Rameses the Great

Zeke there is nothing wrong with loving history I know exactly how you feel. I live in Pittsburgh and everyone in my school ridicules me for likeing it too. I just tell them, "those who do not know their past are doomed to repeat it!"

Its nice to meet you and I hope you to see your posts around soon.

I would have my legionaries throw their pilas before charging, and try to kill as much as I can. When they kill as much as possible have them shoot the gap and try to hack through the center of their line. While they are occupied have the cavalry flank them from the sides and route them.

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I don't mean to be rude at all but maybe you should have a bit more respect for a man, before discrediting his achievements. In the process you are saying that he did not change for the better he changed for politics. And even as you are entitled to your opinion, I must remind you that I am entitle to mine.

Constantine would not have done it for only political reasons because all the other emperors were pagans. What political reasons would we have for him to change faiths. Why would God give Constantine's wife the direction to find the cross if they did not really change faiths for the changing to Christianity. For us to say he did it soley for political and self-ambition is absolutely untrue. He would have lost his throne but he believed against everyone that he was under the influence of God. Like it or not he did spread Christianity to the Roman world, and it would take more than political reasoning to change that.

Nice, thats exactly what I am looking for. Great saying. :)Feel free to say anything its wide open to anyone and any 'ancient saying' Although I will only post one once a day.

Let them hate us as long as they fear us. --Caligula

Well, I'll try to answer this the best I can. They were very similar. The Dacians were semi-civilized while the Thracians were fully civilized. The Thracian religion was similar to the Greek and Macedonian religion. They are similar though many Thracian units were that of Dacian origin. The falxmen was adopted by the Thracians from the Dacians. Dacians were ancient Thracian people living in Moesia near the Alps. The Dacian God was named Zalxomis, who has many references in Greek text. The problem is their God took on Celtic characteristics. Thracians were more on the Greek side of influence while the Dacians would be more Celtic. The Dacians would have heavy swordsman, while the Thracians would have sperman similar to Alexander the Great's in his hay day. I hope this answered some questions, and if anyone would like to correct me feel free.

Ok, I can do this. Why did he convert for political reasons. He would have been ridiculed, dethroned, and killed. If this is your idea of a political reformation. GEEZ O MAN! He knew the risks of doing this and did it anyways. As athenian1771 can realte too, he shaped the way we do mass. One side of the congregation says something and the other replies to it. He saw all of this in a dream he had.I'm not trying to0 make you believe what I do, but don't say he did this for political ambitions, because I can tell you now he did not.

No, you never mocked me I respect your opinion just as you respect mine. Its just that politics were a big thing then, and that does not determine how righteous he was. He never exploited Christianity. The problem is that many do not know the story behind the man. He prayed to God, and God granted him a victory. If he was so ruthless, why did he not trust a pagan God. You have to understand that he could have got the death penaly because absolutely no Christian was safe at that time. His daughter was healed by an Alexandrian monk, and then he knew to change faiths. He did not chage the religion of the Roman empire for self-ambition, he changed because he believed that this was the right religion.

I do not mean to be rude by any stretch of the imagination. Its a great site, with a lot of great starting topics! I can never dicredit anything that can be made in such a way that you made that site it is indded remarkable. It just seems a bit too colorful. When people are going to come to your forum, of course they may not have the same opinion, but they are just mainly there to jump into historical fact. I've seen your site and don't change it for my opinion. Trust me hard work pay off for itself, and your site is no exception you will get a lot of people. Jay you are a great guy and will have many people attending your forum. P.S. whoever could make such a nice forum must be very intelligent. My mother is a network programmer and she would be envious of this!

Were you guys watching the Black Knight. I love that movie its hilarious!

I do believe undubtedly though the Spartan hoplites are the best units in the game. THeir description says, 'these men are taken from infancy and trained to be great soldiers. They are the perfect troops and nothing less.' Thats enough for me.

How many times must I stress this guys. Constantine was evil BEFORE, converting. He became Chritianized and was willing to convert. Remember, he and only he was the first emperor not only to allow Chritianity, but to make it the official religion and be the first Christian emperor. Keep that in mind. also it was at time when any Christian would be killed. Wouldn't Constantine change it if he strongly believes in this?

Ok in my culture Constantine was a holly man. Its a shame that the biggest lasting image of him was beeing an evil pagan man. He was Christianized and became a holly man. Kind of like George Foreman. He was bad and beat the crap out of everyone, until he turned a new leaf. Same thing with Consatantine, you may think he was selfish and undiginified but you don't know the story behind the man. Can someone come under the influence of something and change entirely with honesty. Of course and he is no exception. Christianity began in Alexandria, Egypt. His daughter was ill while at Egypt, and she was about to die. After a monk healed her, Constantine vowed to switch to Christianity. He destroyed pagan temples because they were 'evil,' and did not comply to what he was intending to do. Not for his own real estate guys.

I love the hoplites! I love beeing Egypt with the pharaoh's spearman, bowman, and not to mention the desert axeman meant to hack throught the Roman legions! Its a great game that produces accurate scenarios...hmm...only if everybody in this forum agreed to it beeing good.

Ursus, he turned a new leaf and became a good person. Who else spread Christianity to the Romans, Fabio? He ordered the destruction of pagan temples, and made everyone a Christian. They loved Constanine so they would surely listen to him, or else He may not have removed it from the Westerners but he did in the East. He had a vision of God, and he guaranteed him a victory and he granted him a victory. Or did Zeus tell him to spread Christianity.

Guys that was BEFORE he became Christianized. God came to him in a dream to tell him to make his nation Christian. If God came to him to spread the word, why would he in turn spread paganism. Remember he was Orthodox not Catholic. He was strict and before a battle prayed to God to give him a victory, and he did. I'm pretty sure after that he destroyed pagan temples, not created them.

Ahh Jay you seem like a great guy but it seems a bit tacky. My allegance stands with the UNRV History site. INVECTA ROMA!

No, in most I see posts like 'if I met Hannibal I'd shake his hand and kill him. And then they would answer 'I'd bring him back from death, shake his hand and shoot him again.' No puns intended of course.

Did the Romans have some form of a catapult or some kind of things to throw huge racks basically. Did they have some form of a catalpult trireme?

I don't use it for historical information. I use it for game cinematics to see how scenarios would have played out. You guys may think that this is where I get my information from, I don't. I get it from books at my local library to see the details of the battle. Games are not meant to teach you a history lesson. Instead they are used for fun, yes, but mainly used to bring you up close to the battles, and how it would have been fought out.

I know, I just wanted to reiterate to what you guys said. You are very intelligent people and you guys same the same views I do. Its just for some of those people out there that do not realise the true story behind it. If they saw the reason for the cruscades it started over religion. I really like you guys because I finely found people that know their history. Remember, "those who do not know their past are doomed to repeat it.

Of course paganism never came back, after Christianity. The reason you still see some pagan monuments is because they would not destroy everyhting. The Byzantine Empire was especailly strict because of their Orthodox beliefs. After Alexandria became Christianized they destroyed anyhing that coul be 'evil' to their beliefs burnin sculpures of Ra, etc. This sent a precedent for the rest of the Byzantine Empire. Remember Constantine was strict on Christianity. I'm pretty sure it was snuffed out as soon as he came into power.