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You do know that the romans rebuilt the city later, on top of the old one? Where are you getting your info/pictures on the punic city? Antiochus III

I also find it disturbing that many people ACTUALLY SUPPORT the Patriot Act. People are constantly saying that we are "free" and that we ned to spread "freedom" to other people (like in iraq), but then they turn around and support the Patriot Act which basically takes away our natural rights and freedoms. ALSO: are the citizens of iraq more free now that US troops are standing on street corners and dropping napalm on their cities? are they more free because they have checkpoints to pass through on their way to work? Answer that, operation "iraqi freedom" supporters. Antiochus III

Could be Bob Barr. I don't care if former Patriot Act supporter Bob Barr is now calling himself a Libertarian, he would never get my vote. Not posting this link because I'm in the Obama camp (I'm not), but because the blogger expresses my view of that distasteful phony, Barr. -- Nephele You support libertarians? I'm surprised that most of the people here at UNRV are republican, libertarian, McCain supporters. Don't you see that unchecked capitalism and privatization are major causes of hardship and poverty as well as so many other world problems? just becuase a few snobs get rich out of it doesnt make it a good thing. And don't even think about mentioning the "trickle-down" effect--that's utterly preposterous. Antiochus III

I'm reading that chapter right now!! It's great, too. Good recomendation my fellow Antiochus! Antiochus III

Thanks. ATG

Hehe. Funny. Antiochus III

I'd be worried if I was one of those brits. An earthquake of that strength would have little effect on the US, but heck, it might have taken the UK right off the map! I doubt anyone could even locate it if not for magnifying glasses. with every water spout that rolls on by it takes away a pretty high percentage of british land. if a decent sized one comes knocking the whole thing'll just be sucked into the vortex. Antiochus III

Cool! I love mysteries. could the ditch have anything to do with a possible foundation for a building? maybe it was abandoned because they lacked the finances to construct it? keep us up to date. Thanks for the info! Antiochus III

I have read Adrian Goldsworthy's "Cannae" as well as his "Punic Wars" and "Roman Warfare." In these, he lays out the order in which major events during the battle played out. He also includes several diagrams which show the phases of combat. In these, he shows the infantry line being pushed back, breaking, the roman infantry advancing through the gap in hannibal's line, and african reserves close in on the romans BEHIND the main line where the romans were pushing through, and then the routing gauls and iberians return to close off the front, while the cavalry close off the rear. However, in everything else ive read about the battle, (mostly online sources), it shows the main infantry line of Hannibal bending back but not breaking while the africans went around and hit the flanks of the roman legions and alae. Does anyone know FOR SURE what ACTUALLY happened? it seems more likely that goldsworthy's theory is better from a military strategy perspective, but I need to know for sure. Thank you for your expertise on the topic. Antiochus III

How did you guys get pictures for your profile? I tried but it didn't work. Thanks. Antiochus III

Now for another question: when did the parthian empire begin, and when did it become more powerful than hte seleucid empire? when did it bcome a major threat to Rome? I guess im looking for a timeline or something i guess. thanks for the help! Antiochus III

How were consuls appointed/chosen in the empire? were emperors automatically consuls? how many could htere be at one time? Antiochus III

This is interesting. When did Judea become a client state to Rome? I read in what appeared to be a rather poor article that the Romans "took control" of Judea in 164 bc but i don't know what actually happened. i realize that rome took control of places long before they actually provinced them, but surely 164 is too early, right? Antiochus III

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I would like to know how the romans recorded dates and such. Did polybius write down "cannae happened in the year 400 r.s." or did he say cannae happened in "the seventeenth year in the cycle of the moon." I've always wanted to know how historians arrive at specific dates, and/or change dates from the Roman system to the modern system. Likewise, how do we convert chinese dates to our style? Are there specific jobs involving this? Thanks for the feedback, and I'm sure there are a load of other people who'll thank you as well. Antiochus III

