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  1. The Troubles Of The Second And Third Centuries Ad

    in Imperium Romanorum

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    Most likely I would kept the Capital in Rome, not invaded Britian and tried to pacify Parthia. Parthia was the real threat it could host standing armies unlike German warlords. I would have consentrated most of the Legions on the Western Front. I would have kept Pagan Tradditions alive and I would have restored more power to the Senate so they could pick emperors instead of the army picking emperors for them.

     

    Zeke

  5. What Would You Be In Roman Society....

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted

    I would want to be a Celtic man in living in Gaul somewhere around the South Coast are Nobres. I would want to own several farming estates and I would sell the three main commadoties to the cities: Wine, olive oil, grain. I would want to belong to the Esquriean class (Or however you spell it) I would want to have a large family and have a semi powerful position in the province of Gaul.

     

    Zeke

  8. Why Did Romans Worship Gods?

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted

    Well Said Ursus, I was just adding my own interpretation of it. In the end my beliefs go back to the original Roman Concept of Polythesim, even if they are masked by logic the basis is still there.

     

    Do et des-I give so that you may give.

     

    That phrase can some up the whole notion of Roman Polythesim immeditatly, the gods must be pleased according to the Romans and if there not your life will just get harder. That can some up almost all ancient polytheisim.

     

    Zeke

  9. Why Did Romans Worship Gods?

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted

    I think religion is a matter of opinion really, for as I see it everything in science happens because of a higher spirtual power.

     

    Example: Lets say there is an Earthquake, ussually Earthquakes happen in one same spot because the plates of the Earth Surface are moving together. Yet WHY do the plates move? Suppsoadly the Earth isn't alive so why would it need to move? Does it just move out of randomness, in my opinion NOTHING, NOTHING at all it moves out of randomness, everything has a deeper meaning in the end. Thats why you always have to asked the word:

     

    "WHY"

    Because after you ask a certain amount of "Whys" you will come to the conlcusion that it can't be explained by our primitive minds but something more. Science is simply showing us how things work, yet WHY do they things work the way they do? Couldn't they have worked a different way? Why couldn't pigs have had wings insteand of birds, Why didn't they evolve in such a way so they could have wings, these pigs.

     

    The essence of every question in the end goes back to the gods, every inch of the universe, every sound and light partical and every atom that swirls in a never ending rotation is being watched by the gods. Were not nessarilly controled by the gods, but everything always has a purpose or a deeper meaning, all you got to do is stop and ask yourself. "Why?" ANd you will find a religion very fast when you begin to run out of answers to all the whys you asked.

     

    I hope that makes sense.

     

    Also to add many things have been made up in order for man to manipulate others, and I don't disagree that most likely Caeser made up lies about himself that he was descended from Venus. But I prefear those lies much more to others ones conducted by other religions. And in the end those lies could be real so you got to ask yourself what your going to have to believe in.......

     

    Will you beilieve that Moses died on Mont Sainai at the age of 122?

    Will you believe that the Budda found a special kind of enlightenment under a tree?

    Will you believe that a man named Jesus was accually the son of a god?

    Or will you believe in the divintiy of the Roman Empire whos influences spread far and wide?

     

    All a matter of choice.

     

    My favorite Why question by the way is

     

    "Why does history always repeate itself?"

     

    Zeke

  10. Roman Emperor Quiz

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    You are Augustus! First emperor of the Romans and one of the greatest statesmen in the ancient world. You brilliantly eased the old Republic into the Principate and set the path for an empire that would last for centuries and form the underpinnings for all western civilization. Hail Caesar!

     

    Augustus

     

    100%

    Marcus Aurelius

     

    86%

    Hadrian

     

    71%

    Antoninus Pius

     

    71%

    Nerva

     

    57%

    Vespasian

     

    57%

    Tiberius

     

    50%

    Trajan

     

    50%

    Claudius

     

    50%

    Domitian

     

    43%

    Vitellius

     

    43%

    Nero

     

    32%

    Caligula

     

    21%

    Commodus

     

    18%

     

    lol Augustus wow!

