Primus Pilus

I'm with Doc. The rest of you bastards should just try to imagine for a moment if you had Matt Millen as your team's general manager. The pain shooting through your cranium will ease if you allow yourself to see the humor in the futility and ineptitude (or just drink alot).

Because the Lex Villia only established minimum ages for magistracies and confirmed a bi-annual separation between eligibility for minor magistracies. Neither Livy or Cicero (in relating various references on the post Sullan version of the law) claim that the law impacted Consular election (other than minimum age). Develin in "Patterns in Office-Holding, 366-49 B.C." and Astin in "The Lex Annalis Before Sulla" also do not mention a 10 year Consular gap in relation to that law. From Livy book XL, XLIV:

A valid theory. Couple this with the disasters in Hispania, it gives the electorate reason to overlook the Lex Genucia and allow the loosely established precedent. Does Astin discuss Hispania as a catalyst?

Unfortunately Theodora, this thread has been dead for some time and I doubt the original participants will be back to debate the issue. For the record though, the religion in question throughout this thread does require a certain reliance upon the written word, so "belief" in one thing or another is entirely subjective to individual perspective. Regardless, this post reminds me that I never did read the Jesus is Caesar book despite my best intentions in this thread.

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Its fairly clear we are heading towards a major split between Vorenus and Pullo. I was a touch surprised that Pullo did not join Octavian as he left the city, but I suppose it was important to build up the friction first.. Somehow I presume the presence of Vorenus' children in the camp of Octavian will eventually allow the two to reconcile though.

I'm talking about the Roman influence on Germanic tribes as suggested in the topic title. I can't speak for everyone else though. Some of the people who have posted in this thread (I refuse to reveal their identities for fear of retribution) may or may not have been under the influence of mind-altering frankincense and granulated amber.

It would require another complete playoff breakdown by Manning. I'd say the chances are fairly good. I just hope the game is as exciting as the entire playoffs have been so far (save for the crap NFC championship game). See what happens when a traditional patsy like the Saints advances too far beyond their normal ineptness.

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I think Peyton will put away the terrible luck in the playoffs especially again the Patriots. If he doesen't then just never mind. I think old coach Mora will have a talk to them about the playoffs if the Colts lose again. It's not terrible luck, he just blows when it matters. I still have a bad feeling that the Colts will win in spite of Manning, but I'm pulling for Brady. As for the NFC, as much as it pains me, I have to hope for Chicago to win. I'm not looking forward to yet another ridiculous tribute to a city built below sea level. While it's not fair to hold the sappiness of the media against a fairly exciting (and relatively young) team, I am hoping to avoid the eye-rolling entirely.

I hope the season doesn't end with some sappy reunion, considering that throughout the entire first season Vorenus showed little to no interest in his children anyway.

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Severus also praised Pertinax because his rival Pescennius Niger had been called upon by the people to avenge his murder. Severus needed to make quite clear that he would also deliver on that request.

That's just silly, everyone knows that all the Germanics gathered and traded amber with Jewish merchants in order to secure the necessary quantities of frankincense. In order to maximize wagon space, the Germanics ground it up before delivery. By complete accident, they soon learned that if they snorted the amber powder, it would provide much the same effects as modern *iagr*. If they happened to get a piece with an old petrified mosquito in it, it would make them hallucinate as well. Unfortunately, in that hallucinogenic state, the poor wild Germanics couldn't tell whose mate belonged to whom and this led to a massive baby boom. Undoubtedly, this was a direct cause of the Germanic migrations that ultimately ushered in the fall of the Roman west. Clear and ironic evidence of Roman decadence (lust for frankincense) as a direct cause for their own demise.