Here in the States, as well as in the U.K. (as you mentioned), the Rottweiler occasionally receives bad press for being a "dangerous" dog. But, actually, it's people who are dangerous when they deliberately breed and train dogs to be aggressive. The problem with the more intimidating breeds is that they do possess the jaw strength to do some real damage if they're trained to do so, or otherwise abused. But I've personally known pit bulls and Rottweilers who are soft as grease and wonderful family dogs. -- Nephele hmmm... okay. well,rotweilers are by nature on of the most aggresive breeds of dogs, and training by humans has very little to do with how aggressive it it. its all in the breeding that has gone on for milennia. theyve taken hte most vicious and brutal dogs and bred them forming a subspecies of crazy attack dogs. therefore, they instinctively are crazy attack fiends hellbent on massacring the entire human race. Antiochus III

I knew that Rome didn't salt the land around carthage, based on archaeological evidence and ancient sources, but guess what? In wolrd history, they actually teach you that. I'm completely serious. No joke. They also teach you that the Romans lost so many battles to hannibal thanks to elephants (since they "hadn't seen them before"), which clearly isn;t true. obviously elepnats played a fairly minor role, and none were even present at cannae. The whole "romans had never seen them before" thing is ridiculous because theyfought and beat them against pyrrhus. well, lost but inflicted casualties. Anyway, i just wanted to point out how mush false crap they teach in many high schools. Antiochus III

Yes. in fact, when they filmed lotr, many people said that when just a few horses were galloping around the ground shook to the point that it was hard to maintain balance. horses could be extremely effective in breaking morale, but if the men were veterans and they kept their heads, they could maintain a close formation and keep spearpoints pointed at the horses. horses will never charge directly at someting like that, and in fact they will never even trample men laying on hte ground. thus, if a charge lost momentum it could be very ineffective. cavalry alone would rarely be able to rout a whole army, because their effectiveness is highly reduced if the enemies are not broken in the initial charge and the men need to fight in a prolonged melee. becuase of all this, cavalry were often tasked with screening and flanking duties, and they could be confined to a very minor role if they were not heavily armored, were few in number, or if they did not carry long spears. It is also worth mentioning that light infantry sometimes were deployed near cavalry to be a supportive unit. Antiochus III

Someone mentioned that its use was limited due to the money required. Just how expensive was it to get all of those things? How dangerous was it for the operators? wouldn't there be excessive risk to the faction's own warship if they used greek fire? Antiochus III

This video was amazing. One thing I would still like to know is, did the spectators do a thumbs up or thumbs down for death? I've heard both but I've never seen evidence either way. Is anyone an expert on this? Antiochus III

also brought us the most powerful empire from 1914-present.

I like that.

Yeah, ive heard that croatoan was etched in a tree. I also think that the indians were not as peaceful as one might think and that they abviioulsy killed or captured some colonists Antiochus III

I disagree. While I personally don't regard Agnes Gonxha She's-Not-My-Mother Bojaxhiu with "unbounded hatred," I think that my own expressed distaste for her anti-condom advocacy in AIDS-ravaged nations (as well as a few other things about Bojaxhiu which haven't been mentioned here at all) is not without reason. It's to be expected that, when compiling a list of "Influential People," the virtues and faults of any particular individual may be discussed -- particularly when the fame of any particular individual might be due to some of those individual's faults having been perceived as virtues. I also disagree with those here who maintain that Bojaxhiu wasn't influential enough to have been included on this list. There are millions of people (not exclusively Roman Catholic) around the globe who not only revere this woman but who also regard her as an influential role model, despite some peculiar, anti-life notions of hers. -- Nephele You seem to be well informed about AIDS and africa. Would you care to inform me about it more? Also, I would be greatly interested on your opinion on whether the AIDS virus is a conspiracy by the US. Antiochus III

Goldsworthy is an excellent historian, and he is well able to explain things both in depth and in detail. I feel like an expert on the punic wars now that i have read his book about them. Also, his book roman warfare is great, and cannae is good also. He definately uses the term subordinte ally quite a bit, at least in those books. Antiochus III