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The military advisor to the show said they knew that they changed the front rank so they had to figure out a way it was likely done.It couldnt be a visual sign because the Legionaries would have there heads down fighting,so it had to be a audible signal,so it was either a whistle or some type of horn/trumpet,they went for a whistle.

Funny Gonna have to try these dance moves out on the ladies

Happy birthday lads :punk:

You scored as Marcus Aurelius. Your attention to duty even when the going gets rough has earned you the identity of Marcus Aurelius. A philosopher-emperor, he used Stoic musings to steel his resolve against a hard lot in life. You know few years of peace, and believe the only final answer to the empire's problems is a complete conquest of Europe. Despite this, you are probably one of the most human and thoughtful emperors in the history of mankind. Hail Caesar!

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Screeny of the new Princips with the 6.1 patch.

Ahh,thanks PP

Does anyone know whats happened to the RomeTotalRealism site? Im just getting this.

The Belgian's in the colonial Congo were really brutal to the local populace,even using people for target practice but it was when Rubber became popular that the Atrocities really started. Congo free state Genocide

I thought the Saxon way of war was all about the shield wall I would like to see that happen In the English civil war when the soldiers were armed with pikes,they would often be units with only 100 men or so in them.This made them more manuvarable,all they had to do was raise pike take a step left or right and there facing the enemy again,making them very hard for the cavalry to flank.Couldnt these smaller formations have been used by the Greeks?

Sorry to hear about your chicken LW,couldnt the vet sort out the mite problem?

I thought it was the Australian Government who took the children from there families?it must of been if it was still happening in the 60's.

Welcome to the forum darkwan,your English seems pretty good to me m8.

I hope Vorenus doesnt join Pompey,it would kind of spoil it for me to split him and Pullo up i like the camaradery between the two of them.I thought when Ciaren Hinds was marching to the party with his Lictors he had a real look of Caesar about him,to me anyway.When the Lictor banged his Fasces on the door i thought it was a Bren gun,LOL .

Hows it going LW,we need a progress report

He's a fine actor,but i dont think hes portraying the great man very well.But thats more to do with the script than the actor.What do you think of the other actors portrayal of the characters? i like Mark Antony's actor James Purefoy and i think Polly Walker gives a good portrayal as Atia.What do you think of Kenneth Cranham as Pompey Magnus?

Victory!!

I liked the scene with Atia deciding who gets to kill who, if the mob get into the house I thought Pullo gave Vorenus some sound advice with regards to the lady's he cracks me up,i hope the Roman Army was full of Legionaries like him.I just wish we were seeing more of Caesar,hopefully he'll be in future episodes a bit more.

The Romans took Mastiffs from Britain back to Rome with them,i think they used them in the arena's.

Looks good Skarr,will it be available in UK bookshops?

