I love answering this question. I had to do it to get into Uni. I got hooked on Classics at Prep School, when I had a very enthusiastic headmaster who would...
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domitio_corbulo
Mar 1, 2004 12:07 pm
Be careful. It may be that Cambodian had and have less say in the matter than the victims of the Holocaust (which are not only Jews as you may think, but also...
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Bruce Gordon
bruceybic
Mar 1, 2004 12:20 pm
I am currently reading Gitta Sereney's (sp) "Speer - His struggle with truth" If anyone has ever doubted the evil of Hitler and his scum, this is a book to...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Mar 1, 2004 12:34 pm
for me it was an all too short visit to Heculaneum and the frustration fo finding Pompeii closed the only time we could visit it. My memory is hazy of tose two...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Mar 1, 2004 12:42 pm
The story of Cincinnatus is quite bizarre from our modern point of view but you have to remember he lived in a period even more remote than the Rome most of us...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Mar 1, 2004 12:58 pm
The art form I love and understand most is music. It will not suprise those of you who know me that I have quite an interest I the history of music. So I can...
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Rebecca
rebecca_east_ad
Mar 1, 2004 1:10 pm
I took two years of Latin when I was 12-13; that didn't get me interested, sad to say, although I can still recite a few lines from story #1 in the textbook. I...
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johnmcneill_162000
johnmcneill_...
Mar 1, 2004 1:17 pm
Well I still seem to be here. The discussions on Hitler etc. are very interesting. I do not believe in objective good or evil. If you were a slave in Rome you...
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Quintus Lanius Paulin...
miguelkelly15
Mar 1, 2004 1:40 pm
Hello everyone, ... the ... Christians, ... Snip for space ... As our moderator Richard suggests I'll equate this topic to Rome. Certainly, throughout history...
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Stephen Gallagher
tiberiusgale...
Mar 1, 2004 1:47 pm
Salve I have seen the XX Legio and they are all fit as far I can tell. I am of the size of a well fed Roman Senator and could "play" that part well. I also...
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Inger E Johansson
inger_e.johansson@...
Mar 1, 2004 2:03 pm
John, you are unaware of History. During the Roman Empire's days and earlier during the Greek Era a slave could be free and have all the rights in society but...
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Gaieus
gaieus_panno...
Mar 1, 2004 2:12 pm
Has anybody ever heard of Géza Alföldy (prof. of Heidelberg Univ. in Germany)? Has anybody ever heard of Géza Alföldy (prof. of Heidelberg Univ. in...
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G V. Tacitus Hibernic...
legixhisp
Mar 1, 2004 2:16 pm
... Fair question Larry, not at all tactless. I have found that in general the level of physical activity restricts membership. Or the activity for a...
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Bruce Gordon
bruceybic
Mar 1, 2004 2:18 pm
Ghengis and his hordes may come close. But when they massacred a population it was for strategic reasons, not because they did not like their parentage. The...
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Jay Latona
jlatona98
Mar 1, 2004 2:39 pm
Rebecca, Always a pleasure to read your narratives. Ahhh, to be able to write like you. Jay Rebecca <author@...> wrote: I took two years of Latin...
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David Meadows
rogueclassicist
Mar 1, 2004 2:43 pm
Greetings, Yes ... he's quite well known as a social historian of ancient Rome. Why? regards, dm ...
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Gaieus
gaieus_panno...
Mar 1, 2004 2:49 pm
Inger, I think the right about slaves in the Roman empire is somewhere between John
s and your opinion. Slaves could not reach high ranks in the Roman army (in...
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Gaieus
gaieus_panno...
Mar 1, 2004 2:49 pm
Salve Ioannes, From this point of view you are not right. What made the life of slaves in
Rome bad was not the emperors! Indeed, from Augustus up to the mid...
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Gaieus
gaieus_panno...
Mar 1, 2004 2:49 pm
Right! In those days there weren't "rich" Roman families (in the sense we know them
from the 2nd-1st century BC) but - more or less - wealthy farmers. Also,...
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Gaieus
gaieus_panno...
Mar 1, 2004 3:22 pm
David, From Tuesday to Thursday he's giving lectures at my PhD course here, in Pécs
University (Hungary - after all, he's Hungarian)). He comes every year. ...
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David Meadows
rogueclassicist
Mar 1, 2004 3:32 pm
Greetings, Alfoldy's *Social History of Rome* is pretty much a staple in North American university and college courses. Alfoldy is probably also a bit more...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Mar 1, 2004 4:13 pm
I would ask that this subject be closed as I know it is upsetting a number of people. It is a futile pusuit deciding who the most evil of a selection of...
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Inger E Johansson
inger_e.johansson@...
Mar 1, 2004 4:15 pm
Gauieus, you are wrong in this case. For my manuscript the Gothic Mosaic, which I haven't had published because the editor wanted me to take a way my page-note...
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Inger E Johansson
inger_e.johansson@...
Mar 1, 2004 4:20 pm
Maximus Thrax became slave in an early age due to a specific situation which hardly ever is mentioned. But yes he was a slave but his father were no slave only...
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Christopher L. Wood
ambrosius_sl...
Mar 1, 2004 4:27 pm
We're beginning to see it now. ... From: Gaieus [mailto:gaieus_pannonius@...] Sent: Monday, 01 March 2004 1:10 To: imperialrome2@... ...
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Frank Miranda
frankmiranda...
Mar 1, 2004 4:58 pm
Inger- do you have any sources on slaves holding rank in the military- I would be very interested to read them. I know that in the Late Empire, there are...
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Mary AsaWoman
asawoman
Mar 1, 2004 6:13 pm
"> Don't compare Roman Emperors with Hitler. ... The reason I joined this group was because it focused on Ancient Rome, an interest of mine since high school...
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Jay Latona
jlatona98
Mar 1, 2004 6:28 pm
I had hoped that we were on the tail-end of this topic Mary AsaWoman <marys2cats@...> wrote:"> Don't compare Roman Emperors with Hitler. ... The...
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DECIMvS MERCATIvS VAR...
varianvs
Mar 1, 2004 6:32 pm
Ding-Dong, I never said it didn't happen. Again, don't give me orders. I am not going to click my heels and say "Jawohl Herr Obersturmbahnführer!" You Nordic...
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DECIMvS MERCATIvS VAR...
varianvs
Mar 1, 2004 6:33 pm
Chill out Herr Obersturmbahnführer. If you want to comment to me, take it off list. ... -- DECIMvS MERCATIvS VARIANvS a.k.a.: Marsh Wise LEGIO IX HISPANA COH...