     

    Zeke

  11. The History Of Unrv

    in Renuntiatio et Consilium Comitiorum

    Posted

    I came on this site on June 1st 2004, that was nearly 2 years ago, and I havn't lost my love of Roman History and still love this site alot, though I don't come on as much as I use to.

     

    Since I have joined alot has happended...when I first joined there were around 75 people on the board, me, Viggen, Ursus, Primus, Fanir and some others were the prime posters. UNRV was preety quite, and not many people came on. The site grew slowly, and latter on such loveable figures as Demson, Germanicus, P.Clodius and Pompeis Magnus joined the forums to add many hours of creative debate. Around November 2004 we had a short influex of new members who quickly disregarded the site and became just back ground people who never posted. After that mabye in January of 2005...Spartacus came along, he posted hundreds of times but in the end decided to have his own little revolution and curse us all to hell and well yeah we know what happened to that jerk ;). Well after Spartacus was barred from the sight we had another influex of people who became posters, Ossander I have observed is one of the best known of these people.

     

    Finnally we come to August and September 2005, UNRV has over 700 memmbers and has just went through a FOURTH INFLUEX of new posters. So I classify UNRV posters into three catergories.......The First Generation:From 2003 when the site started to November 2004. Then the Second generation started by Spartacus and some other new people, then after the Spartacus Revolution in April 2005 we had the third generation spurred on by Ossander. Finnaly we come to the Fourth Generation that started sometime at the end of August 2005. UNRV has also gained an upgrade and has much more lively debate then when it first started.

     

    Correct my dates if I am wrong! :) And please feel free to add to the history of UNRV.Com and the different generations of people who have come here, and the scandal that evolved from different posters and so on and so on.

     

    Zeke

  12. Why Did Romans Worship Gods?

    in Templum Romae - Temple of Rome

    Posted

    Well, on the part about blasehmony. The Romans didn't nessarily get rid of their gods, the simply thought that the reasons the gods hadn't responded to their sacrfices that they needed to offer more. So they just kept offering till they got their way, sensible in my opinion......teaches the gift of giving, and the loving of your suppeiors.

     

    Zeke

  13. Disaster Today, Disaster Then

    in Imperium Romanorum

    Posted

    Well.......I believe everything is some sort of omen in some way. Hannibal pleased the gods more on the day of Cannae apprently, people would say he was a good tatician. Yet why was he a good tatician to begin with? His parent maybe....yet who said that his father would be a good general? Got to ask yourself that and numerous other questions that the gods have worked into the world, though we may not see it. Disaters happen only in certain areas because their natural to that area in the first place..yet you got to ask yourself....why are they natural to that one place only? Why couldn't they be somewhere else. :blink: Hence the Gods work in mysterious ways :)

     

    But other then that the Roman People I know had "Fire Squads" so they must have helped in some sort of emergency.

     

    Zeke

  16. Your Profession.

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    I will probably be a businessman because I like to be social. A coffee house or a pub in Dublin will suit me quite nicley! Then when I have enough money I will invest in stocks and take up sheep hearding as a hobby while I watch my children grow on my 40 acer estate. Hopfully from my dividens that I get off stocks and my wife's work I will live a comfortable life for the rest of my days. And then maybe sometime durning my life spanned my religion shall find it home once more on my property and begin to grow....

     

    Sorry about spelling

    Zeke

  18. Top 10 Movies Of All Time

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    Hey there, it's one of my wonderful opinion polls! Here is what you got to do.

    State your top 10 movies that you think are the best of all time it doesn't matter if their rated NC-17 or G or whatever ratings are in Europe, and tell what actors in the movie you enjoyed most.

    These in my opinion are the top 10 moives of all time with my discription and actors:

     

    1. American Beauty (Some good actors don't remmeber their names)-acurate discription of 1990's American nuclear family life style.

