G-Manicus

See initial post for rolling 2 week listings Monday 10/22/07 Skeletons of Roman Ashkelon HDT - 2:00 pm Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Ashkelon find skeletons of 100 newborns.

Actually, I PM'd him the answer.

Hey! I'm not the one spewing falsehoods over here, Edith!

Will do! I'll need to compile a list of 64 famous Romans. Ideally, close to half would be from the Republic and half from the Empire. Any input would be gladly accepted. By the way, a couple of interesting later round match ups could potentially pit Romulus vs Remus, Gaius Marius vs Sulla, Cato elder vs Cato younger, Gracchus vs Gracchus, and Livia vs Agrippina the younger.

Poppaea Sabina?

Greetings and salutations! I've had access to this thing for a week or so and have been waiting for something really profound to occur to me to say so that I could post it. Well, welcome to "Plan B." By way of introduction, I'm G-Manicus. G-Manicus being my lame attempt to Romanize my "non de plume" that I use on other message boards, "G Man." And no, I don't work for the FBI either. My first name begins with "G" and I'm a fan of the New York football Giants, aka "The G Men." Fascinating stuff, ay? In any event, a little about myself ... I live in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Been here since 2004. I was born and raised in New Jersey however (hence the whole New York Giants angle). I went to school in Massachusetts and ended up meeting the current Mrs G Man there. And, well, you know ... the whole (makes quote thingy with his fingers) "love thing" happened and I stayed there after graduation. So, 3 kids and multiple pets later here I am. Speaking of my kids, I have a daughter (13) and 2 sons (10 and 4). I coach baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. In addition, my 10 year old plays football and my 13 year old plays softball, so I spend most of my free time at this ball field or that ball field. As you no doubt have witnessed, my command of Roman history is somewhat *cough* ... "lacking" compared to most folks here. It's interesting to read everyone's take on things and add to my meager knowledge of the Roman world. Thanks for having me by the way! I like to have a few laughs and I try to take advantage of my amateur photo-shopping skills whenever I can as well. In case you hadn't noticed. Wink, wink . I almost always try to keep things light, and it is my vow to you that I will never offer anything of substance to this website! Only fluff! On this, you have my word. Speaking of which, one thing I'm toying with going forward is creating what I call "The Ides of March Madness" ... an NCAA style field of 64 bracket to determine the (greatest? toughest? strongest? popular? whatever!) Roman of all time. I'd map out a whole bracket (maybe Republic era types on the left, Empire types on the right?) and then post a couple of match ups per day in a poll format, eventually getting down to 2 finalists (Can Cato even get out of the first round???). Let me know if that sounds like something folks would be interested in. Well, that'll do for today. Just wanted to take this thing out for a spin and kick the tires. Hasta luego. G

Thanks, Kosmo! Er ... I think?

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New additions: Thursday 10/11/07 Treasures of the Deep Natl. Geographic - 4:00 am Explore the waters between the ancient ports of Rome and Carthage for hidden artifacts. Saturday, 10/13/07 Spartacus (1960) Encore Drama - 4:00 am A gladiator slave leads a revolt in decadent Rome and attempts to lead his followers to freedom. Rick Steves' Europe HDNET - 7:30am Next showing: Provence: Legendary Light, Wind and Wine Roman ruins in Nimes; Avignon's papal palace; Van Gogh's Arles; the Rhone. Monday, 10/15/07 What the Romans Did for Us History International - 9:30 am Next showing: Building Britain New farming methods; planning of towns; plumbing. Star Trek G4 Channel - 10:10 am Next showing: Bread and Circuses Kirk, Spock and McCoy are captives on a version of Earth combining the 1960s with ancient Rome. Digging for the Truth History Channel - 9:00 pm Next showing: God's Gold, Part 2 The search for golden artifacts that Romans looted from Jerusalem's Temple ranges from Israel to Italy, North Africa and Turkey. Sunday 10/21/07 Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa Fine Living Channel - 12:30 am Next showing: Rome The marvels of Rome.

Thank you kindly, ma'am.

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Updated. See initial post.

Ix-nay on the atin-Lay for e-May

And with that, The Augusta's pants suddenly burst into flames ...

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Sorry. Didn't make it clear. My company blocks Tinypic. Not sure why.

The Romans all believed that it was the Gods who destroyed Pompeii. They were wrong. It was Peter Brady.

I've been resisting doing MPC because there are no primary sources to confirm that he dressed like a Goth.

Klingan: Unfortunately I can't view images from Tinypic while at work. I'll have to wait until I get home! G

After a hard day's work of executing your enemies, nothing quenches your thirst like an ice cold bottle of Sulla Atrocitas!

For the new Legatus ... Gothius Julius Caesar:

Congratulations! What time do the beatings commence? I have a number of individuals whose names I'd like to have added to the Proscription list.

DING!

*reads between the lines* "Gaius Octavius"?