Perhaps the following is not quite the same issue, but Vespasian praised Claudius along with building his Temple. Claudius has hardly been as reviled as Commodus in the historical records, but the bulk of the senate surely had little endearment for him. The similarity lies in the need for Vespasian to legitimize his reign and identify it with the Julio-Claudians. Clearly associating himself with Nero (whose reign had obviously been the cause of civil war) would not have endeared him to many, but Claudius at least was respectable. Here we have two "usurpers" in Vespasian and Severus who both attempted clear identification with the preceding dynasties. Vespasian was even buried in the mausoleum of Augustus alongside the Julio-Claudians. This act not only identified Vespasian with the previous dynasty but also secured that same identification for Titus and even Domitian. The only other example of a dynastic change until the time of Severus was that of the Flavian to the "Antonine/Adoptive". Here we see no praise for Domitian from either Nerva or Trajan and very little connection at all with the Flavians. However, despite the apparent abandonment of the Flavians, it is interesting that Nerva was a member of Domitian's court, and Trajan was a loyalist who had attempted to quell an earlier rebellion. While it's obvious that Trajan's adoption likely prevented any thought of civil war among other generals, such as occurred in AD 69, Trajan's adoption as a Domitian loyalist might or might not also be an indication that the legions were not pleased with the assassination of their benefactor Domitian.

There were at least 3 imperial legions throughout the occupation (so roughly 15,000 to 18,000 men): II Augusta and XX Valeria Victrix were there from the Claudian invasion onward and the third legion was split between VIIII Hispana (through the Boudiccan revolt) and VI Victrix (after). There was a 4th legion (II Adiutrix) that was present during Agricola's campaigns but it was relocated after his recall by Domitian. It would be fair to assume that there was at least an equal number of auxilia present and active, and perhaps as much as twice as many auxilia to legionaries. These extensive lists of auxilia cavalry, auxilia infantry and irregulars should offer some insight. Assuming an equal number of auxilia for the sake of argument, there was roughly around 30,000 active military in Britain at any given time.

I am sometimes quite oblivious to such subtleties, but my guess is that you're right and it was simply a matter of the date and general timing. There didn't seem to be any references to the Jewish holiday in the show anyway.

They were collecting her bones presumably to be interred. The William Smith Dictionary entry offers a basic overview... funerals. When the pile was burnt down, the embers were soaked with wine, and the bones and ashes of the deceased were gathered by the nearest relatives (Virg. Aen. VI.226‑228; Tibull. i.3.6, iii.2.10; Suet. Aug. 100), who sprinkled them with perfumes, and placed them in a vessel called urna (Ovid, Ann. III.9.39; feralis urna, Tacit. Ann. III.1), which was made of various materials, according to the circumstances of individuals.

There seems to be no absolutes, but the enormous costs of producing the show, coupled with the intricacies of the partnership between HBO and BBC have led many to believe a 3rd season is almost an impossibility. After HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht confirmed that Rome season two would air on HBO in January 2007 (way back when season one had only aired a few episodes), he also stated that there would not be a 3rd season. However, since then, there has been no further confirmation by anyone involved and the HBO people apparently won't comment.

Sorry, I was not clear. I intended to promote the idea of Commodus' popularity with the legions as far more important than his popularity with the mob. In that case, the situation was much different from Nero.

95 % of the article is about Pompey's luck , wisdom , reputation and so on , and you are reffering to the last 5% ? The point is very simple - He (who wrote the article) is showing that Pompey was not so great , it is written in every line . Now about the last 5% - The writer is trying to be cynical , that's all . I hope I cleared it . I understand that, but the writer could've made that very suggestion without the inclusion of supernatural influences. Otherwise I tend to agree that Pompey's career included a rather fortuitous sequence of events. However, I also believe that one makes his own luck through proactive advancement of one's own agenda. He benefited from such circumstances, but he had to be in a position to do so in the first place. It wasn't luck that Pompey chose to raise an illegal army of his father's veterans in support of Sulla, but rather a calculated gamble that he helped make a reality. It wasn't luck that gave him the command in Hispania opposite of Sertorius, but rather the weak position of Lepidus and the resulting existence of Pompey's unopposed army. Sertorius didn't die simply as a lucky boon to aid Pompey but rather because of Sertorius' own seemingly inflated ego and the jealousy of his subordinates. Was this lucky for Pompey or the simple underestimation of circumstances by Sertorius' rivals. I suppose such things can be interpreted however people like to, but in my opinion the proverb "audentes fortuna iuvat" (fortune favors the bold) was not intended to glorify the role of luck.