FLavius Valerius Constantinus

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Well that's what you will get when Christians, Pagans, Agnostics, and Atheists are put into a forum. Next thing you'll know is that Santa Claus originated from Saturnalia.

I suppose it had to do with his early education and forced identity, basically Constantius II and his Christian Arianism was too darn intolerant of past institutions of scholarship, art, history, and any pre-Christian was pagan, which was unacceptable. So Julian probably learned to hate what he was forced to learn when he valued the past. If Christianity was not so intolerant, Julian might as well would have turned philosopher-Christian.

Hmm...sounds like any typical mob back then, so comparing them to the Taliban would kind of be unjustly. Also Porcius, those Churches and monasteries may be worthless then, but now are historical treasures.

What I took Attic Greek and Latin, let's just say that was more than enough proof that the Greeks and Romans had just about the same makeup in language and grammar.

Already saw the movie, it was good because the action this time was so intense and the movie seemed fluid. HOWEVER, that torture scene must have made every male in the audience feel uncomfortable.

Just googled caltrops...wow, they must be Lacedaimonians-reborn if they could stand that kind of torture, almost medieval like. As for the shields, those addendums seem unnecesary. And what is a spring metal?

Think about this Rameses. The paper in question was published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, an organization that cares deeply about materials science, couldn't give a whit about Egypt, and gets far more serious submissions than they could possibly publish. Now what is the likelihood that they're going to publish a paper that is nothing but speculation on the pyramids? It's about as likely as the Journal of Roman Studies publishing a paper on the electrical conductivity of zirconia at 26 degrees centigrade. That is, absolutely zero. Get real. You seriously sound like a Philosopher Cato! Just how you know all these humbles me so much and probably everyone else. Is it part of your vocation? Anyways, Hawass seems genuinely compassionate in many theories about Egyptian civilization, however, it seems that any find or suggestion of something "mesmerizing" is blown out of proportion by him. Some Egyptologists seriously resent his style of involvement in some digs, probably because he's the one who approves what gets taken out or dugged.

From what I know, Magalus is one who leads, but the feminine entity Maglus is the lead hunter, both are probably Celtic or some provincial god/goddess. Nevertheless, I find these curses fun, and if you can read them in actual Latin on the actual tablet, it feels nice.

Verbum exactum cives Londinii Pertinax est! Non id est civitatem. Interesting find, where did the darn head go? And oh, I sure bet there are a bunch of stuff beneath the soil in London to excavate (by the way Pertinax, not sure if you intended to refer to the skeleton as a citizen, Latin 101, cives and civitas are two very different things. Cives is the actual citizen, but civitas is a state.)

Actually, though there's good progress in those becoming widespread principles, at the same time, those acts of racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism are all too common and rampant in society, kinda like a subconscious thing. And Lord knows, after September 11, exempli gratia, we haven't looked too kindly with the Middle-Eastern world. As another example of racism, there is always the case of double standards. Are you suggesting that Christianity was entirely harmful to the Western half then Germanicus?

Are you including Virtue Ethics to the list of detriments?

I have many favorite generals. However, I want to make known lesser known generals that were pivotal to Rome's existence, particularly, such as Claudius II Gothicus (One of Constantinus' great ancestor).

Insula Viridis Amplificationis...which is translated directly as Green Island of Amplification, the entire phrase is femine. Amplification, couldn't find any adjectible forms, so I used it in the genitive, id est "of Amplification." Viridis is the common botanical latin term used for green. However, that is not to say there is only that one form, since Latin is odd in that it can use for example, a participle as an adjective to describe island. But I chose viridis because it is an actual adjective and probably common botanical term for green.

Perhaps examining a student of Plato would be good, and what better than Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics and the idea of the high-minded man. If Aristotle had a version of Jesus, this kind of Christ sure as heck did not care for the poor but rather his own upper society. Though Aristotle differed from Plato in the idea of eudaimonia and telos, I would assume that they were much more similar philosates.

