I remember reading this thing called Seven Imperia or something, it had Roman-ish people in it. 10/10
I heard it's like Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire, the Bible and Mein Kampf had a gangbang of wordsI remember reading this thing called Seven Imperia or something, it had Roman-ish people in it. 10/10
Yeah who was that written by? JK Rowling or something.
I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
Very true because you realize what their doing is fucking awesome but then you're like "oh death"I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
I'm kinda like that with all Romans.
Very true because you realize what their doing is fucking awesome but then you're like "oh death"I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
I'm kinda like that with all Romans.
Except Sulla. Sulla's a cunt in my professional opinion
Yeah, no doubt but it isn't the dictatorship that bothers me. He gave that up before he died. It's the fact he gives more power to the Senate and makes it harder for ambitious men to move around the system.SpoilerVery true because you realize what their doing is fucking awesome but then you're like "oh death"I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
I'm kinda like that with all Romans.
Except Sulla. Sulla's a cunt in my professional opinion[close]
We do live in an age where much of there ideas have influenced us, yet are partially despised (like dictatorship, etc) by us. I think it's the same with most of history
Yeah, no doubt but it isn't the dictatorship that bothers me. He gave that up before he died. It's the fact he gives more power to the Senate and makes it harder for ambitious men to move around the system.SpoilerVery true because you realize what their doing is fucking awesome but then you're like "oh death"I'm currently taking a Philosophy class at a University. It's mostly based on the Greeks but we are studying about the Romans too. On that topic I think my favorite Roman would be Cicero.I have a love-hate relationship with Cicero
I'm kinda like that with all Romans.
Except Sulla. Sulla's a cunt in my professional opinion[close]
We do live in an age where much of there ideas have influenced us, yet are partially despised (like dictatorship, etc) by us. I think it's the same with most of history
Which they did anyway :P ;)
Hail Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you!
Pompey for one :P
I have it, haven't read it yetPompey for one :P
Hahaha.
I've ordered "commentarii de bello gallico" have you read it?
I've read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Am I cool yet?All the sweg is urs nowSpoiler(https://i.imgur.com/H9VPCrc.png)[close]
If you want to read Roman philosophy, I can recommend Quintilianus (Quintillian in plain English) or Seneca.
I especially like Quintillianus, he writes primarily about how to decept and convince people of something through well written speeches.
This isn't Roman but technically the Byzantine Empire was "Roman," so i'll post it anyway :P
Have any of you read "The Alexiad"? By Anna Komnenos.
It's seriously amazing. I really recommend it.
This isn't Roman but technically the Byzantine Empire was "Roman," so i'll post it anyway :P
Have any of you read "The Alexiad"? By Anna Komnenos.
It's seriously amazing. I really recommend it.
I've been meaning to for quite a while - it looks extremely interesting. But eh, I wouldn't really lump it in with Roman stuff. It was written around 1148, and The Byzantine empire was hardly Roman by that point. Everyone spoke Greek, and there were so many other ethnicities and cultures infused within the empire that it had lost many aspects of "Latinness" that had defined it centuries earlier.
Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso[/YouTube]+1
Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews. Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews
Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews. Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews
Note the part where I said that they were Roman citizens, or "citizens of the Roman Empire". It is important to note that we don't know who wrote the Gospels of Luke, Mark, and Matthew, where John was a resident (but not citizen) of the Roman Empire. Paul was a Roman Citizen by virtue of his birth in the free city of Tarsus. It is important to note that being a Jew (of the Jewish religion) does not preclude an individual from being a citizen of the Roman Empire.
The most that can be said of John and the authors of Mark, Matthew, and Luke is that those individuals were likely residents of the Roman state, though we don't know if they were citizens or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_ElderThe Catos are a tad on the cunt side of the spectrum
"After I die, I'd rather people ask why I have no monument, then why I have one."
Well, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews. Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews
Note the part where I said that they were Roman citizens, or "citizens of the Roman Empire". It is important to note that we don't know who wrote the Gospels of Luke, Mark, and Matthew, where John was a resident (but not citizen) of the Roman Empire. Paul was a Roman Citizen by virtue of his birth in the free city of Tarsus. It is important to note that being a Jew (of the Jewish religion) does not preclude an individual from being a citizen of the Roman Empire.
The most that can be said of John and the authors of Mark, Matthew, and Luke is that those individuals were likely residents of the Roman state, though we don't know if they were citizens or not.
I'm sorry but we do know who wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. OK maybe they did LIVE in Rome but by heart, blood, and choice they weren't Roman.
SpoilerWell, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews. Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews
Note the part where I said that they were Roman citizens, or "citizens of the Roman Empire". It is important to note that we don't know who wrote the Gospels of Luke, Mark, and Matthew, where John was a resident (but not citizen) of the Roman Empire. Paul was a Roman Citizen by virtue of his birth in the free city of Tarsus. It is important to note that being a Jew (of the Jewish religion) does not preclude an individual from being a citizen of the Roman Empire.
The most that can be said of John and the authors of Mark, Matthew, and Luke is that those individuals were likely residents of the Roman state, though we don't know if they were citizens or not.
