TonyGee

Caesar 1, the PC game has been released as abandonware. Its a City building game based on Rome where you have to rise through the ranks while keeping the emperor happy. Do it well and you never know you may be the next emperor. Anyhow its a good game and can now be Downloaded Legally from various site's, one of the better ones being Abandonia. Here be the link http://www.abandonia.com/games/738/Caesar.htm Have fun gaming.

The Fictional Unit Is the Oliphant i believe, its from the Lord of the rings movie's, you know those Huge Eliphants they attack with in the 3rd movie? its them anyhow. I think you can only get them via a cheat tho. And Rome Total War is a great game but it isnt nearly Accurate. Have you tried building a True Roman Legion and Fighting with it? its a Lumbering pile of doggie doo. Also some other units like some Chariots and Hopolites/Spearmen work in no way like they should. There are others but its not worth the posting time . this isn't a bad thing tho, remember this is a game and if it was too accurate it wouldnt be half as much fun as it is. Great game, Buy it!

I would adress the Senate and give them 1001 Reasons to give me loads of money.... ( serious answer to be inserted here at a later date )

Have to Agree about the Band Of Brothers, it was quite an exceptional story that for me never had that hollywood Tilt due to it being made for TV. Some of the Battle scenes were exceptional as was the way it allowed you to get attached to a Character through 4-5 eppisodes only to see them killed while manning a hole in Bastogne. Also the Interviews with the men involved in the 101st realy drove home what these men went through to free Europe and save Millions in the process. if you havent seen it do so asap and be gratefull.

It Wasnt for the lack of trying that Rome Struggled to defeat hannibal, He was a great General and military Tactician. Rome needed to stack the deck as it were to beat him. As For taking a long time to defeat some Peoples, well there can be many reasons. Firstly Some terain was easier for the Roman Legions to work in Heavy Forests or Mountains were not best suited to the Legion or its fighting style. Also you cant defeat a people unless they want to be beaten, Sure you can Destroy its armies and burn its towns/Cities but to Defeat them they have to stop Fighting back. I suppose National/Racial Identity comes into it too. And sometimes i suppose the wrong person was the man in charge, while the Roman Army was a great Fighting machine it needed a good Comander to realise its full potential, And sometimes a good Comander was nowhere to be seen.

I dont think The Roman Empire could be reformed in any shape or form, Lets not forget a lot of what made Rome what it was, brutality, slavery, corruption on a huge scale. Rome was built on its military prowess where they were the ultimate threat to any who stepped out of line, with all the modern rules of engagement that would be almost impossible to do. As for the EU i think that its more in line with ancient greece only with the City states becoming Nation states or at least thats how it seems to me.

well im pretty happy In England as things stand, but if i had the chance to live anywhere in the world i would choose Canada. For one i know the form of government is somewhat similar to what we have in England, with it being something of a welfare state. Plus English is one of its main Languages so i wouldnt have many problems getting by in that way. And i like the great outdoors, and if there is one thing canada has a lot of its space. Ya I reckon Canada would be a nice place to live.

I picked Military, while most of Romes History interests me it is the Military aspect that got me hooked on the Empire and its people. The Only Subject i have no real interest in is the Religious aspect's.

I have read that Rome Defeated The Macedonians quite easily through a combination of both Superior Cavalry ( that ones hard to believe ) and more favourable battle grounds. The phalanx was next to useless unless used on flat open ground, or thats what ive always thought.

Bah its nice to be able to do something constructive for the site, Beyond saying stupid things on the forum that is. And i like reviewing games, it gives me an excuse to Play them all day much to the annoyance of my fiancee. and i enjoyed revisiting that old classic

An army dosent need Siege engines to take a city tho, hanibal spent enough time in italy and could have laid siege to the City of rome, its easy enough to surround a city and starve it out. And if a relief force was to appear, well Hannibal had already proven his lack of fear as far as the roman military was concerned. Hannibal was always going to be defeated by someone in the end, once he neglected to take rome it was just a matter of time. ( Disclaimer: TonyGee would like To state that he has no idea what he is on about, but if his rantings stimulate discussion he is happy. also note tonygee is a history Geeeeenius and cant be wrong. Ever! :Disclaimer ends)

ive just started Reading Livius, Titus. A History of Rome and have to say it is an exceptional read ( i take it most users here have already read it ) but im wondering at just how much of the 1st book we can take as fact. Was early Rome Realy as war like as the book states? or was that just part of life for all peoples in that age?. Im only up to section 1.40 so i have a long way to go before i am finished with it, still i thought it was a good read and something maybe worth discussing. A link to the online text will follow, if you guys dont want me linking to somewhere else please just say so and i will stop. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/p...ic/Liv1His.html

lets just hope woodrow treat this site with care, i can see it now... Luxurious 4 bedroom house with ensuite bathroom and Race track.

China Would win through Sheer weight of numbers. they could afford to lose 1 Million men in the war without too much economic hardship wheras a war on that scale would Cripple rome.

Religion wasnt made by gods but my men. Thats says it all.