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i guess mainly to keep their guests entertained and to have them talk about it afterwords(almost brag sometimes i would hazard to guess) well if i think of anything more i will add more later

ahh u took my job guess i will have to find another one :)

so in alot of ways some religions have been altered or have changed in some way shape or form, not to mention new religions based off of a main religion has happened like for example : thanx ursus for pointing that out:) that and of course the statements afterwords have helped on this subject:)

as a matter of fact i do lol so in essence they did use different cultures as form of entertainment in a way to stand out and look better then everyone else(partly becuase money and/or because of power). but when it came right down to it romans did as romans did and didn usually stray far from their own stuff

well the way i see it now is that with history is that through out the ages there have been predominant religions and they have all been big in their area(such as the aztecs and mayans, and the romans and greeks for example) all have been the influental religions of their time and my feeling is that at the moment christianity and related(and not so related) religions are in their hayday at the moment not saying of course that any will fall down the drain persay but each religion has had it's time and came and went and i see us like every other period in time will face a new religion(s) or something along that nature but i could be wrong but could it actually happen do you think? what r ur guys's opinion on it

that is actually quite a realization for me i have always been facinated by gladitorial combat and to hear this is pretty spectacular in my books. oh and just out of interes i remembered watching this discovery program where it showed injurys that came from a 4 pronged weapon i forget what what it may have been called but my question is whould they have (the gladiators that is ) used such a weapon as well as the main set as to say that there was another weapon, the 4 pronged weapon was in use at least in smaller combats. the weapon they described was small enough to be used like a gladius but as before mentioned was 4 pronged. it is too bad that i dont have that channel i am gonna miss it i would like to see what they say brotus maximus

the other night i stumbeled apon an olde movie on t.v which was something about rome when one of jesus's deciples i forget his name @ the moment was the main focus of the movie and at one part it showed a celebration going on for the emperor and it showed that the dances and music were of at least 3 different cultures, is it possible that the ceasers used different cultures dance and musi for entertainment at festivals and celabretions(sorry i cant spell tonight) and such??

I think cerberus would be an awesome name for a guard dog ecially if it was like a doberman or a huge assed guard dog

What in the world are you talking about?!? Painting the White House, protecting a new country? Canada didn't win anything in the War of 1812, they just stopped our invasion, an invasion of British territory. then just out of interest does it call it a (at least to me it seems anyway) like a minor victory to us ???. and yes we may have been part of the british then but if i remember correctly werent you guys as well when you urselfs fought the french ? i may be wrong but somehow i do remember a little bit of my countrys history even just a tiny little bit. but still as said we were part of the british empire till the mid 50's and if i remember history right with every war we participated in we were renowned for our fighting to protect our country hence y in ww2 we were the most feared country in the commonwealth to fight against or so the germans said(correct me if i am wrong though) and as well the people that made the headlines for alot of battles were of canadian blood(and yes in ww2 we were still in some way apart of the commonwealth of british authority) hence vimy ridge and pasiondale(i spelt that wrong i know) and as well ypre(that probably wrong as well i cant spell today) just to name a few battles where we as a country made an everlasting image and gained respect just like i personally think in the war of 1812. it may seem like i am bashing here or getting mad or whatever you might think badly of me but i personally think that canadians as a whole have made an everlasting image of us to be feared or at least respected in battle becuase of the way we faught(yes there are a number of battles that we lost and are not ashamed to admit) oh and by the way i wasnt sure on the painting the white house thing but i remember hearing something on that, though that would be hilarias if that actually happened:) at least i think so it would be ironic to have a pink or blue white house(though our parliment biulding could use a different tint now and then )

just out of curiosity wasnt it us canucks that pushed the americans back past the white house and also painted it a different color, i guess if you want to call that a win for you guys go for it but as far as i know that was a pretty weird win for you and all not bashing you guys at all but i am one of the canadians that thought we won that war( and i was slightly taken back by the remark of we would all be eating crumpets and drinking tea line just becuase we were part of the british monarchy doesnt mean that we were our own fighting force defending our newborn country( if u want a good example of the canadian fighting force then ww1 and ww2 are to multiple good examples of both as well as the beor war just to let you know

I thought cavalry used the slightly larger spatha, not the gladius. Anyway, the cavalry usually rellied on spears. Generals of classical Greece fought usually on foot as hoplites. Later everybody important was on horseback and armed with a spatha. Of course, city assaults were foot business. One of Caesar man at Thapsus cut the trunk of an elephant that had risen him above the ground. Also the wide blade it's a indication of slashing movement while the sharp point it's an indication that it was also a thrusting weapon. It was dual purpose. wasnt it that the cavlery use a longer version of the gladius i remember hearing that there was a longer version of the gladius and would seem like an effective weapon, not saying that spatha's were not used but maybe a little help on this post any one???

