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    Or a video explaining the equipment, ranks, all aspect of legionary life, etc.....
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    As long as those in power refuse to/cannot distance themselves from corruption these issue will always be at the forefront. And it isn't about right vs. left etc... Its about right vs. wrong. For the most part those who are currently part of the Washington DC/Federal oligarchy DO NOT represent me in any way, shape, or form.
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    Hahahaha Fatboy , they had every right to win it and out of all the battles fought by Rome it underscores the temperament of the average legionnaire. You give him an impossible task and he'll pursue it dogedly until completed. Provided the legions were properly led, they WERE unstoppable. And when it came to seige warfare they were second to none.
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    ...That could of course be the otherway around!!
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    I know there is a list of Consuls, but is there also a list of Tribunes? Or any other office for that matter, i.e. Pontifex Max, Aedile, etc.....
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    Spartacus, you're in Manchester right? No I left Britain in 87 and ended up in the USA in 91. I do go back atleast once every year or so.
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    I think Pompei deserves the title "Magnus", but not for his military abiliities but for his organizational. He was squared away when it come to administration.
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    I'm originaly from a small village called Tintwistle approximately halfway between Manchester and Shefield. While I can't go into as lenghty a description as the above the name was derived from the Roman phrase for the valley of the trees, (Tengetvisi I think). There is an ironage fort on the moors and a Roman fort (Melandra) in the next town over. Also, a town (Mottram) about 2 miles from it was metioned in the 1086 Domesday Book. Longbow, I'm pretty sure it was Edward II who was defeated at Bannockburn.
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    2nd Punic war through to Titus. But focus primarily on 133BC-23BC
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    Augustus NEVER said he was a God
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    Out of all those There are two which standout powerwise. Tribunicia Potestas and Imperium Maius.
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    Yes I like Quintus Fabius Maximus too. His tactics made perfect sense to me!
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    English common law gave rise to 1215AD Magna Carta which provided for Due Process, Priveledge Against Searches and Seizures, and I believe Right to Council, among other things.... Which in turn led to the 1689 Bill of Rights. These two documents laid the groundwork for the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution. English Common Law is based on the Starre Decisis (sp) concept, (Let the previous descisions stand). Which is in turn simmilar to Mos Maiorum I gues!! Ursus, when you talk of the Legislature do you mean the oligarcical, bloated millionaires club called the US Senate?
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    My favorite is when he's prosecuting someone for poisoning his dad with a piece of cake. Cicero delivers his opening, and the accused stands up and says "I'd like to give you a piece of my mind" Cicero responds "I'd rather have that than a piece of your cake!"
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    Interesting face, I wonder if he was the victim of a mugging or vendetta of some kind.
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    Welcome Cicero. Do you know any famous Cicero quotes?
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    I don't see the power of the Tribune as a source of trouble in the Republican period. It was the Senate that was the source of all the troubles. The Tribuneship was the focal point of popular discontent, the voice, and the power to confront obstinacy and corruption.
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    Which title do you consider to have the most potency?
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    Caesar made great use of german cavalry, they constituted the majority during the Galic conquest.
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    I'm 40 going on 25, though the miles make me feel 50!!
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    Interesting sig Skanderbeg, I take it you made it up!!
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    Octavian was not so forgiving as Caesar This could be said sure, but he WAS overall fair. For instance, Asinus Polio was an Antonian but managed to survive through to his lifes natural conclusion. Also, the proscriptions that Octavian took part in were largely fueled by the need to generate cash, freeup land and of course track down the Tyrranicides, (all of which were dead within 3 years of their crime). FYI. Polio once said "It isn't an easy thing to critisize a man who can proscribe." Damn, can't get the quote to work. Its probably me.
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    Ursus, what are you and an Oxford professor of classics? You're posts are always on the ball!!
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    This thread got me to thinking that as a site admin and the author of most of the site's historical content, I should be less anonymous. I originally chose primuspilus because of its obvious command implications but mainly because I simply liked the ring of it
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    Sure Augustus was a conservative at heart but he made it to that position as head of the Caesarian (Populares) movement. He pursued a conservative agenda after 23BC in order to promote Romanitas, thus championing stability.
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