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  1. Ursus
    I agree. Furthermore .... did any philosophy really appeal to the commoners? I think you had to have a certain education and certain amount of leisure time to appreciate the heady speculation of Hellenic philosophers. I don't think peasants toiling in the fields or townsmen working in their shops would be really inclined for that sort of thing.
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    Oops. Must have missed that one.
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    A group of classical philologists, mathematical historians and surveying experts at Berlin Technical University's Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation Science has produced an astonishing map of central Europe as it was 2,000 years ago. The map shows that both the North and Baltic Seas were known as the "Germanic Ocean" and the Franconian Forest in northern Bavaria was "Sudeti Montes." The map indicates three "Saxons' islands" off the Frisian coast in northwestern Germany -- known today as Amrum, F
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    Sad to die so young.
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    "The Lost Gods of England" by Brian Branston. I found the lost gods ... they were behind the couch.
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    I think we must agree to disagree on matters of "artistic" taste.
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    I enjoyed The Theogony. He has a slightly different take on the Greek gods than Homer. The influence of Near Eastern motives on Greek mythology also come across strongly in Hesiod's works.
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    Does she operate a bulldozer?
  9. Ursus
    I remember the first review or two I did, I used Senators (e.g, four out of five Senators). I think Viggen edited that out when we went "professional."
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    If only Pertinax were still around ....
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    Oh great. The cable company I work for just finished cleaning up the last hurricane's damage on the eastern seaboard.
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    Nice review. I had been curious about the book. But given the review, I don't think it is my cup of tea.
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    I live in western Pennsylvania, which is reasonably far from the coast. Chilly weather and a few sprinkles is all we got.
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    A planet 5 times as large as earth but 18 times as dense as water is strangely crystaline in nature. It orbits a pulsar in tight formation. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110825-new-planet-diamond-pulsar-dwarf-star-space-science/
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    I'm not sure about the geological implications, but there are far less earthquake proof buildings on the east than in the west. Were there a major earthquake, we'd be devastated. We're used to hurricanes, major snowfalls and the occasional tornado, but not earthquakes.
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    Anyone else on the American east coast feel that sucker?
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    I read The Meadhall by Stephen Pollington (2nd edition). It explores the role of said building in Anglo-Saxon culture. A nice look at Germanic religion and culture, and adds some nuance to many passages of Beowulf. Prior to that I had read Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Magic by Bill Griffiths. That book is a textbook example of how a stuffy academic's dull prose and overly dry analysis can kill a subject that should otherwise be inherently interesting.
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    I enjoyed reading Fukuyama back in '99 when I was a college senior. But even then I felt he was being overly optimistic or naive. I felt Samuel Huntingdon's "Clash of Civilizations" was the better prophecy. I think in the years since, and in the aftermath of 9/11, Fukuyama more or less admitted he was wrong.
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    I just watched: http://www.amazon.co...duct/B001KL3H1W While not perfect, it's a hell of a lot better than Jones.
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    I hate to be anal, but I think this discussion should be moved to the main Colosseum forum. It's in the game subforum, for some reason ...
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    The Soviets taught dogs strapped with bombs to explode themselves against panzer tracks, so I guess anything is possible. But .. an animal on fire would be very uncontrollable. How to you get it to run in the direction of the enemy when it is insane from pain? Perhaps this was tried once in desperation, and if the results were mixed, not used again.
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    There really weren't that many buildings, if I remember. There was a ramshackle Roman fort that looked like a ramshackle Roman fort. There was a Roman villa with gladiator arena. Then the rest of the movie pretty much took place in the Caledonian highlands and pseudo-Celtic villages.
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    The Romulan Empire was also very loosely based on a space faring Roman Empire.
  24. Ursus
    The Mafia must be getting desperate if this is their latest avenue.
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    There are also conspiracy theories about stealth technology being applied to U-Boats in the closing days of the war.
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