Antiochus of Seleucia

I never really went into something like this before. To me, the fall of the west seems best, as the dark ages are quite clearly a contrast from the previous Roman administration. Massive amounts of knowledge were lost over a few generations- Europe wouldn't be as intellectually prosperous as Rome until the Renaissance. Also, people thought differently. Unlike antiquity, one was not as inclined to die for his country anymore- they more or less died for their religion. After Rome, the social structure also greatly changed, slaves not completely slaves, but serfs, ect. I think these factors after the West make a good mark for a new time period.

Excellent pictures! Good historical info!

(Castellano es de Espaňa...)

Ninjiggy. Speaking of which, I should probably post some picks of my rock&mineral collection...

Ahh, just watched it for my Masada project that I am doing for school. Drawn out a bit, I absolutely hated how they portrayed the Romans**, and how the sacarii zealots were goody-two-shoes. I would say it wasn't a very good portrayal of the current situations and social standings. Trust me on that! **(The zealots would never have been able to sabotage the Romanworks that much, the Romans weren't as foolish and ignorant as portrayed. (Hey, if they could climb the wall the Romans built around Masada, poison the goats and run back without being spotted, they should have won!)) Edit: Don't buy the series, borrow it from the library... make copies if you really like it.

I would probably die, as pnemonia would probably be an ancient killer. If I'd survive that, I wouldn't be able to see worth beans anyways. Thanks to modern science I went from seeing four of everything to perfect 20/20.

What's the full name?

Lie prone at the edge of the woods across the street from my house with a paintball gun and wait for the pumpkin smashers and toilet paper throwers.

You guys better supply a plethora of pictures! Is this the first forum meeting?

.:Red Flag:. *Interested* I would love to go, but alas, I would only be able to go during the summer as I am school-bound. As for what one wants to do, I don't mind, I'm up for anything. Edit: It would be possible to leave Friday afternoon and return Monday morning. Risky business though. Also, why does everyone here live in Pennsylvania?!?

Oops. Perhaps they weren't hellenized. Looked at wrong dates. Greece and the rest of the east did use similar fighting styles, didn't they?

Their army was mostly made up of mercenaries. Since the Carthaginians were phoenecians, they probably had phalanx/elephant tactics from their hellenized homeland. (I think)

Russell Crowe

Windows 2000. Only one problem once. Love this OS.

Oh, go to Beloit! Madison.

Aha! Good news. Finally had time to rent the movie, watched it, and will write up a review within the next two days.

What's the status of the trombone? Anyone moon you on the way home? Clarinet No moons.

I will help in any way I can if need be.

Thankee.

Suggestion: Have a list in alphabetical order of each book that has been reviewed on UNRV. Easier to find the review then.

Fascinating!

Does latin have a word for 'smite'? If so how do you say, (name) 'the smiter' ?

I like the mini apple one.

I left during halftime, so I didn't see the final score but we were winning 14-11. Edit: We won 21-17

Valete et plaudite! It had finally come! The night of the big game! Probably one of the biggest events of the year, homecoming is our special football game. I am in band, as you probably know, and the band has been practicing our field show meneuvers for a long time. We spent an 8-hours-a-day week at band camp, and 2-3 hours every Mondey thereafter to learn all the new music, chants, and field patterns for the knowingly ungrateful crowd. You may have heard me complain (poking fun) several times about all the work, especially if we had to brave bad weather. Tonight was the big night, the day we've been practicing for for so long. Sadly it was raining. Hard. We weren't going to quit though; we had come this far. It is a common fact/tradition for there to be scantily-clad men to try to run across the field and escape. It is rather entertaining to watch 'security' tackle and smite these people. They get cited by the police and get a rather costly($100+) fine. Unfortunately, they pick a bad time to do it- during our performance! As we waited in the endzone for the other performers to set a stage quickly in the middle of the field, I resolved to myself that if any of those ba$tards ran near me I would tackle him (Even though I am not really a violent person, mind you). There were sooo many 'streakers' this night, the most I have ever seen at a game. Guys in cow costumes/thongs/boxers, you name it! Right before we started our show, I was to test the strength of my resolve. Some skinny little fellow made it across the field towards our single file of clarinets. Two 'boxer patrol' officers came at him from both flanks. He was trapped between our line and a guy right at his other flank. The only way to make his escape was to run down past our line with an officer at his tail. Unfortunately for Skinny, I was near the end of that line, I had just made a resolve. I won't go into any details as to how I took him down, but let's just say his head wasn't going anywhere. I didn't hurt him, don't worry about that. Yes, I tackled a boxer-clad streaker. Interesting results: I got hugs from some people, and I was asked, "Who tackled the streaker? Tell me his name so I can beat him up!" three different times. My actions will lead me to some murky waters in the near future(next week), but it is a small price to pay for a scrap of justice. I don't mind 'streakers' during a timeout or something, but nobody streaks through this "band geek's" show! :chair: Picture The show was called off halfway through because it started pouring...