Onasander

Is this for real?

Sulla, for attacking Rome and electing himself dictator. He was the first, nor the last. Blaim him for all that came later, it was people like him that killed Rome generation after generation.

I don't know anything about this code directly, 1SG Valens more likely knows more about it; but in general, I go off the standards of the profiles I see on military.com, I only tell people my Battalion, which is 501st, and post on the net, and my MOS. If they want to figure out more about my identity, they can do the rest of the detective work themselves, cause I'm not voluntarily getting any closer than that. Once I leave my current unit, I'll list my company and combat ther aters I've been to, but not till I'll get elsewhere. The US military has manuals on what to and say do when captured/tortured, but for some strange reason some of the simple basic stuff is classified, so I'm not going to say any on the net without Felix or Valens taking the lead on the subject, and only under thier guidance; however, I will say this, in theater, we are told to trust no-one, especially civilian contracters, and never give them even basic military information that is public knowledge, like the size of a battalion or regiment, what this or that MOS does, manual names, etc. It's stuff I have no problem telling someone on the streets thinking about joining the military, but in war, that stuff can contribute to enemy intelligence.

Are we? The Fraternity of St. Sebastian http://www.christiansoldiers.org/ linked on their site is the works of Bernard de Clairveaux, St. Thomas Aquainas, St. Ignatius, Plato, as well as thier own rule. Their are still practitioners of the ancient ways in modern times on borh sides, but now thier using modern tactics and strategies. Who knows, someday this organization may be the Vatican's version of Delta Force, which will resultingly anger.... well, everyone.

You can make a virtual one on the net, find the best historical sites where you live, and create a series of self-guided tours hooking up with various displays that you can encourage places like your local library or city hall, even businesses to co-oridinate together. No one said everything had to be in one place under one roof. My town does that sometimes.

And his mother?

1. Tocquerville 2. Moses

Robot for me... though I can be quite brutal as well as irriational if the situation calls for it.

Art of War and Poliocretics mostly for most world cultures, refocusing in the west and trying to read up on the old Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. I've hit on Christian Monasticism during roman times, as well as philosophy. Not a expert on anything yet, but will be soon in the AoW area. I'm a big fan of Boethius as well.

I would have to say Pluto, though I like Promethius better, but he was not considered a god.

Well, what does Gorilla mean?

Alright, I'm wrong. Hari Kari, here I come....

Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Ev'ry fiddler had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he. Tweedle dee, tweedle dee, Tweedle dee, tweedle dee, Tweedle dee, tweedle dee, Went the fiddlers three, Oh there's none so rare As can compare, With King Cole and his fiddlers three. I remembered hearing that king cole was a English warlord over northeastern England shortly after the collapse of Roman/ Arthurian power. What truth is there to this?

LooK Did I do it?

Hey, Demson's right... what were you doing attacking them like that, leaving behind a perfectly good defensive position? You gotta be like Neo from the matrix to pull that one off.

I'm embarrassed because I didn't know that factoid about him, it's just one of those things I expect myself to know (my unit wasn't the one that caused the massacre, we started the fad {not counting the time Geronimo did it off a cliff} of yelling Geronimo whenever we jumped from planes, and now, even Mr. Bean does it.)

The plains would be natural recruiting ground, would it not? If he kept the locals in Central Ukrain employed by taking some of the mercenaries, it would not only explain Crimeria's security, but his rapid rise and fall. Calvary/Chariots might of just been a suplimentry support for anti-roman cities fielding largely thier own ntry armies, once they loose numbers, they would loose effectiveness. Also, the roman's could of cut off what I'm guessing would be the superior mobility of the ukranian troops by taking key transportation points. I'm guessing the black sea was central to his mobility, the relying on either a asian or Anatolian calvary force as his offering to support local cities if Rome attacks. If one city is lost, they could retreat to the next unscathed and do it again at practically no cost to himself. Could he transport a large force between Europe and Asia quickly? Doubt it, by a 'successful' ground campaign in asia minor or europe by striking at the passes would be pointless, since he wouldn't be fighting linearly, the ability to pull out and strike from another direction must of been a strength in his opinion, juxapositioning his forces between Europe and Asia, the blacksea as his hinge. Of course, once the defeats started rolling in, everything would collapse against him, public opinion, his main strength, would side with the romans, loosing his cities and infantry armies all at once. I think his Empire was little more than a tributary federation. I don't really know thouh, I just pulled that all out of my butt. Any evidence to support my idea?

1. Ciuitates aut natura aut opere debere muniri. The cities that ought to be fenced eoither with handwork, or nature, or both The community/city/town/states or the nature or to owe to the need to be fortified. In this, I suspect the latin word Ciuitates, which by my translator gives six possible meanings; naturalization/community/city/town/state/citizenship really means the Roman Army Camp; from my understandings, the Ancient Greek ideology allowed them the right to settle down and form their own city-state, military service being the basis of citizenship. The Romans, heavily influenced by Greek and Etruscan tradition, would of followed this tradition. I don

You know, unless he's talking about establishing cities, he has to be talking about a Roman Fortified Camps. It doesn't make sense, number one in both your and my workings have talk of artificial vs natural... Byzantium was on good ground, and still required fortifications. Why would Vegetius write about this? I doubt new WALLED cities were popping so quickly that he felt compelled to write on that subject, but as a advocator of tradition Roman military forms... this would be a concern of his, wouldn't it; To Build your encampment in the open defended by it's trenches and walls, or in a naturally fortified position with little expendature of human and natural resources. Hmmmm, it just seems right. It's a legitimate concern for any commander, ancient or modern.

Hmmm, that's a lot. I not experts with computers. After I download this, what exactly do I have to do? Do I go to my documents or the start menu and do something?

Sorry, I know that, but my brain is wired to the modern demographics in England, but the rest of Europe I think of as Roman, I still call Instanbul Constantinople. I have the right concept, but use the wrong language. It was Scotland to me years before I knew it was Caldonia. I refured to it a couple of posts down as Caldonia, please excuse any referances in the future the Scots/caldonia or tories/English.

This is good, Heron of Byzantium's works are on the net, so I'll be able to compare the vocabulary... he wrote in greek, and you got a english translation you said? I can at least make the language concurrent with his to create thought continuity for internet viewers. Does it discuss the lineage of the work by any chance? You said it reproductions in it, so is there other copies of the book you bought on the net at a reasonable price (under $200)? I have CQ tonight, so I'll be doing comparisions of what you provided alongside my enigmas. I'll send you my address if you can scan and print, I'll make it worth your while.

The only games I've ever downloaded patches on are Command & Conquer games. If I download these mods, will I still have the option of playing it old style as the software company designed it too be? Also, what's so great about these expanded maps? I heard someone talk about more cities, is it more cities per territory? How much farther out do the maps expand? Is it towards India into the Sudan regions, or is it just a little bit further out? Also, any mods for naval forces?

In my town back home, it's funded by the casinos downtown, so nice of them to bring a little bit of class to my neighborhood after destroying it.

Damn, we really don't know, now do we? I don't know either. The topology of Ukraine is primarily steepe, and I'm guessing that a navy was involved. Did he have a marine contengent?