The Konigstiger, Tiger II, was actually a flop. The thing had terrible fuel consumption. It's armour was thick but it was low quality (Germany was running out of Manganese). Here is the official Russian report from their tests on captured Konigstigers. The full article is here battlefield.ru I'll make it simple: Offensively= Tiger IIs did not have much effect in a spearhead Defensely= Surprisingly great choice for holding the line or for retreats. Firstly, I would say that by 1944, what did you expect when the Allies were bombing the factories, but still even if the armor was lower grade, many high-powered projectiles still could't pierce it. Moreover, it was much of a factor when it came to the armor because most the efficiency of the guns of German tanks at long range utterly destroyed many enemy tanks before they got even near. Second, the Tiger II was a great defensive weapon(especially when the Allies had no air support), though the Germans realize that this heavy tank was just too slow and heavy for offensive use, which is why you have the Panzer III, IV and medium tank Panther. And by the way, the Russians may think the King Tiger was a flop, but the Allies in Normandy sure as hell did not because the Tiger IIs and Panthers gave them enormous problems during that long month of horrible weather and no air support, poor Shermans.

Has anyone read Panzer Commander Von Luck? If you have, it'll give a pretty damn good look about the situation on all the major fronts, because Von Luck has been to all them and even suffered the Russian gulags after the war. Now he's a guy who knew the war from beginning to end and fought honorably. here's the link to amazon catalog By the way, I would like to state my beliefs that the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS was always the better army, but severe negligence through Hitler screwed them over, especially during Dunkirk and Battle over Britain. To add, even if they were poorly equiped by 1944-5, they still had the best tanks, especially the Tiger IIs and most especially the Panther, which clearly outclassed the T-34s.

What did you people expect, a thesis? Anyways, the inability to defend borders against barbarians was a factor, though not the main reason, in the Western Empire's collapse. Plus, Bill O'Reilly is a news talk show hosts, their job is to appeal to their base. And must we really start getting nasty about who we hate in the forums.

As a student of Latin: Year one of latin will be a breeze, most importantly is memorize all the endings and usages, most especially the constructions of sentences. Year two is when you fully know the grammatical structure of Latin and should be able to read Caesar's Comentarii De Bello Gallico...hint: the notes they give yo on how to read his prose style are very useful. Year three is when you suffer and suffer through more complex Latin belonging to Cicero or Virgil. Year four, you suffer even more with Virgil, the Aenid, and learning the types of way to read meters=real pain.

Well present and perfect in latin are the same things as english. Yet the imperfect really is just the same thing as past tense. Oh by the way doco, Cicero isn't bad as you think. His style is quite confusing sometimes because of his way of forming sentences and words, but he writes just like Caesar.

Oh Phil25...your posts really does define you and your Europeanism...LOL Now phil...what would happen if traveled a state called Texas and said that to a group of Christian evangelists...just imagine the consequences. Though America right now is very divided...but we still don't tolerate such blunt accusations. By the way... I don't support Amnesty because there sure as hell are tens of thousands of foreign immigrants trying the go the 'legal' way into the country, and sure costs a lot of money for them.

In another foreign language since I can't grasp Russian(ranked one of the hardest languages in the world) : Ch

Most striking aspect: Well the US like Imperium Romanum has the best military in the world and exerts it influence by agressive means. European Union,meanwhile, lauds themselves for trying to be diplomatic all the time.

Well, I believe Virgil's method is correct, but really not appliable due to the complexity of the government and major antipathy in extremely dull students. One example is testing on the basics of government (from my own experience): Hmm... the system/law is that each high school students must retake the Constitution test. However, due to the stupidity or lack there of eduction in most students, many fail miserably except those in AP US classes. But then again, lots of teachers sort of help their students pass/"cheat" by giving the questions on the tests away, by means, all of them. Or they basically lower the standards to a degradizing point.