, you're feed, clothed and somewhat healthy...if you haven't caught a venerial disease that is. One of the risks of your 'business'.
(should my wife know?)
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Part one: The Chariot Races
The team of horses was called auriga; the best horse was the funalis, always the horse on the extreme left.. As befits Roman society, the best teams were those in which the common auriga was employed to best effect with their better, the funalis. The chariots were built purely for speed, very far removed from war chariots, and were drawn by teams of two, four or sometimes more horses. A two-horse team was called a biga, a three-horse a triga and a four-horse team was a quadriga. The larger teams, as many as six to ten horses, were very rarely used and mostly as a showcase of drivers skill rather than speed.
to the full article
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I'd also like to recommend , for those who haven't seen them, Glory (1989) and Waterloo (the 1970 Chris Plummer/Rod Steiger and units of the Soviet Army version).
Recently released on DVD, Ridley Scott's The Duelists has a great flavor to it, good dueling scenes, and starring Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel. Check it out too.
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Napalm and Greek fire were both deisgned to KILL people. That is the bottom line. In any case incinidary based wepaons are for the most part outdated, Napalm hasn't been used on a grand scale in any recent decades of conflict. This owing to the fact that there are far more deadly weposn around now.
Yeah, we haven't had the clustering of soft or immobile targets in recent wars. Flame weapons can still take out otherwise invulnerable targets by sheer heat and air intake problems.
Also, adding WP was added to increase napalm's casualty causing effects...not kill outright but make people hurt and force the enemy to expend medical resources. Sure, covered with napalm kills you outright but seldom did that happen. Mostly you got tagged, then shot in combat or suffer and possibly die in hospital/aid station. And if you live, you'll need help with PT and the scars.
Nasty stuff to scare sane individuals spitless...
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Probably would work in colors as long as you don't invert or otherwise change the contrast between light and dark. The dark giving the details at distance, the light adding contrast to change the picture over up close.
The results could be spectacular looking. Let us know if you have a good result.
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Happy Birthday guy! Too bad the major, had-great-fun-but-I-can't-remember *lord kill me, my hangover is too much punishment* party has to wait for the weekend. Right?
Let's see, you bio says 1979 birthdate.
Hmmm, 1979. My junior year in high school. Hey, there's serendipity here! That was the first year I took a computer course. Programing basic on a TRS 80, using reverse polish notation to play "baseball" on an old wangenstein calculator, buying new tapes for my cassette player/recorder to store programs. (Oy! The youngsters around here...)
Have a great day citizen-mechanic.
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Your method of punishment is not at all Roman. That style of punishment right there belonged to Vlad Drucula(that's right, the real one) whom impaled tens of thousands of his enemies ( inluding innocent men,women, children,..). I think his victims were mostly Ottoman-Turks.
"'Tis the season for impaling,
Fa-La-La-La-La, La--La--La---Laaa!"
Yeah, Vlad hated Turks much like a dog who bites the hand that feeds him. He used Ottoman support to get his position the first time, then turning on them after being deposed by a family member and making an alliance with the King Hungary to regain the throne. He kicked butt during this time in charge, striking hard against the Turks.
After 5-6 years he fled back to Hungary after the Ottomans got tired of him and overwhelmed Wallachian forces. The Hungarians didn't like him much either and kept him captive a number of years. His brother Radu ruled for years as a client of the Ottomans and then he died. Vlad managed to get Stephen Bathory's support and marched out from Transylvania with an army to defeat the Turk. He did, but Stephen took the army back home. Left to his own resources, Vlad died in combat with the Ottomans near Bucharest.
Fun loving guy, from a fun loving time, in a fun loving part of the world...
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Yeah, but we know how to handle even mumbles of revolt round here...
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* Standing amidst the burning wreckage of Troy, the screams of women and children echoing both near and far, mingling with the dying groans of the Trojan men.*
Greek Number One: " Well d@m#...I guess they weren't lying."
Greek Number Two: "Let's get Odyesseus. He can cover up anything..."
Menelaus : " Off to Egypt..." <grumble, mumble, grumble>
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A great and terrible day....
In the museum in Westminster Abbey, there are several death mask molded historic figures wearing garb from their time periods. One of Nelson's uniforms is on display, and they have a life sized standing figure of him. Yes he was a small guy, but the sculpter managed to convey his innate devilish, scrappy fighting personality.
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Got it.
Thought the setting only dealt with message on image.
Resume normal cloudy thoughts...
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I reckon! I've used it too find my farm, and it really shows it in great detail.
I read somewhere that the images you are seeing on Google earth are pre-recorded and not live. This is so that the satellites being used for the imagery can't be located in orbit. If this is true, then whoever (not mentioning any specific country's name) country's satellite is used for Google Earth must be rather paranoid, or a just not willing for people to know their secrets
Try to zoom in on Washington, DC. You'll notice overlays on the buildings on, in, or near actual government buildings (White House, Capitol Building, Supreme Court, Pentagon, etc.). Those have to be blotted out lest Uncle Sam, some guys in green and some scary lawyers come and Patriot Act your bottom. Foreign location or no...
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Bang, you got me.
How can I delete an image from my gallery without having to delete all of the images?
Thank you, that is all, resume you normal life....
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Spellsword, too.
(displays intellect by waiting for the victor of Moonlapse/Viggen duel and punches the winner...)
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Hmmm,
Elvish: Gildor Ring
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You want to find these and more Angus McBride illustrations? Click on this link to Osprey Books.
Here's a couple specifically for Byzantines:
4th through 9th cen. Romano-Byzantine , 1118-1461 A.D. Byzantine armies , and a good general picture book.
McBride is a great historical illustrator and just about any book he's worked on is worth it just for the pictures.
Cheers
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Averages--Score--km off-- time (after 3 runs)
Spurius -- 451.7--- 360.0 --- 4.2
Dang but my geography is getting bad in South Asia/Pacifica and Sub-Sahara Africa.
(mental note: need to memorize city positions not just country placement)
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And the Vestals. Who are the Vestals? :wub:
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We have The Overlord, The Professor, and The Mechanic as Consuls, as well as The Enforcer as a Praetor, and a growing number of Citizens and Members.
But no Emperor.
To who do we appeal ?
Heh, heh, heh. Do I smell Triumvate here?
Place your bets on where the first knife falls...
(Risking a high spot on the proscribed list, I'm going with The Overlord
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Avatars And Signatures
in Hora Postilla Thermae
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Ahh, a question I can answer.
My avatar comes from a bust of a legionaire. IMHO it doesn't glamorize, but it doesn't demonize either. It just says: I'm here, deal with it. (Kind of like Rome in her day...)
Also some people say it bears more than a bit of likeness to me, but I wear a full bead most of the time.
My sig comes from a fun movie (Real Genius) an is related to the ancient world