     

    2. Galtiator (Russel Crowe)-Probably one of the best movies I have ever seen because it touched my heart and made me cry at the end :P though it might not be too historically acurate I enjoyed it never the less

     

    3. Captain Correli's Mandolin (Penelope Cruz and Nicolas Cage)-A wonderful love story set in World War 2 on the island of Cephallonia in Greece.

     

    4. Vanilla Sky-(Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz)-Another love story that has a very odd plot, with alot of forshadowing and deeper meaning. It has to deal with a giant Lucid dream and a alternative reality.

     

    5. Totoro-(Animated cartoon)-A Jappanese cartoon that though rather childish was on of Hydo Miazaki's best he also wrote Spirited away which you might have heard of.

     

    6. Mermaids-(Winnona Ryder)-About a girl growing up and facing her sexually premicious mother.

     

    7. Signs-(Mel Gibson)-Classic Alien flick it gave me a jump now and then

     

    8. Girl Interupted-(Winnona Ryder) THe story of Susana Kasen as she lives in a mental hospital for a year.

     

    9. The Lion King-(animated cartoon)-One of disney's best! Was a revolution in the 1990s of how cartoon movies were done

     

    10. House of Flying Dagger-(Forgien Film)-Like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, with alot of martial arts and a love story

     

    Well thats my top 10!

    If you wish to state your idea of the worst movies of all time go ahead.

     

    The top 10 worst movies of all time for me are

    1.The Village

    2. All the Maxtrix's

    3. Sin City

    4. Anything to do with the X-Files.

    5. Passion of the Christ

    6. Druids

    7. The Princess bride (That was so fake)

    8. Panokee'O. (I feel bad for that poor little wooden puppet) :P

    9. The Ten Commandments (The one with Carlton Hesten)

    10. Hero (Jet Li)

     

    Also since were at it......I will add one more opinion post:

    Favorite actors and actresses :D oviosuly you know half my favorites:

     

    1. Penelope Cruz

    2. Winonna Ryder

    3. Julia Robets

    4. Angelina Jolie

    5. Jonnny Depp

    6. Juan Phoneix

    7. Meg Ryan

    8. Bradd Pit

    9. Clive Owen

    10. Tom Cruise

  21. The Most Beautiful City On Earth In 1400!

    in Historia in Universum

    Posted

    There are many beautiful cities on Earth today but back in 1400 A.D the cities that existed were considered to best of their day. In my opinion this is a turning point in the history of human construction because gradually everything began to be built not out of beauty but out of convience. Latter on in the 1800's cities were no longer built out of forced slave labour or human craftmen but industrial macheinery. Their became more steel buildings that were considered "Beautiful." But in my opinion in the 1400s is the point where the most beautiful cities existed on Earth because craftmen's and builders dilbertly wanted to make their creations beautiful. Now-a-days I think it's safe to say that men no longer think of beauty in cities (unless their rich and have money) but as cities as meeting centers and a place to get job enmployment. Paris is still beautiful of coarse....but it much more marvellous back in the day. At least thats my opinion :(

     

    Anyway what in your opinion was the most beautiful city on Earth in 1400??

     

    Zeke

  24. Something I Would Like To Share,

    in Colosseum

    Posted

    In the second Century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the Earth and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and displined valour. The gentle, but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. The peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The image of free constitution was preserved with decent reverence. The Roman appearded to possess the sovereign authority and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers o f goverment. Duuring a happy period of more then fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines. It is the design of this, and of the two succeeding chapters, to describe the properous condition of their empire, and afterwards, from the death of Marcus Aurelius, to deduce the most important circumstances ots it decline and fall; a revolution which will ever be remembered, and it still felt by the nations of the Earth.

     

    Introduction of Decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Sir Edward Gibbon.....It makes me tear, I just love the way he fits the words so beautifuly.....does anyone else have any good quotes from Gibbon's masterpiece???

    Your favorite quote or pargrah from the books, I have several others but this seemed to be the most appropirate.

     

    Zeke

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