Gaius Paulinus Maximus

Oh dear Lanista, I really do think you should get your coat after that one!!!!!

Happy birthday to one and all!! Have a great day guy's!!

Hi Nephele thank you for that information. can i ask you is that the web site link to where you found that from when they died? thank you again Hi Kev, If you click on the link supplied by Neph then it will take you to Smith's Dictionary...... There you enter the name you are looking for in the search engine and it will take you to the the page giving you a brief history of the person in question.

A few quotes from Vegetius that kind of sums up Spartacus and his army.. "A general is not easily overcome who can form a true judgment of his own and the enemy's forces." "Few men are born brave; many become so through care and force of discipline." "Novelty and surprise throw an enemy into consternation; but common incidents have no effect."

I'm pretty sure that there was infact two warriors named Ajax, the one we all know of and a lesser not as well known Ajax. I'll be back later with a bit more info.... EDIT: I was just gonna say that Sylla!!!! Seems like you beat me too it...

I know this is one of those "what if" questions but let's just say that Spartacus stuck to his original plan and made it over the Alps to freedom. Would his band of outlaws have just split up and gone their own ways in order to make a new life for themselves and more importantly would Rome have let them? I don't think so. Personally I think Spartacus knew full well that Rome would never let him escape to a new life across the Alps, that they would pursue him until he was finally crushed and punished for having the audacity to rise against Rome.

For food Vegetius lists as staple corn, wine, vinegar and salt in plenty at all times. The men mostly ate porridge, bread and beans, supplemented by other vegetables and eggs, with meat on the numerous feast days, plus any obtained by hunting. When campaigning they ate hardtack, long lasting wholewheat biscuits. Such hardships were made more acceptable by the way many generals even those of the imperial family such as Tiberius or Julian, shared their troops hardships while on campaign, sleeping on the ground and eating basic rations.

What a total crock of s**t!!!!!

Welcome to UNRV Rompe, I'm sure you'll enjoy it around here. There's plenty of threads about Caligula and Nero around, just do a bit of searching in the Imperium folder and you'll find lots of interesting discussions about your favourite period in Rome. Enjoy!!

Hey Sonic, I remember a while back before the Belisarius book was released, you asked people on the forum which figure they would most like to read about and I believe that Stilicho was quite a popular choice. Glad to hear you're open to the suggestions of your fellow members. Will we get a mention in the credits for inspiring you to write about Stilicho?????? A good choice anyway mate, I look forward to reading it!

Have you read the rest of the series? I've just ordered the latest in the series, "The Triumph of Caesar" It's been over three years since the last Gordianus book so I hope it's worth the wait!

It was a scene familiar from the killing fields of Iraq or the Balkans, but unheard of in rural Dorset. As the earth-moving machine peeled back a thin layer of topsoil, it exposed a tangled mass of human bones.Fifty-one young men had been decapitated with swords or axes before their bodies were tossed into a pit. The heads were neatly stacked to one side. Radio-carbon dating suggests that they were killed between 890 and 1034, when the South of England was pillaged by Viking raiders from Scandinavia. A month after the discovery archaeologists are beginning to piece the story together.......... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle6718631.ece http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...cution-pit.html http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=392948

Way too much information there old boy!!!!

Is the third on the market already? Damn! I just finished the second. It sure is!! It's called Bones Of The Hill

I've recently finished the third book in the Genghis Khan (Conqueror) trilogy by Conn Iggulden, I know he gets a pretty bad press around here for his "stretching" of the truth but for out and out fast paced entertaining storytelling IMO he's one of the best around. Genghis Kahn, Life, Death and Resurection by John Man. Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction by Harry Sidebottom. Currently reading Warrior of Rome: Fire in the East pt 1 also by Harry Sidebottom. Think I might get the book recently reviewed by Ursus called Black Ships by Jo Graham, sounds like quite an interesting read.

I'm glad we are getting another bank holiday, the rest of the UK and Europe have quite a few more bank holidays than we do and it's not fair!!!!! The one day we should definitely get off as an holiday is St George's Day, I just wish this country was a bit more patriotic at times.

Here's last night's show on the BBC i-player, Not sure whether it works outside of the UK though???

A few more pictures from the shipwreck..... http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Ancient-Roma...af83acbb6e81d31

Monday BBC2 at 21:00 Series in which restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time they travel back to the early days of the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, Senator Giles dons a toga while Vestal Virgin Sue dresses in tunics and keeps the fires of Rome burning. Italian chef and cookery writer Valentina Harris slaves away in the marbled kitchen, cooking extraordinary meals, including the stinking fish sauce known as garum. When not gorging on delights from Valentina's kitchen, Giles and Sue try out the popular Roman snack lagana, the precursor of pizza and pasta, while attending the Colosseum.......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ly7by

"During the final battle sequences the slaves drag down burning hay rollers. One of the slaves in Spartacus's army overshoots the end of the run and a Roman soldier generously drops his sword in order to catch him." I knew it!!! The Roman soldiers weren't blood thirsty killing machines at all, they all had hearts of gold and cared about the well being of their fellow man above any thing else!!

Take a look at THIS interview with Fedor, it goes a long way to backing up what you say about the integrity of the guy. I totally agree with you, a great fighter and a genuine guy.

All the best Ingsoc, have a good one!!!

A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene. The trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the fifth century AD, lie more than 100 meters underwater and are amongst the deepest wrecks discovered in the Mediterranean in recent years, the researchers said on Thursday. Part of an archipelago situated halfway between Rome and Naples on Italy's west coast, Ventotene historically served as a place of shelter during rough weather in the Tyrrhenian sea............... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090723/sc_nm/...taly_shipwrecks

Don't suppose you've got any picture's have you Vig???

Do me a favour will you Neph and have a quite word with your 'sisters' I've got to paint the outside of my house at some stage this week but your sisters have been camping out on my doorstep for the past couple of days now and as much as I love and revere the Nephlae they are starting to wind me up now!!!! And it's the start of the school holidays and the kids want to play out! If you can do this for me Neph then I promise I will give thanks and libanations a plenty on Neptunalia!