Pertinax

Ok, its an armoured, mech gatling armed robot suit!

Haruspicy and the reading of the organs of animals is also pertinent, if the organs were deformed or mottled then the reading would be unfavourable ( so a canny bet would be to get well favoured,young animals for the divination).

The most telling and logical of Roman innovations ,was to always hire the chaps who were really difficult to beat if the opportunity arose.

Now the Myrtle reference is very interesting -because my "modern" suggestion was clove oil, which is a member of the myrtle family. The willow is of course correct, remiss of me to forget it, a source of salicylic acid (as in acetaldehyde salicylic acid-aspirin in its manufactured form), the only problem with the white willow is its vile taste, if youve ever chewed an asprin the tounge curdling acidity is a hint of the natural taste (though you cannot suffer acetelyne poisoning as you can with too much asprin). edit: wintergreen and meadowsweet herb would be other sources, meadowsweet being the original base for the manufacture of asprin

That was a trifle insensitive of me . :bag:

I regret that the chewing of Opium poppy skins might be frowned upon in a backward society such as ours. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=828 Similarly, were I to give you some Henbane seeds, or a tincture of Henbane in sweet wine , if you were distracted at the moment of ingestion you might not awake. Inhaling the smoke of the Thornapple would be good , but you would forget to go to the dentist. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=180 I desist, also from offering the advice of Pliny , namely that you chew on some pitch resin to remove any poisoned teeth. My modern herbs would be: some clove oil as a direct application , some valerian for nerve pain, and sage to wash and disinfect the mouth.Good luck! Dont let anyone hammer a hot iron tooth into your gum like so:- http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=923

A snippet of information that I was unaware of , the historical advisor on HBO Rome puts forward as fact that undertakers (being the only persons allowed to handle dead bodies (and hence the only ones with an intimate knowledge of anatomy) in Republican times ) hired themselves out as part time torturers to the Legions. I really wasnt sure which thread to slot this into , but I thought narcotics and pain are appropraite bedfellows. Anyone care to dispute or support this most interesting remark?

It is a portent! Surely you should now eviscerate several squirrels and read their entrails !

I have put together a small selection of pictures, relating to the work of the recently deceased John Davis of LEG II AVG. Nothing fancy, just an indication of the talent and knowledge that has been lost at the passing of this worthy Romanophile. Firstly we see him with his scales in the booth of the Architectus, here he is weighing the extremely valuable lapis lazuli for crushing into a paint pigment. This is a top of the range Roman colourant , ordinary people would have to make do with the commoner (but by no means cheap Egyptian self-glazed blue tiles, fired in thin slabs and crushed to dust ). http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=959 Then we see the range of (natural) pigments in his "paintbox", the egyptian blue is the lump of material to the bottom right of the box.We see his paintings and his various surveying instruments also. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=907 Then we see his booth set up again at Gargrave, note the globes of the known world and the celestial sphere, the model hypocaust also.The artwork on the wall is his also. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=960 A domestic interior painted by John, a genteel Lady is at home. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=961 and finally a blow up of John (on the left) in his Belgic Auxilliary gear. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...=si&img=962 The Gods Rest his Soul!

The unreconstructed Celtiberian/Brythonic place name maps (ie: without Latinisation ) in the book uphold this pattern.

Its certainly a standard drill evolution, every re-enactment ive seen has this as a feature. Two things strike me, we know horses will not collide with a "fixed" obstacle so a horseman would have to use reach (spear/throwing spear/kontos) or projectile (arrow/sling) to cause any impact damage, secondly this would tend to reinforce the "fix and flank" maxim to try and roll up a flank , given that forward penetration would be risky. If you have ballistic capability then you have the Napoleonic conundrum, of concentrated infantry being a good target for projectiles , but capable of standing off cavalry. The use of caltrops and staves is also worth considering, later (3rd C AD infantry had hand scatterable caltrops) tactics versus the Sassanids bear this out.Here are some roughly made and easy to use impedimentia:- http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?&a...=si&img=958

"bringing democracy to knowledge" :bag:

I think that you can also get a post count relating to a particular day( the day you last visited), then the statistics will re-tally for the "new" day you are active in.Also it might depend which time zone you are in as to "when is midnight" . Dont quote me, but I might be right

Heres another snippet, but the site ID is contentious in archeaological circles: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/ken...o_unearthed.php