FLavius Valerius Constantinus

Wow, the Israelis are really good.

Sorry, I live in the midwest, in Chicago, no exotic trees at all.

It best to consult the gods, you wouldn't want to get severly punished or killed if you told an emperor things he didn't want to hear. Funny it reminds of how the priest of Amon tricked Alexander into believing what he already believed, that he was the son of Zeus. At the temple of Zeus, Alexander wanted to ask Zeus three questions: 1) Would he conquer the world? 2) Did all those responsibles or connected to his father's death all died? 3) Was he the son of Zeus? And the answer to all three he got was YES from Zeus. But what Alexander did not know was that the Priest of Amon was in another small room pretending to be Zeus and answered all of Alexander's questions from the room to Alexander through the thin walls. The irony, it sounds like the Wizard of Oz.

I'm not sure, but the one we're talking about here is about the Colisseum, not the Circus Maximus. Obviously, the material that the Circus Maximus were made of were not waterproof. Which only leaves the Colisseum as the real place where mock Naval battles were held. I once saw a Discovery Channel Documentary and they investigated the mock Naval Battles which they confirmed to be possibly have happened. In my opinon, the single evidence that proved to me that there were such battles was the fact the scientists examined the materials of the walls and systems of the Colisseum, they found out that one certain material was water-proof( it was Volcanic material, the name is too hard to remember) and they found the material on the critical parts of the Colisseum in order for there to be a such a flooding of the Colisseum.

Wow, you predicament seems like mine with the exception that I like gym class because we absolutely are the worse PE class in the entire school, we only mess around and its hard for our Coach Berger to controll us. Oh by the way, how far are you into Latin.

Congratulations, I'm still waiting for that message too, even I was one and then some how I managed to get into the slave group to pleb, the day where Viggen decided to play with the groups. Ironic

Chester comes from the word castrum, the change in spelling resulted from the inability of the Celts and Picts to master the accent and language of the Roman language.

I can certainly believe it, the woman's cruel enough already as it is. Good post, I agree with you.

Just to add a little info on the military aspect: In the legion, every castrum (fort) had something called a valetudinarium( meaning house of the surgeon; hospistal). This was where all the wounded were brought immediately after battle. In another aspect, there was a longstanding tradition since the Republic that every general have his own real qualified and top-of-the-line physician who stayed with him everywhere he went, even into battle. But here's the most important thing about legionary medicus. For common legionaries, the medicus who cared for them were actually their own fellow soldiers. In the legion, you were considered a medicus if were good at attending and healing the wounded soldiers, not much experience needed. It was these medicus whom the common soldiers valued so much and with lots of compassion. For example, when a medicus died, often his comrades of the unit( cohort etc...) would pay respects to him by contributing him a monument with inscriptions of his role in the field. But, the job of medicus to the legionaire himself was a second priority, the job of being a ruthless soldier was the main one. By the time of the Gallic campaigns, Caesar recognized the importance of medicus, thus he created a special staff of them, but rules still applied. In the legion there were three specified types of medicus: medicus ordinarius--> obviously he tended his own unit medicus cohors---> he attended the cohort medicus legionis (not sure which case)---> attended everyone.

I have a book called The Roman Economy and it has a quite a large section on Agricultural resources and stuff, Its a quantitative book , which means it gives you statistics. I can scan it for you if you seem interested.

For Sextus: Yearly Bright Eyes---> Anuus lucidus oculi. Note: You can also use these substitutions for bright: serenus, clarus, candidus,albus, and nitidus, but its better you stick with lucidus. Oh, I was sure if yearly was an adverb, so I put it in the adject. Yearly in latin adverbial form is quotannis. The trials of Sextus Roscius---> Judicii Sexti Roscii. (note: Judiccii can also be Juditii. )

Constantine. *cough* Yes, I'm biased.

*Knowledgeable* What do you mean by "(as it does not have pretensions to be academically accurate with all the grief that entails) " Oh by the way, where do you teach SullaFelix?

A suggestion, if you were to buy anti-spyware, I recommend spy-sweeper, thanks to it, my computer was safe.

Sorry buddy, but you might have to buy anti-spyware now. You can download, but that's gonna be a pain. Also, you can't really download it on websites, which only leaves illegally downloading again. I hope Moonlapse can help you.

I would believe that that would be Sarumon. Come on Primus, Lord of the Rings here.

So does that mean the housing projects and parking lots thing is never going to be built?

ATHENS, Greece - Athens' ancient Parthenon is not under threat from water seeping into rock beneath it, despite successive days of torrential rainfall this week, an official said Friday. "There is absolutely no danger," said Deputy Culture Minister Petros Tatoulis. No water was escaping through a temporary floor installed inside the Parthenon for restoration work, he said. Architect Manolis Korres, a key figure in the massive restoration project at the 2,500-year-old monument that sits atop the Acropolis, had warned Wednesday that rainwater was gradually draining into rock underneath the Parthenon and could eventually weaken the monument's foundations.

I don't know. My dictionary states that the word infernus does mean inhabitants of the underworld. Manes is the one specifically meaning gods of the underworld. Oh well, thanks for your answer though

Everyone assumes that life on Earth is gonna end by humanities legacies. But really, I don't think we're gonna destroy it. Which is why I'm rooting for fuel cell(free hydrogen) technology to fix the energy problem. Technology will ultimately save us somehow.Although overpopulation is going to tough to fix and I assume in the future every country is going to have to follow China's route and have strict control over the birth rate. Oh by the way Germanicus, I live in Chicago, so I really near the Lakefront.

No offense, but there's already a topic on this a long time ago. Oh, I think it also falls under the category of what brought down the Roman Empire thread, don't know which thread though.

Lets see, the Earth has hundreds of years left before human artificial detriments destroys 99% of life. But the thing is, humanity, by scientific estimates, is only 200 years from colonizing space.