Rameses the Great

Geez, I tried to go on the forum and the same exact thing happened. Sick people indeed. I say, lets meet them at Brookfordsexinghausen. Where we may ensue a gunfight :2guns: and have Gaius pick 'em off. :sniper:

No matter how many people, how many weapons, and how many supporters in the region I don't think that China will worry Japan. Japan is too industrialized and ready for such events. War now a day is based on economic status, something Japan has and China severely lacks.

You can just about do it all when you hit on all cylinders Viggen.

How is this for a victory on Rome Total Realism (difficulty medium): Rameses has his Greek army in a grassy field with only Thracian infantry (falxmen) and a Hetaroi. I await the Macedonian army which comprises of Thracian infantry (falxmen), Greek Irregulars, Hoplitai, and a Macedoinian general, can't spell the name. Layout was that I was defending and my Thracians were hiding behind a small group of trees. I drew out my general so that the Macedonian general came and charged. Knowing they are vulnerable when charging I retreated and hid behind my Thracians as they shot at them with javelines until impact. The Thracians fought hand to hand until my cavalry came back and slammed and killed their cavalry and general. My main task was at hand as I was able to use my mobile cavalry to attack the flank of the phalanx and to take them out of the battle. I saw the Greek Irregulars coming so I wanted to dispose of them quickly so that the enemy's falxmen would not be as effective. Fortunately only one unit attacked, but unfortunately they were the falx. Not seeing my unit the javelines of my falxmen took down much of their men. As their Greek Irregulars were readying an attack on my flank, I sent my cavalry as relief against the Irregulars knowing the phalanx would not catch up. Quickly the Irregulars routed enabling me to go around and attack the enemy falxmen from behind routing them. The phalanx was close to attacking my cavalry so I had to quikcly pull them as my falxmen attacked them. With the few remaining cavalry I had left, I attacked them from behind. Thusly ending the greatest victory of my entire Rome Total Realism campaigning. Enemy Men: 295 Rameses Men: 95 Sorry, no one was there to appreciate so I had to get it out there.

Columbus Day? Oh yeah, our school does not even acknowledge the event. Why am I not surprised, during an ice storm we had a full school day. Some school board member needs a slap in the face, if you know what I mean.

Man, what is with your school and streakers?

I would say Athens, because they were able to influence others without the use of force. Even though Athens did not have much in terms of military it reflected a bit on their society. The thing I love most about Athens is it just made the best out of the situations. Also the architecture, technology, and government was above and beyond their counterparts.

If the Persians did not care a great deal, why so many attemps? As far as I know Greece was very civilized and had a rich heritage and strategic postions. If Persia ever wanted to conquer the 'civilized world' at the time, then Greece had to have been on the agenda for them.

Did they really care about Asia Minor though? I'm sure if they put effort into trying to protect it, the result would have been different.

The armies of Persia, elephants, chariots I understand. Their infantry seemed inferior and even their best ranks can't combine to Spartans or crack phalanx much less! The Persians controlled the sea so they could have taken what they wanted with all the time they needed. In some battles the full scaled Persian army had difficulty defeating a city state militia of phalanx. If the Persians were so determined and dreamed of controlling the Greeks why didn't they do it? If they had the cavalry and elephants they could transport them to Greece without opposition. No matter how many lands the Persians conquered it seemed they did not have a strong backbone. They only had flexibility and mostly shear numbers in my opinion. Persian army: Quanity not Quality Greek army: Quality not Quantity

I can always remember the Greeks beeing so afraid of hoards of Persians coming into Europe and attacking their frontier. My question is why be afraid? Many times Greeks abandoned their towns to run away when they have always beaten Persians in combat. Although the numbers of the Persians were superior in any battle against the Greek one of three things happen: the Greeks hold out for a long time and lose because of lack of men, the Persians win but lose much more men, or the Greeks win out right. If Greece was united it can easily defeat Persia. Take the planned invasion by Xenophon for example. The Athenians were outnumbered, inexperienced, but since they had actual weapons and actual soldiers they won an astonishing victory. I don't know why they feared the numberical disadvantage so much. They had always put up a good fight, and won the majority fairly easily. I guarantee, you will not find one article that depicts a decent Persian victory against the Greeks without the above mentioned.

Out of all the Indian elephants, the 100,000s of Persians, the thing that troubled him most was a small Phoenician population. Could a motivation have been to fight for their lives? All the Persians did was muster a huge army and fought another day. Also did the Tyrians use shiels and swords to protect themselves? The Persians just used nice purple uniforms with short daggers.

America is way too big to meet in one place. DC sounds good but how about the people in the Midwest and West Coast? I highly doubt my family will go out of their way to take me anywhere unless it is relatively close. Man, I wish I was older.

No, the church did not encourage slavery. It taught equality and that no one is different from the other. There were indentured servants somewhat, that worked for money but they were not 'owned' by anyone. If a person works for someone, he had to be treated well and have had some sort of immediate or along the way reward or pay. Later the Protestants and Anglicans would use the idea of blacks beeing cursed in terms of the 'curse of Ham' by Noah. In terms of was it ever legally allowed in the church, the answer is just no.

Yes, I agree with Antiochus I am interested but have school. Unless it is somewhere near here, I don't know it I would be able to go. Since England is condensed and everyone knows the land it is easy but it's hard here. Maybe we should start to set up ideas about this? I think the question would be who doesen't live in Pennsylvania.

TRANSLATION: It's dead, don't enter.

I have seen some of their carvings in pictures, they seem to be unique. It looks like they borrowed from the Sumerians and Babylonians heavily during their rise to power. All I know is out of all the Middle East nations that arose it appears that the Assyrians seemed the most militaristic and wanting for war. They seem to always come into conflict with Hittites and Egyptians so that is another possibility. The only thing wrong about trying to study them is that they did not keep much of their written documents in tact. Most chronicles in terms of anything written appear to come from Egyptian and Greek sources.

Hey, what did the squares ever do to deserve that?

Thank you, but I'm not sure how the Phoenicians were Hellenized. Was it from conquest, influence, or just a change from the Assyrian culture to the Greek one?

As Plato studied in Egypt, along with many early Greek philosopher's, could it have been possible he made it to be more of a fictional place? It was said the the Atlanteans and Egyptians were allies and in times of disaster they would turn to them for financial support. So could it have been possible that it was made fact by the Egyptians, and then made fictional by some misunderstanding?

Does anyone have any knowledge on the Carthiginian army? Did they adopt ideas such as the phalanx from Greece, and used some of their own tactics such as the elephants? Or was this all originated on their own?

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond Guns, Gerrms, and Steel Website There is a documentary about it on the Discovery Channel.

Good one.

Ah no, it is because it gives superiority to people in Europe. Or do you assume this is correct on your account?

Jared Diamond makes several good points. For example he points out the fertile lands and how they could domesticate animals in Europe. Also how the Europeans were able to manipulate certain resources to meet a militaristic society is well pointed out. All in all it is a good book. However this is just racial garbage, the idea that people are born superior.