Gaius Octavius

Rome? Naples? Syracuse?

I wont take it personal but please dont be that brutal. El wrongo! You splatter the bloody, diseased vermin right off the bat.

The problem is, that if a mistake is made, the results will be calamitous. Perhaps not directly related to CO2, but to carbon, the L.A. smog; the prevailing winds from your neck of the woods laying a blanket of sulphur and carbon on the northeast. Not particularly salubrious for the body's organs. But I do admit that the lapdog and 'water' carrier, imhofe, knows what is best for the peasantry. I haven't put Wildroot in my hair, save but once, since 1969. All I had to do was to walk around a traffic circle. My hair always looks as if it exploded after showering.

Well it is just an automated title upgrade based on post count... My Lord :notworthy: : When will your long awaited monograph (in Greek) "On How to Make Romans Feel Good and Make Friends", be published? Your most humble and obedient servant,

Caldrail, although I can't cite it at present, I think that the use of '10,000 Jewish slaves' was highly unlikely. Think in terms of feeding and housing them in a desert. Think in terms of sabotage. The legionaries had the experience in building military (and civilian) structures. Josephus? AoS must be very busy.

QUOTE(Andrew Dalby @ Mar 21 2007, 05:52 AM) "And how was it that Antony's correspondence survived for Suetonius to read? Why didn't Augustus destroy it? My suggestion is that this correspondence reached the Imperial archives after Augustus's death, having previously been the private property of his daughter, Antonia "Minor", mother of Claudius and grandmother of Caligula." How is this 'known'? And why take Antony's word?

For a general overview: http://www.unrv.com/military.php More: http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_Dorst/legio.html

I'm sure that garbage will be very proud of themselves.

Yeah ! And today is his anniversary on the board.

Thank Iupiter for George Washington (and the French)!

What software do you use with the CD-RW? Adaptec.

AoS , Cos., has been enlisted into the Senatorial ranks! Joy to Rome! Time to debag him.

It certainly obviates the possibility of ending a war because it makes it impossible to target command-and-control, dual use infrastructure, and armament manufacture, all of which must be destroyed to reduce the capacity of the enemy to wage war. (As in the case of London, Berlin and Tokyo.) Moreover, if one army uses civilians as human shields, your definition implies that the opposing army is the terrorist, (No it doesn't. Sorry to have written in American.) whereas the reverse is in fact true. You seem to imply that opposing armies are to choose their seconds, don white gloves, and draw pistols by mutual consent. (This implication is between your ears.) These quaint ideas may have some place in children's books, but they have nothing whatever to do with real warfare. (The present success endorses this point.) Well, at least your Latin is correct. (A minimal plaudit from my nemesis! I am honored!)

Sophia, My Lady of the North :notworthy: : Say it isn't so!

Isn't the Pater Arcanae a meanie?

MPC, if people insist on war making, everyone puts a uniform on and have at each other and not civilians. Baghdad, London, Warsaw and NYC are off the menu. Did you ever wonder why Bomber Harris isn't a hero? His efforts (along with the USA's), did little to end WWII and wasted valuable assets. These raids, on both sides ,mostly managed to murder civilians. It might also be said that these raids prolonged the war. In North Africa, the war was said to be a 'gentlemanly war' (an oxymoron, if ever there was one!). Supposedly, neither side mistreated soldiers or civilians. Yet, when a combatant was caught without a uniform on, he was summarily shot. Naturally, I won't say that the people who clamber most for wars, wear a yellow ribbon - on their spines. I really don't see why my prior post obviates prosecuting a war. [ Here, I speak ex cathedra - do I have it right now? ]

Yes, the peasants are always greedy. They need never be bribed or threatened by their lords. They did the 'right' thing, and the bribes were icing on the cake. The just lords did not monopolize the land - the peasants gloried in this. The 'better people' always know what is best for the peasantry. It just takes time - a lot of time. Gracchii, Caesar, Pompey, Senate, Cato, Cicero be damned - no lasting good ever came from their ephemeral efforts. The unending LAWS gave the louts everything they needed or wanted. And this is why the army stayed Italian and fought their enemies as their ancestors did. But then, these churls did not rise up when Caesar was abroad.

For me: When two recognizable armies meet in the field or a city is besieged, and the victor then proceeds to commit mayhem on the surrendered vanquished, that is terrorism. (Tamerlane) When a cult of the discontented attack civilians, that is terrorism. When these cultists, not in uniform, attack men in uniform, that is terrorism. When 'surgical' strikes result in civilian casualties, that is terrorism. What ever 'word' is used for 'terrorism', in the past, the present, or the future, it will still mean terrorism.

Weren't tribunes co-opted by senators for their own purposes? Didn't the patron-client relationship and bribes assure the outcomes of votes? Not always, but often enough to unsettle matters. - Pub. Non. Severus.Thus it was; thus it is; thus it shall be. (G.O.)

M.C., don't you think that the Brits knew the condition of the Black Sea Fleet and the condition of the Japanese Navy and its abilities? Would the Russians leave the Black Sea without a fleet for any long period of time?

Ashcroft wouldn't approve.

Mefeels that that is a 'moot' point or it is a 'moot' point? I guess that that depends on how closed one's alleged mind is. I cannot see that this illustrates a closed mind. I actually applaud the fact that they dismantled the Republic, MPC mourns the fact. We both agree on the agents but differ in opinion. Or is there a case for saying that neither of them did any dismantling? Caesar's and Augustus' biggest contribution to history, in other words, was not what they did in private - that was the point being made. I'll translate my bit of word play: "Mefeels that this is an 'arguable' point or is it an 'unarguable' point?" I believe that the Senate, the 'good beings', and dare I say, the People of Rome were as culpable as the two scoundrels mentioned. Good point AD, we sometimes seem to forget that the Antonian legacy lived on and was an integral part of imperial politics well after his actual defeat. So, to sum up, the absence of proof is proof that the absence of proof is proof!

Wealthy Huns. They are the economic backbone of Italy, and they know it. Don't you know that those beings :alien: eat rice and grass? That's why they look that way. They don't talk good either. :sp_ike:

Five stories! My God! A veritable skyscraper! Had you ever seen such a thing? Are you opening a detective agency now? What is the story with the babes?

What kind of disc? CD-RW.