Gaius Octavius

Perhaps there is little concern for these pre-Moslem treasures on account of religion.

Yes, attend the Imaginary Party! Heheh, Doc and I were girl-fighting. Wheee! Mud rasslin? Hair pullin? Wheeeo! Welcome back! -- Nephele

You deliquent Egyptian raggamuffin.

Calls to mind what the Taliban did to the Buddhist statues and also the Aswan High Dam.

If the train were large enough, it would have 'boots' at the van and the rear with cavalry scouts on the flanks and also acting as points. Much the same as a marching legion with its baggage in the middle of the legion.

I keep going back to this great model: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?automo...si&img=1679 Why are two of the roofs slanted inwards and the others outwards? I have it in mind that Roman villas did not have windows facing outwards. Please put me straight on this.

So, you've taken the short cut to becoming a diplomat. What's next? Bond trader?

ROME!!! : Bingo! Bango! Bongo! Your turn, .

LEECHES! LEECHES! LEECHES! (BTW, you may use up to 10 smilies.)

Yeah! I know that you cheated. You can't go until you name the city!

The legionary had two spears. One light, one heavy. The light one did not have the wooden pin. The heavy one did. Marius is credited with the wooden pin. Caesar is said to have introduced the spearhead with its rear untempered, i.e., the point at which the socketed head was attached to the shaft. In the former case, their would be a 'hinging' effect; in the latter, a 'bending' effect. The object of the spear was to disorganize the enemy formation in addition to killing or wounding the enemy. The heavy spear was certainly a throwing spear. (The Making of the Roman Army - From Republic to Empire; Lawrence Keppie.) ------------------------------------ The lighter spear, which was neither hinged nor untempered, might also have been a jabbing spear. A question comes to my mind in re the Marius heavy spear. Was the head socketed to receive the shaft or was the shaft beveled out to receive the head? To me, it would seem to have been the latter in order for the wooden pin to break.

AoS, Cos. : Pay attention! WISDOM! 'Hopefully' is an adverb! :whip: Don't ever make that blunder again! Wanna push your luck? :shutup: Pater Arcanae,

Hopefully, I'm smart enough to continue my education! --- I got my nametag for my new summer job. Now I work on a tree farm, a greenhouse, and a guitar store. What's next? Don't you know your name? shhcargo: A place where people break wind. :horse: spittsberg:

IRIS has tendered to the god-Consul the intelligence that celebrations have been afoot hereabouts with regard to my recent absence. It does not displease me to inform all y'all that I am still here. Tough! I have been tending to taxes , the felonies of my brokerage house and other baloney. Easter went well. We had a little rain here in America. Nothing to really talk about. I am illegitimate uncle to a 16 year old nymph. She's a junior Rockette or something like that. So I attended her Sweet Sixteen party. The girls were gorgeous. The guys looked like ragamuffins. Naturally, a gaggle of these Chicks fell hopelessly in love with me. Kisses of all sorts galore. Since I can't stand the boom-boom-boom of their noise, I settled in with my Scotch friend at the bar. The to-do was held at an Elk's club. My gregarious nature produced an invitation to join up with the herds of Elks - naturally. Capt. Blackadder, Ret'd

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:wub: : Put the big ring on your nose. Now that: 'You have rings on your fingers, You can put bells on your toes.'

You're not going to celebrate your next birthday! Don Tomasso

Without question! Scipio was the greatest captain of the ancient world! ( And maybe the modern world also!) He studied his enemy and worked his own tactics out before hand.

Virgil, Viggen & MPC!

Once upon a time the churches were filled and everyone wore their Sunday Best. "I can write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet."

Very, very nice Moon. Thanks.

Well done, or did you cheat? (I did) Of course, I cheated. Just got there before y'all did. Since I don't know how to get a pic in, I pass to the first Roman who can. Don Tomasso