WOW,thanks Viggen i made that post nearly a year ago Thanks m8,Longbow

01 The British Empire and Commonwealth The greatest extent of the British Empire was achieved between 1918 and 1922. The figures exclude the eastern seaboard of the United States, which became independent long before the British colonial expansion of the 19th century. 14,157,000 sq. miles (36,666,630 sq. km.) 02 The Soviet Empire The Communist states were never entirely under a single ruler - Although Josef Stalin probably came closest 1948-53. The main division was between the Soviet Bloc, led by Russia, and the Eastern Bloc, led by China. The area given for the whole Communist world does not include later, semi-nonaligned states such as Angola, Tanzania, or Laos. The entire Communist world 13,800,000 sq. miles (35,742,000 sq. km.) The Soviet Bloc (incl. Cuba) 09,883,591 sq. miles (25,598,500 sq. km.) 03 The Mongol Empire The greatest extent of the Mongol hegemony was reached in roughly 1238-68. 12,800,000 sq. miles (33,152,000 sq. km.) 04 The Spanish Colonial Empire At its largest reach, roughly 1740-1790 Spain controlled about half of South America, more than a third of North America, and had significant holdings in the Pacific basin. 07,500,000 sq. miles (19,425,000 sq. km.) 05 The Russian Federation Russia is, of course, a subunit and the core of the Soviet Empire noted above. Even in its reduced state, it is still by far the largest single state on the planet. 06,592,000 sq. miles (17,073,280 sq. km.) 06 The Fascist Axis The Axis powers of the World War II era were never under a single ruler, they were a group of three major powers and a handful of minor ones. Some of the lesser states were, in fact, only nominally associated with the Axis, owing to the needs of defence against mutual foes (as in the case of Finland, which I do not include), or outright intimidation, as in the case of Thailand (which I do). Japanese territory and conquests 02,864,000 sq. miles (07,417,760 sq. km.) German territory and conquests 01,420,000 sq. miles (03,677,800 sq. km.) Italian territory and conquests 00840,000 sq. miles (02175600 sq. km.) Other Axis allies 00249,800 sq. miles (00646982 sq. km.) total 05,373,800 sq. miles (13,918,142 sq. km.) 07 The Caliphate The Early Caliphate was a remarkable thing - a vast stretch of territory spanning Spain, North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, and much of Central Asia: all of which absorbed by Arab conquerors in a bit less than 100 years. Too vast to be stable, it began to fragment less than 200 years after. 05,100,000 sq. miles (13,209,000 sq. km.) 08 The French Colonial Empire The French colonial experience was primarily within Africa, although there were significant territories in Asia and the Americas as well. The figures do not include Quebec or Louisiana, long lost before French colonial expansion in the 19th century. 04,863,000 sq. miles (12,595,170 sq. km.) 09 The Chinese Empire Modern China is somewhat smaller than the figures show - they indicate the approximate size of the state governed by the Qing Emperors during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which included Tibet and Mongolia as dependencies. 04,300,000 sq. miles (11,137,000 sq. km.) 10 The Portuguese Colonial Empire At it's greatest extent, c. 1815-1820, Portugal controlled major territories in South America and Africa. Like many other colonial powers, Portugal had held a previous empire (centered mostly in Asia) which was lost. 04,000,000 sq. miles (10,360,000 sq. km.) 11 Dominion of Canada Canada is a subunit of the British Commonwealth and, as an independent state, the second largest on earth at this time. 03,849,000 sq. miles (09,968,910 sq. km.) 12 United States of America The figures reflect the United States at its greatest territorial influence, circa 1915-1934, when it controlled not only the Philippines, but also had occupied Haiti. 03,746,087 sq. miles (09,702,365 sq. km.) 13 Federative Republic of Brazil Brazil is the major subunit of the Portuguese colonial empire, and remains today the fifth largest state in the world in terms of territory. 03,300,000 sq. miles (08,547,000 sq. km.) 14 Commonwealth of Australia This continent-sized land mass hosts but a single state, one which is significantly larger than all the great empires of classical times. The figures are for the period 1918-1975, when Australia administered Papua and New Guinea. 03,147,700 sq. miles (08,152,550 sq. km.) 15 The Persian Empire This is the oldest of the super-states listed herein - it is the vast empire successfully held off by the Greek city-states in the 5th century BCE. 02,382,000 sq. miles (06,169,380 sq. km.) 16 The Seljuq Empire The Seljuqs were a Turkish people who established a Middle Eastern Empire in the late 11th century CE. It swiftly fragmented into more localized spheres of influence, notably in Iran, Anatolia, and the Fertile Crescent region. 02,300,000 sq. miles (05,957,000 sq. km.) 17 The Roman Empire The Romans were at their greatest extent in the early 2nd century of the Common Era, when Trajan briefly annexed Mesopotamia. 02,200,000 sq. miles (05,698,000 sq. km.) 18 The Ottoman Empire The Osmanli Turks established a state in Bithynia which eventually grew to encompass Anatolia, the Levant, the Balkans, North Africa, Crimea, the Caucasus, and western Arabia as far south as Yemen. 02,160,000 sq. miles (05,594,400 sq. km.) 19 The Macedonian Empire Alexander the Great briefly established a vast empire on the carcase of the Persian super-state (#15); but it fragmented almost immediately after his death. 02,100,000 sq. miles (05,439,000 sq. km.) 20 Mexico When Mexico became independent (first as an Empire and shortly thereafter a republic) in 1821, it inherited a vast stretch of former Spanish claims reaching from Nevada to Costa Rica. The figures are for the period 1821-23, after which Central America broke away. 01,890,983 sq. miles (04,871,733 sq. km.) 21 Almoravid Empire The Almoravids were a western Berber folk who boiled out of Mauretania in the 11th century, to rapidly encompass all of northwestern Africa and about half of Spain-Portugal for a brief time. Establishing a radically puritanical sect of Islam, and founding the city of Marrakesh in 1065, they were at the height of their influence c. 1105-1145. 1,500,000 sq. miles (03,885,000 sq. km.) 22 Timur's Empire Timur the Lame was a tribal leader of Mongol extraction who set up a Middle Eastern empire centered around Iran in the period between 1380 and 1405. 1,445,000 sq. miles (03,742,550 sq. km.) 23 The Mughal Empire There have been large, centralized states on the Indian subcontinent for a very long while - the Mughal empire in the latter half of the 17th century probably achieved the greatest size, although the current republic isn't much smaller. 01,425,000 sq. miles ( 2,294,250 sq. km.) 24 The Seleucid Empire The Seleucid state was a successor empire to Alexander's Macedonian Empire (#19). At it's greatest extent, it reached from western Anatolia to Afghanistan. 01,325,000 sq. miles (03,431,750 sq. km.) 25 Argentine Republic Aside from the Andean highlands, Argentina encompasses all the southernmost reach of South America. 01,073,400 sq. miles (02,780,106 sq. km.) 26 Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is a vast semi-arid region of central Asia, and a subunit within the Soviet Empire up until its independence in 1991. 01,052,090 sq. miles (02,724,913 sq. km.) 27 The Ghaznavid Empire A Mediaeval state within what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, portions of central Asia, and eastern Iran. It's greatest extent was in the early 11th century.1,000,000sq.miles(2,590,000sq.km) Longbow

Concrete Ball bearings (my favourite ) central heating roads(before the Romans came there was only tracks) Trade, with the rest of the Empire Law Longbow

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