Here is list of great battles that had taken place in Roman history. Can you please add new entries to it? Thank you J. 390 Allia 280 Heraclea 279 Asculum 275...
I would add for historical importance the battles of the Claudian invasion 43AD particuarly the Battle on the River Medway after which none of the battles in...
Since we haven't had any more suggestion for a couple of days I will post the results. Six of the seven wonders I had on my own provate list have been...
Just looking at the latest Osprey offering on the Roman Legionary (58BC- 69AD) and came across a few things that really show how the more some things change...
Also the band of brotherhood was used to make the legions greatest punishment harsher. When a unit was decimated lots wer drawn amongst the contubernium and...
Mylae, 260 BC. Consul C. Duilius led the newly-built Roman fleet to its first surprise victory over the Carthaginian navy. According to Polybius the new Roman...
<<THE COLLOSEUM(including the statue that provided the name), Nero's Golden house the DOMUS AUREUS, THE BATHS OF CARACALLA, THE PONT DU GARD (the aqueduct in...
Isn't there a POLL feature in the website that yahoo provides with groups? Why don't we just get a list of everything that everyone thinks should/could be on...
That is nasty. I knew that punishments for things like falling asleep on guard were administered by ones comrades but in that case it was the victims fault,...
Not if you strted off as a club which we did. I don't know why they didn't add the feature. In this case whay I did wasn't so much a poll as inviting opinionbs...
I will admit the bias as the answer I think is to add a list of wonders of the Byzantine world. Yhe Haggia Sophia would definitely be on that list. ... ...
Hi Everyone. Boudicca will be shown in North America on Oct. 13. I'm more concerned that the program will get mor people interested in the Roman Empire. Other...
Avete, omnes! When and *if* the new version of Quo Vadis gets released, you are all in for a major treat! My unit, Legio IX Hispana, attended (in kit) the...
Wouldn't it be nice and interesting to invite ALL 400-so-much Roman- Friends of this List to come forward with a special-subject which they would love to see...
Whilst I wouldn't want anyone to feel pressured I would thoroughly agree with you Jach. It isn't necessary to have expert knowledge of a subject (I wouldn't...
A far better way of getting people interested in Rome than the Boudicca black comedy! ... all in for ... North ... Film ... and the ... armour I've ... nasty ...
Indeed Mr. Gaius; and I'm so convinced that all these 400-odd Friends- of-Ours would certainly be able to enrich our knowledge of Rome ever so much! I bet that...
My favorite topic is the initial contact and subsequent interactions between the local people on the Rhine and British frontiers, especially the women, in the...
I find it fascinating the interaction between locals and invaders interesting as well. I would love for a British written source to be found. We can only get...
Substitutions would not have been allowed because the very point was to punish everyone not just the poor blighter who died. Decimation was a punishment rarely...
I have just watched a po9gramme in the series "Time Commanders" where a team re-fights historical battles. In this case Tigranocerta where Lucullus took on...
ROMA VITA NEWSLETTER XIX October 2003 Onager BBQ Courtesy of Jerome and Francisca Mason Salve! Autumn War was sweet once again and lived up to why I believe...
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Decimation was also used during the battles of Cannae and Trebia. (In the late Empire it seems to have become very rare). Jach. ... was ... care, ... case ... ...
I think that it was very much an aspect of Republican ways of thinking with a citizen army rather than a professional army. ... point ... the ... rapidly ... ...
