Gaius Octavius

Women, can't live with them, can't live without them. WHY? But that's besides the point. What point? Look, in a couple of decades, you'll forget that SHE ever existed.

:wub: A leech a day in each ear.

O.K., what's that 'Apocalypse' twaddle all about?

Freidrich? Oh, ok, not him. My apology. Engels wrote "Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army", noted above.

Correct. And on Alexanders way back. You are in agreement with Engels. I simply can't understand why that loser Caesar's tactics are studied in all military academies, to this day, and not those of his inferior opponents! Caesar was a winner in all of his efforts.

For the kiddies: http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html

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See below for layout of Camp: http://www.roman-empire.net/army/camp2.html See below for numbers of men per legion at various times: http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html This site will give you a mine of information about the legion. ------------------------- Not every army camp was for one legion. If two consuls were campaigning together, the camp might be for four legions plus the auxiliaries. Perhaps this is where you get the number '16,000' from.

If the 'easy life' was responsible for the Celtic losses, shouldn't this apply exponentially to the Romans?

The Germans actually did recruit(?) a Ukrainian army which was used against the Soviets.

I'd heard that Schleimann actually carried the Iliad with him and used it in discovering Troy.

Danes, Swedes, what's the difference? Colonia Bonia?

Kiam vi parolos sencon, tiam mi parolos la anglan. :wub: -- Nephele

Mopsuestia? Go ahead and have another laugh. As for you Klingon, I have never liked Swedes, well, except for my former partner and his kids. (See 'Beauty' in my gallery.) Now she makes more in bonuses than her Old Man and I ever did - added together. 's! Oh! Almost forgot the great looking Swedish babe! How could I.!? The rest of you lot can all go to Majorca for all I care.

How is it known that the 'invasion' of Britain was not a reconnaissance in force? Caesar could not have known his potential enemies' strengths and weaknesses. Shall he be blamed for the storms that scattered his fleet and also prevented supplies from reaching him from Gaul? Ancient armys depended on foraging and conquest for supplies. D.W. Engels in his "Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army" holds that Alexander's army could only carry three days supplies with them. Logistics, save for roads, had not changed the least for Caesar. Neither Alexander's nor Caesar's supply line backed up to Greece or Rome. Shall Caesar be blamed for taking whatever opportunities that were presented to him - or to the enthusiasm of his legionaries? We admit to trade between Britain and Gaul, yet we don't hold that this trade should have been interrupted by a wise commander! What amazes me to no end, is how, in the bloody white blazes, could such an incompetent scoundrel gain half the empire for Rome, and succeed against the very 'best' men of Rome.!?

I have glasses. Stop twaddling and get a city up!

:wub: You just weren't paying any attention whatsoever when the republicks had their belchings out on the tube.

Mal(icious)adict, you ! I'll get you - in the end . Klingon, you may play all the games you would like to; my clemency is well known. It is the Tyrant, Ursus, you must be wary of.

I'm not so convinced that the Romans (particularly, the elites) believed so much as they wished to be seen as believers. This tends to keep the deck stacked properly. I feel that the elites had a philosophic, rather than a religious bent.

Cont'd Cicero: Whozz Zeke? MPC: Get him for the job.

Pay attention to MPC, my personal hero. You never know when the deluge will hit.

O., welcome aboard.

god-Consul Edict. Keep it going! The Pater Arcanae is enjoying it!

If one takes a good look at de lay's face, it will be abundantly obvious that he must take the mercury cure.