Rameses the Great

It used to belong to the Greeks as a trading post. It may have came under control after the Romans found an excuse to take out the Gauls, either the Hevetii or other tribe, out and set up the Narbonese. One of their excuses was to keep the Greek colony safe so you can kind of see Roman interest in the area.

Ok, thank you. I have a personal question, Pantagthus where do you thing Greece would be if Egypt did not exist? Hypothetically speaking of course.

For some reason not many historical accounts talk about what the Romans wrote on. Papyrus was the first thing to come to my mind, but they are not really mentioned. Stone tablets are another thing but it must have been hard to write and get things across. Greece and Phoenicia used papyrus as their main use of writing but did the Romans? Any comments?

I understand that much of the Greek cultures and traditions were home grown. However during the Mycenean era many buildings and engineering feats came from Egypt. Many Greeks at that time visited Egypt and if I'm not mistaken many were taught there? They were indeed a bit different in their thinking. However their technology and minds were indeed brilliant and above any Mediterranian nation for a long period of time.

That Greek food you didn't want. Mmm.

Oh geez, I tell you what Pantagathus you had a lot of courage to stand up to that guy. You showed tremendous pois. I'm glad you and your wife are ok, and I hope you can get back on track. Stay lucky friend.

I know what you mean. I lose my temper very easily when I talk about politics. An Arab came on a blog and talked about how Copts are 'self hating Arabs.' When I read it, I was down right irate. Of course, I ran her out of her own blog but I regretted not acting with patience like the church tells us to do. I heard a saying that says, "Never get into a fight with a pig, or else you both get dirty and he enjoys it." Although, seeing tflex just down right emberass that maniac, 'we want to kill our kids and you want to build a nation' was quite funny to see. Like it or not, tflex had to speak some sense into that brainwashed guy. Question: If the Ayatollah was the closest to Islam and the Quran if his time how come he told others to murder, encouraged children to commit suicide, and told the Iranians to hate Jews and Christians?

Looking at the casualties, it seems like the Romans did beat them pretty badly. Why after Hannibal's great success in Rome, falter so easily with more men and on home soil in Carthage? I suppose he liked playing that underdog role.

lol, Pertinax, Pantagathus, and Gaius Octavius always do this. It's a pleasure to watch, even though you can't understand the heightened vocabulary. Surreptitious-stealthily; sneaky. :smartass: Oh yeah, congrats on the World Famous thing Gaius Octavius.

Same here! I am usually Greece, and the Roman try to capture my settlements in Southern Italy. I stack them all up around the gates. If there is a gap I fill it completely and if they plan to attack with the rams I anticipate. As they come I stack the entire phalanx along the gate and watch something Greece failed to do, neutrilize Rome.

Yay Pentagathus! Congragulations! Well deserved no doubt, you answer a lot of my questions and clear up any confustion. Indeed, they do have great chemistry.

With the Ancient Egyptians, because they did start civilization as Sumeria did at the same time. If you want to start it on the Middle East go with Sumeria. If you want to go with the influence of the world go with Egypt. (Not the entire world, the Middle East, Greece, Asia, Kush.)

Is it really time to make a 'new' Seven Wonders of the World? I'm content with the ones we have since they are pretty modern. The only thing I would do to the list is put in Stonehenge and take out Big Ben.

In the mid 1900's Egypt had a population of 52.5 million, now it has a population of 78.9 million! They're not adding to the population were multiplying to it! Staggering statistic, during World War II the population of England was 50 million and Egypt's was 12 million. Now England's population is 52 million and Egypt's is nearly 79 million! I don't know what their doing there. tflex, I'm sure you know of the term we give to these people. (Hameer)

So anyone watch the one on Greece, Part 1, last night?

In the battle, the numbers were 40,000 men each. So I can assure you, they lost from some other reason.

Since civilization obviously was not put in the outright beginning of Greece, I am wondering how they attained it. Who did it come from? How was it influenced, and from what nations? I want to know, how did it became powerful and civilized? I am based on it was heavily influenced by Egypt. Some of you disagree, so is there any other explanation? Mesopatamia and Egypt seem like the only logical answers, since Greece attained cilization in the middle of that time.

The new series on the History Channel will be exploring nations including Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It is airing every Monday here in America on the History Channel at 9:00 EST. If anyone is interested in watching it, tune in so we can have a discussion about it. We can divide it among three section: Egypt Greece Rome Egypt aired last Monday and Greece will air tonight. (I think.) Here is a link: Engineering an Empire (Egypt) Engineering an Empire (Rome) Sorry could not find a link for Greece but I'm working on it.

One of the fascinating things I find is the sack of Rome by Gauls in 390 BC. Now why did the Romans lose? Many point out that they panicked and ran at the site of the barbarians. It was said even though Rome did not have the military system we know today at that time, they were still a lot more organized than the Gallic army. If they lost their composure at that battle how did they become so dominant over the once 'superior' Gauls? Did they learn from their mistake, or did they just become more organized? The way I see it is if the Romans had a better army, better equipment, and organization they majorly lacked something. The question is what?

Happy Birthday Longbow! I hope you have a well deserved and nice birthday.

Forgive me for resurrected an all but alive thread but seeing the Steelers suffer than uncorking upon the Kansas City Chiefs was great! 45-7 people saying Ben is no good, riding us out, well this was just a good win. A few other notes: Congragulations to the Titans and Lions for the first victory of their season. Oakland will most likely end winless through the entire season. FVC, your Bears look scary! Best team in football, many teams see them in their sleep.

Apologies for my envy, but Jim Leeland could go jump off a bridge for all I care. Leaving the Pirates out to dry in his hometown, 15 years without a playoff appearance. He can NEVER call himself from Pittsburgh AGAIN. So next best thing for me is that they lose in the World Series, sorry PP.

Yes, I do have Rome Total Realism, sorry do not know who Neos is directing this to. However you said something very true, to us the more historical the more fun. I can't say it any better myself. To know that you are doing something accurately is much more fun. Whenever I play the Roman campaign I love at the end when the Roman general says, 'do not be afraid for we have sharper pointy things then them, oh yes much sharper!'

LOL, well like Lost Warrior I live in Pennsylvania in the Southwest. Since we're pretty much on top of mountains and hills, the temperatures in the summer only get up to the mid 80's. No hurricanes, no earthquakes, and sometimes a little tornado but not severe because were on a hill. The winters however are brutal. It's so cold sometimes it gets down to 10 degrees ferenheit. About -12 celsius not including windshills. Snow is limited but when it is a snowy season like 4 years ago, LOOK OUT!