i have to mention that i like the names: Agre, lacon,lebros,theron,lupa and ferox somwhow those names jump out at me and kinda in a weird and twisted way i feel drawn to them. i think when i get the huskies that i have always wanted i think i will name them after these names(and maybe some other names from here). thanx for the names nephele B.M

maybe if the air had enough moisture but thaqt would serve as a hazard to any body who tryed to either use it (freindly or enemy wise) but to be honest i dont know

well as much as i hate to say this..... GO FLAMES GO YAAAAY THE 1 MILE OF RED YAAAA any way some how i dont see them making it past the first round let alone the the fith game but if i have to i will cheer for the canucks(i would hang myself before i do )

Well for me i would be a couple of things(either/or/and) I guess the first thing would be a Pratorean(i dont think i spelt that right at all) in the late imperial or a gladiator (any except the fisher) or as a Pretorean(yet again....) i to save my neck from being killed by the masses that i subjectated would join some small gladitorial arena where nobody knows me so i can possibly if at all redeem my name so i wouldnt be killed(that is if i didnt die by the gladitorial sword)by the people i subjectated/familys of the people i killed but if anything else i would want to be a wealthy vineyard owner and spectacular wine maker:):)

some how i could see it having a wick of some sort or something in wich to use as a source for in which to act as an ignitor so my theory is that it had to have some source of flammable ignition with a kind of whick or something along those lines

could itve been possible that the fttings and straps for the metal armour been leather, i somehow i see it widely possible that leather straps and leather in general was incorperated into metal armour as the small stuff and basicly(please dont quote me on this please i may be wrong) used as i mentioned bindings and the like. certainly leather was used as a sign of rank(or wealth) as another person said th gain respect and or to show rank among those who wore mass produced armour like the afor mentioned chain, scale armour. i hate to say this even me as a person who doesnt know (compared to alot of people on this site lol ) that seems like crap. to let u know i aint bashing ya, but if u dont mind me pointing out a couple of things(with a little help from other board members replys as well:) )as quite a few people have stated including myself alot of us agree that leather was labour intensive even if there was lots of labourers to do the job it would take months to do an intire legion (yes this has been discussed but bear with me for a sec) which is some(if i remember correctly was some 1200 men roughly and if you are fitting and measuring every one as someone else said that would be a huge intever even by todays standards when almost everything is mass produced or at least made really fast. And besides parade armour another small feat to handle for the blacksmiths if i remember (i dont know if romans used parade armour or not) i heard that parade armour is very intricate and detailed as if to give a look of perfection and to some intimidation especially if you have a well diciplined army that looks the whole nine yards and for that matter when it comes to stainless steel that stuff if it were to be used today at least i think woruld be largly ineffective as a means of armor or weapons ya the weapons and stuff would not rust that easy(if at all lol) but as with every other metal weapon the edges would dull fairly quicky in the heat of a battle as to y they bring people who sharpen the blades before it to make sure that they are so they can be used effecently. and as for the metal working they were state of the art in their time ya there was varieng degrees of craftmanship and quality as with everything. any way brotus maximus

so i am gonna do a few quotes here so please bear with me for a few secs *furias venator *caldrail *northern neilso through those conclusions and a few others in which i am not going to quote but state, that infact even though it was an effective mode of armour such as nothern neil suggested but when it comes to practicality and expenses wise metal armour was chosen over the leather armour for use in the battle field(but in my opinion which one was the more expensive of the two) in accordance of a few posts that suggest that metal armour was in essence crap and was easy to penetrate with different weapons.and that leather was actually a rather strong set of armour but when u think about it thats alot af leather to produce for the vast legions even if there were a large number that was using metal armour. my question i guess is with a few veiwpoints pointing towards leather armour being used for a show or as a visible show of title like ceasar. but as wel a few veiwpoints suggested that the leather amrour when produced would be labour intensive and require time in order to do that and with each cow there is only so much leather u can use for armour and what not and that means that even though alot got used there would be still a large amounts of scrap leather that would be wasted unlike metal when there were scraps they could be worked over again. As well care wise for the armour wich one would be easyer to take care of and cheaper as well? metal as a few people stated with metal u can just repair that portion of the armour that was wrecked and with leather u wiold need to replace it(and yet again it relates to more work and scraps wasted). i guess with me my viewpoint on this would have to be even though leather armour was use it would(i think) as befitting a title( even though i am sure that metal armour was used as well on occasion) but metal armour was far more common less labour intensive and cheaper(i guess in some regards) to make and maintain. but as for gladitorial leather armour i dont remember hearing mention that they wore alot of armour(right?) and if they did it was very minimal and just enough to protect them or give them the look of their class of fighter(mermadon ectra ectera)though i would have to admit i would like to do a study on it just to see what would be the better of the two and the usefulness of both compared to each other brotus maximus

also thank you primus i found that stuff amazing. i myself want to get into archealogy and this site i think (unrv included lol) will be alot of help

ya yall all have good one lke page and hendrix but what about for instance: Keith richards from the rolling stones Angus Young self explanitory for me angus is like a god to me but razors edge for instance tell me that wasnt genius

ouch!!!

i remember watching a show where they recreated it or at least something similar to it anyway

i think it was called greek fire the type that they used to attack a bunch of ships with and won

and that is the best line i have ever read in my life

well any time i like to learn about this stuff