Pertinax

I have that double album ! and Birds of Fire is Madame Pertinax's personal favourite

Im going to Grow Fins and get back in the Water again! Virgil you know what im talking about. regret the Captain has MS, was confirmed a while ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEelcBYl0Ig...rch=grow%20fins git some! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7S7SI0flQ&search=Zappa this is Frank

Ive kept looking at this thread and couldnt make any decision , I was going to suggest an additional criteria could be -who "broke the mould" of political mindset-(so ,as often , I am agreeable with Pantagathus as regards Alexander). Churchill and Lincoln were great men in a tight corner but not as radical as Alexander or Napoleon , nor as GO suggests M Gorbachev.I still havent voted but make this suggestion as to narrowing the criteria , namely- was the geopolitical landscape changed radically by this person?. I would also say , a short term negative effect (Bonaparte) may be outweighed by a long term "evolution" of thought and mindset.So I ask, for example, did Mao Zhedung actually move China "forwards" geopolitically or is Sun Yat Sen a greater intellectual influence?

Id be interested to know if those who are military experts can relate any change in combat techniques (ie: auxiliae as lighter armed/versus "standard" heavy trooper citizen ) , or if a change in proportionate usage of these arms is reflected in the political change? The comment about Mons Graupius springs to mind "no Roman blood was spilt" ie: no citizens blood, (though tactically the victory was a "textbook" fire discipline operation). I know this is early conquest contact but the Auxilliae/Legion relationship is well illustrated. I assume those who cite Caracalla suggest political opportunism by a poor Emperor to build a tax base and a "popular" culture of support? That is poularity versus actual efficiency.

late period Auxilliae have plumed helmets, also with Saxon and Norse headgear we have a raised ornamentation to emphasise the wearers height . I understand the psychology is akin to the raising of the arm in a salute in sports matches, signalling that the person is "tallest" in the tribe.Tallest perhaps meaning most accomplished in valour.

no more no more http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuM9YFqII4&search=foghat

That must have cost several dollars to make.

I have it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApnpkWQGHw&search=falco Rock Me Amadeus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn-AgOrWRTc&search=beefheart get the Captains cloak-he he, this is old persons music! Think I may put some flowers in my hair then just type beefheart and maybe look at "im goin to booglarize you baby" mervi vassala is appalling, and safety dance is near my home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfI5oMeruI...nsvision%20vamp try transvision vamp

That post can reasonably be described as "tantalising" in the truest sense.

The Fowler was often a retired military man of some reasonable standing, I suggest that he is likely to have been more associated with the "barbarous" fringes of the Empire.Contact with local custom, in such areas and the useful acqusition of additional game foods would be a boon to any garrison. The best "setting" dogs and tame owls would literally have the fowling net "thrown over their backs" to gather the prey animals. The owl is very useful as , during daylight , smaller birds will mob the animal to drive it out of their territory. A tame bird will sit still-as it thinks it is a humen (being imprinted from hatching) and happily let its master cast a net. Likewise falcons and other hawks can be set onto a group of "mobbing " birds distracted by the owl. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...&cmd=si&img=753 The female Eagle Owl here has a stand nearby to emulate the shape of a comfortable branch, this keeps sinew and claw in good condition .My msn blog has more hawk shots in the LEG VIII gallery.The smaller birds have a screen perch , if they fall or hop down they can scramble back up the cloth as they would ascend a tree trunk, again keeping in good physical shape. Hadrian is said to have developed an interest in hawking as he had tame birds flutter over his head to provide shade! One day these companions swooped on a hare at his feet-he was hooked. If anyone would like to see a few more (not too brilliant) images go here and ive photo blogged a few shots , of some quite striking birds from different events http://spaces.msn.com/Triclinium/PersonalSpace/

At least it's not this Safety Dance That is disturbing in the extreme.I think "Whicker Man" is less frightening.

It would be too much to hope it might be "In the Wake of Poseidon" (King Crimson for those unfamiliar).

Hernando's Hideaway :fish: and some junk ive never heard of. How humiliating. I feel even older than Virgil-obviously of course, because I am . aha! my "Life theme" s more like it-"The Good , The Bad and the Ugly!"

I suggest any reading matter on the "Plague of Justinian" would help-this catastrophe is in many ways the onset of the Dark Ages, or perhaps more correctly the harbringer of those events.. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/01986...02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg possibly not a reference you might have expected but worth some library work

Quite...if Titus Pullo turned up he'd just eat all the pies , get drunk and steal the nearest demi-vierge., whilst looking for a cockfight or bull baiting session to gamble on . None of those activities require deep analysis or geopolitical competence, in fact I think ill open some "Ile La Forge" and order a Keema Madras ...

May I offer this image to illustrate Phil's remark regarding possible anchorpoints.. http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...&cmd=si&img=763

Thank you guys, the comments make the effort worthwhile.

Yes, page 3 still holds very prominent features.

Heres a "bottom end" tabloid report: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006250091,00.html