Antiochus III

The only man truly deserving the title great is Antiochus III. Antiochus III

I would like to get an idea of some quotes that you guys like, especially from Roman writers, or military commanders of the time (not just Romans but other commanding officers of rival factions.) Also, who was the first to say "divide and conquer"? Antiochus III

Wasn't constantine an atheist? by the way, someone related to me wrote constantine's sword! Antiochus III

My uncle is a professor and says that italian and latin are more similar than modern and ancient Greek. Antiochus III

I think its pretty clear that the colonists at roanoke island merged forces and or were kidnapped by the croatoan indians. It is interesting though. Antiochus III

Thanks for the feedback, and I think all of your ideas are great!

I'm interested in what you guys think are the five most influential events of world history. I envision this as not including religous events, not because they don't have influence, but because if one does include them, they tend to always be at the top of the list because so many people are religous. I hope no one is offended by this, and I'm interested to hear your feedback. Antiochus III

Mother Teresa&influential should never appear in the smae sentence. EVER. Antiochus the Great

I agree with that. in fact, I would like to see "barbaric" cultures south of the danube, but eat of italy discussed. Antiochus III

I think a discussion about sarmatians/scythians (mainly scythians) would be very interesting. people often view these step cultures as somewhat primitve, but I hardly believe that. It would be interesting to discuss their culture and subculture of the roxolani, and I also think the dacians should have a forum of hteir own. Antiochus III

That was interesting, but actually surprises me little. Edison was more of a business man than an inventor, and was proficient at using other people's inventions and patenting them. Edison's electric company still exists today (AT&T) and has been having a monopoly on energy since edisons time. In fact, it was broken apart in the past, but has been piecing itself together. Antiochus III

You really don't have to be "good" to be influential. I think you're making some decisions based on the good they made for humans. Influence can be good OR bad. Hitler definitely is hugely influential despite the atrocities committed by his government. People that caused much change for bad or good are influential. However, you act like Augustus was very great and "progressed" mankind, and was a good man. Do you really believe that? I also would like to bring up the fact the good and evil is just something that we recently came up with in the greater scheme of things. Antiochus III

How were members of the senate elected? Who could vote? Elections rigged? How was every important official in teh Roman Republic c. 200 b.c. selected? I'm sort of looking for a description of the goverment processes and election processes, and I wasn't able to find it here easily. Thanks, Antiochus III

I was Caesar then Sulla. Does everyone end up having Caesar? It seems like most people tend to have him on their lists. Antiochus III

30 legions? Wow. Were they all full, combat-ready, and not newly raised levies? Antiochus III

From a military perspective, the Byzantines really gradually became their own empire by developing their own types of soldiers, an idea I believe about all civilizations/empires. The Byzantine Empire still had the Roman influence, but it evolved to have completely different types of soldiers fighting in its armies. I still view the Byzantine Empire as Roman in 300-500 A.D. Antiochus III

Adrian Goldsworthy is an expert on the subject of Roman Warfare, both pre and post marius, and has written several good books, like the Punic Wars, and Cannae. Antiochus III

Hmm. Yes. Keep in mind that was a very loose comparison. Antiochus III

Lincoln simply freed the slaves because it was convenient. This is obvious. The imperial United States at the time needed a moral reason to wield its power. The war was fought over issues that have little to do with slavery. In history books, (basically propaganda), they make out the war to be over slavery, and only slavery. They literally glorify the North to no end. I'm completely serious about this. The reason for this is it makes us seem like good, moral people, while hiding our ruthless imperialism, which has been evident for almost our entire existence, and continues today with our illegal war in Iraq. Sounds like Caesar's illegal war in Gaul, huh? In fact, we renamed the dept. of war the dept. of "defense." Ironically, a war has not actually been fought on our soil since the Civil War, so the gov't is just using this name to make the US people believe war is justified, even tthough it clearly is just an excuse to steal Iraq's oil reserves. Antiochus III

What is the name of that one fortress that was taken by the Romans with a giant ramp in Judea around 70 A.D.? It is very large, with steep cliffs on almost all sides, and a thin pathway to the gate. I think I've seen it in a book, but I don't remember which, and won't be able to find it. It seemed like a pretty massive fort, though. Antiochus III

One very intersting thing about the Ottoman empire was that they allowed muslims to be pirates (barbary pirates) and the Europeans couldnt do anything about it till the 19th century. Barbary pirates took many slaves, too. Also, the Ottomans hadthe advatage in the late middle ages of having more scholars and such, with scientific knowledge greater than Europeans. Europe broke out of the middle ages in part because of muslim knowledge, and england and france had small cities, and a limiting feudal society with only a feew educated people. There was a golden age in muslim culture while europe was in the dark ages. But, the ottomans were in steady decline after 1650, andtheir power would never be the same after Suleyman the Lawgiver died. Antiochus III

Great ideas. I actually compared the german invasion of the ussr to Crassus invading Parthia in a research paper because of the great purge, and the moderate instability of Pathia at the time. After carrhae in 53, the commander that dfeated crassus was executed. It just shows that in some cases the terrain/adaptation of troops affects overall outcomes more than strength of armies. Hey, never start a land war in Asia. Ha ha ha. Antiochus the Great

Are you kidding me? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Antiochus

Why did Antiochus choose to fight at a place where his chariots and elephants would not be as useful? Also, what tactic did the Romans use to counteract cataphracts? I heard Antiochus had a number of them at Magnesia. Antiochus III

Carthage. It was the closest to really defeating Rome, and the Roman legacy would really have been gone if Carthage would have won. No other culture after carthage was anywhere close to dfeating Rome on its own, and it only fell because of a combination of external and internal conflicts. Rome's power soared after the defeat of carthage, so carthage really was the last dangerous enemy to Rome. Antiochus III