Antiochus of Seleucia

I'm confused. I looked at how many posts I made today and it said four. A little while later I checked again and it said three. But don't get me wrong, I'm not for quantity over quality... just wondering...

I daresay the original title of this thread was simply 'Nessie' ... Perhaps if those wiley men move Nessie, she could no longer be called the Loch Ness Monster, but perhaps the Loch Dunsapie Monster? It just doesn't sound right. They should just do the right thing and let her go free in the ocean like good Scotsmen...

I would love to be in the caligae of that soldier in the 'Gladius' picture. What's he doin there anyway? Is that in front of a museum or something? He'd make great security.

That is cool. I love it when people find stuff "sticking out of the mud." Lucky.

Pertinax already said they did, but like you I've never seen them with one. Pertinax, please send me a link of a picture with a centurion with a shield.

I know that after the majority of the soldiers were taken to the continent, there was widespread inflation due to lack of money flow, and the brits had to resort to bartering.

"The slashing blows favoured by the Dacians was far inferior to the stabbing motion of our own Legionnaries" Also paraphrased. I think a few of the Generals said similar things though, I believe it. Hey, those Dacian falxes were nasty. If they got you at all it probably meant dismemberment or split down your head. That was one of the few moments in history where the Romans had to use unorthodox armor- gladiator armbands and helmet reinforcement.

According to the vid, he spent most of his life in the military, served as a veteran, accumulated two of those arm-bracelet things, if I remember... a laurel from trajan, and some other stuff. Hey, it's been a while... a half-year is pushing my memory.

I bleieve that is Polybius, I have the quote somewhere on my computer but cannot find it, and you paraphrasing is very very close.

I swear I've never seen them with one! I believe you though.

If I remember correctly, it was found somewhere in Greece. I should watch it again, and write a documentary review... hehe. However, this coming week I am dreadfully busy.

That's why the gladius is so much better: you can keep a tight formation, attack quickly, do major organ damage, and wield it with ease. Speed is the essence of war, and large swords are quite cumbersome.

Everytime I see a picture of a centurion, no matter where, or from what source be it history channel or re-enactments, the centurions don't have shields. They also had to be right there... I mean right there in the thick of it all to watch for acts of bravery, give orders, cover wounded, and hold the line. IF you ever have the chance, watch the action packed documentary; Life and Death in Rome: The Legions Fortunately I taped it, but I can not find it anywhere to purchase it. It is awesome. It follows a legionnaire, Maximus. Archeologists found his grave, and they use the decor on his grave to try to piece what his life was like in the army. There is some good stuff on centurions in there too, from training to battle.

Most definitely! A usual skill was bashing the enemy with the shield to throw him backwards.

We should just get the whole myth over with and drain the blasted lake.

I believe the modern English term is Segmenta, but in Latin it is Segmentata.

I know how to catch Nessie! We shall throw in many Scotsmen marinated with whisky into the drink. After Nessie consumes too many and becomes drunk, she will float ashore where we can capture her! Why no one else thought of this preserves my indefinite intellect.

Chainmail is very heavy though, so it has it's disadvantages too. I believe the auxialia wore the chainmail. How well would chain hold up against an arrow/spear?

Why is Mao Zedong on there? That guy was an idiot. He is in Encyclopedia Idiotica for only killing 20 - 40 million people of famine because he moved most of the farmers off their land to try to start an industrial revolution that could not be sustained. So much for a great leap foreward! Ok, I'm done. Edit: Way to go me for bringing back some old topic! Hehe. I should pay more attention to dates.

It's quite possible he figured out that if he works hard to advance his empire, people for generations to come will look up to him. I think it worked. Many frontier generals who rebelled thinking they could take over the empire are generally frowned upon because all they did was weaken order and stability. The one thing I think Augustus did horribly wrong was create the praetorian gaurd.

Hehe it still looks damn cool.

No kidding.

My local weatherman said shine, but he's always wrong. biscuits?

I've observerd that the morals were highly valued in the early republic (Hard work, honor, ect.). As the empire grew and essentially became 'rich', those values were tossed aside to partake in satisfying any lust money could buy. Examples of this are in American society today. Early colonists to America, notably Puritans, lived for their moral standards. Now that the US is an established power, the people seem to lax off, just as the Romans did, particularily the wealthy, which led to corruption and civil strife.