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Actually all four Gospels of the New Testament were in different languages. These four gospels were different versions of the strory written by different men for a particular crowd - which is why you can see some politics added to the whole thing.... For example the Gospels which contains the story about the centurion was written for the Romans, while none of the other gospels contain those stories. I cant remember who wrote what, but one was a Greek translation, one a Latin, and the other two Im not sure...I think Syrian was one....Guessing the other would have been Judean

To be raised as a legionare, you had to have Roman Citizenship - and im pretty sure by the Time of the Passions that Citizenship was not granted to everyone with in the Empier, but it might have been. Well if it wasnt, troops would be either raised from Italy, or other parts of the Empire that had citizenship, or by Roman colonies throughout the Empire. Either way, I still think they would have to have spoken latin

Caesar may have ended it, but the Republic had died since 133BC with the inheritence of the Kingdom of Perganum and everything that fallowed with the wars in Asia. Greatest Roman in the Republican period (other then Caesar of coarse) I would have to vote for Marius or Scipio, or even Sulla. Marius achievments were great: especially with the war agsint the migrating Germans into Italy, as well as managing to achiev an unprecidented 7 Consulships (most of those were legit) As for Scipio, his achievments to conquer all of Carthage in the Second Punic War are obvious, as well as his contributions in the East with Macedonia. Sulla, another great general, managed to sack Athens for their revolt, defeat and force Mithridates into a treaty, and be the first man to march upon Rome.

Fifty Key Classical Authors - by Alison Sharrock and Rhiannon Ash. This book goes over some of the famous authors of literature all the way back from Homer up through Livy and Caesar and on to ancient historians from Trajan and Hadrians times. It gives a brief synopsous of their works as well as a biography and back ground to their influence. Livy: Dawn of the Roman Empire (Books 31-40) - J. C. Yardley Covers the period including the the after mat h of the Second Punic War, Macedonian Wars against Philip, Rome and Antiouchus III, and the Third Punic War with Cato's Censorship. Plutarch: Roman Lives - Robin Waterfield A translation of Plutarch's biographies on famous people in Greece and Rome. The the original book has alot more, but this book deals with just some of the major figures in Rome(Cato, Aemillius Paullus, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, and Antony) Hannibal Enemy of Rome - Leonard Cottrell A great book going in great detail fallowing Hannibal and the second punic war. There is alot of information relayed about Hannibal, and the Carthaginian Army, the war in Spain with the Scipios, the Invasions and battles in Italy, and of coarse Scipio Africanus in Africa. Scipio Africanus: Greater then Napoleon - B.H. Liddell Hart This book is about the great Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama. It goes through his early role in the Second punic Wars, as well as what he did after Hannibal's death (The Wars in Macedon). This book goes really deep into his generalship and military abilities. Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, Tyrant - MajGen J.F.C. Fuller Another biography of Caesar's life, and mostly his career and military exploits. Also includes quite a bot of background to the whole situation in Rome (Mithridiaic Wars, Macedonian Wars, Spartacus, etc.) The making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire - Lawrence Keppie Basically a guide to the creation and changes of the Roman Army. All the way back from the original establishment under the kings, through the Republic and the reforms by Scipio and Marius, its roles in all the wars, and into the Empire until its fall. For those looking for information on specifics about the Roman military, this is a great start Caesar Against the Celts - Ramon L. Jim

Yeah, its actually ridiculous how many things DiVinci 'created'. Well at least drew sketches and came up with the ideas for. Others that I can think of include the helicopter and the machine gun.

Thanks! No problem on giving the info. I haves tons of it on Rome, and am happy to share it!

Julius Caesar is said to have known about the insignifant fraction of a day in each solar year, but decided not to include it because of the fact that it would no show any real change for such a long time (ie. it only ff by 11 days over 1500 years) The actual Gregorian calender differs from the Julian one in the fact that ever so many years you skip a leap year to make up for that small fraction.

Caesar's reforms and understanding of the solar year obviously points that they knew quite a bit about it. Caesar's main astronomer was from Alexadria....cant remember his name. Also, Ptolomy create various maps and such using astrological signs for distance and precision, and his map are very close to actual land formations

All right, there are actual three Herods referenced in the bible. THe first is Herod the Great. This is the Herod who ordered the slaughter of all the new bron Jews in Bethlahem, in a ttempt to kill the prophesiezed king. He came to power through Julius Caesar after his help in the Alexandrian Wars. He it the Herod involved with Jesus as a baby, and that is all. Herod the great constructed, among other great structures, the Fortress of Massada. Herod Antipas is the son of Herod the Great. In the bible, he is the one who married his brothers wife after he died, and was insulted by John the Baptisist for this, in which he ended up losing his head. Hero Agrippa is the grandson of Herod the Great, through his other son (NOT Herod Agrippa). This whould be the Herod who imprisoned Simon and John in Jersualem. He actualyl traveled to Rome, and stayed with Caligula for awhile.