I'm sorry but we do know who wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. OK maybe they did LIVE in Rome but by heart, blood, and choice they weren't Roman.[close]
I never said that they lived in Rome. I said that they could have had (and Paul certainly did have) Roman citizenship. Do you mean "Roman" in terms of "from the city of Rome" or "a citizen of the Roman Empire", or "directly descended from the original Romans after the fall of the Etrusci"? I would also like you to state specifically who wrote the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, who contemporary scholars acknowledge uncertain authorship to.
I do not mean "the general tradition is that person x wrote it", what I want you to do is explain your certainty to the academic world on who the authors of those Gospels actually are.
SpoilerWell, the New Testament was written primarily by Roman citizens (if my memory is correct, anyway).
On a non-theological note, everybody loves their stoicism. Stoicism is great, with Marcus Aurelius and Seneca writing interesting books/essays.
I'm a Christian, read the Bible many times, technically most of them were Jews. Paul was a Jew, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. All jews. Some might have became Romans, but they were Jews
Note the part where I said that they were Roman citizens, or "citizens of the Roman Empire". It is important to note that we don't know who wrote the Gospels of Luke, Mark, and Matthew, where John was a resident (but not citizen) of the Roman Empire. Paul was a Roman Citizen by virtue of his birth in the free city of Tarsus. It is important to note that being a Jew (of the Jewish religion) does not preclude an individual from being a citizen of the Roman Empire.
The most that can be said of John and the authors of Mark, Matthew, and Luke is that those individuals were likely residents of the Roman state, though we don't know if they were citizens or not.
I'm sorry but we do know who wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. OK maybe they did LIVE in Rome but by heart, blood, and choice they weren't Roman.[close]
I never said that they lived in Rome. I said that they could have had (and Paul certainly did have) Roman citizenship. Do you mean "Roman" in terms of "from the city of Rome" or "a citizen of the Roman Empire", or "directly descended from the original Romans after the fall of the Etrusci"? I would also like you to state specifically who wrote the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, who contemporary scholars acknowledge uncertain authorship to.
I do not mean "the general tradition is that person x wrote it", what I want you to do is explain your certainty to the academic world on who the authors of those Gospels actually are.
We do know that John Mark wrote the gospel of Mark. Luke was Luke, although highly disputed, but why name a book after a different author? Matthew was by Matthew.
And what i'm saying is, they maybe were "Citizen," but I would never classify these Jews/Greeks as "Romans." If you want to talk about them make a Jewish/Greek Thread.
Correct.
I always found Diocletian and his policies interesting, but... Was the Roman Empire too large to be ruled by one man, or was the decline due to bad Emperors? In the end, the Tetrarchy was a good idea, but doomed to fail by the ambition of the Tetrarchs themselves.
So I was searching through my Google Docs and I found something from two years ago that I wrote while obscenely intoxicated.More poetry plzplox
Here goes, I'm sorry for what you are about to read.SpoilerOwen Thompson
The eleventh day of the month of the great ruler Octavian
The Glorious and Legendary Legacy of the Classical Roman Republic and Empire, and an Ode to the Great Lord Zeus; May He Pillage My Anus Into Oblivion For All of Eternity
Rome was founded on the day Romulus raped Remus and subsequently wiped his name from history. Rome immediately became so great that anyone who wasn’t part of the pure Roman race who attempted to enter the realm would immediately disintegrate into dust and be teleported into Zeus’s bedchamber, where he would be raped so viciously that his anus would create a rift in time that would send a shock through every dimension. Anyone who insulted Rome in its glory would be hanged from the head of Zeus’s thousand mile long penis, and would have to bear the horrors of Zeus’s ejactulation process, which a included a jet liquid gold and plasma so hot that it could melt through any universe’s core.
The Romans created glorious aqueducts and paved roads so that they could ship their magical semen to all over the world. This semen was used as a tool of ethnic cleansing, and every time a baby was concepted of an unclean barbarian race, the father’s penis would explode and the mother would be flooded with twenty gallons of holy roman semen, commissioned and approved by the great lord Zeus himself.
The Romans also destroyed the filthy and puny Rajpoonani civilization, but nobody cared because they were always retarded.
Great Lord Zeus’s Hyme:
O’ Lord Zeus
Please fuck me until I am dead
I am forever promised in faith to your
Great Cock
Please fuck me until I plead for forgiveness
I could never ask
For something so wonderful and glorious
As to be penetrated by your great
fifty mile long dick
I love you Zeus, I love you Zeus
I would love to fucked by Zeus
Even though he may have too many other cases on his hands
Of unholy sinners who needed to repent their sins by having their assholes
widened so far that another universe was created
Fuck FUCK FUCK
FUCK FUCK FUCK
ZEUS
FUCK
ME
Amen.[close]
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa69.g.akamai.net%2Fn%2F69%2F10688%2Fv1%2Fimg5.allocine.fr%2Facmedia%2Fmedias%2Fnmedia%2F18%2F36%2F00%2F91%2F18445256.jpg&hash=c9b1233460337122ae52bb5441e605cf31ae5a74)This galea, this lorica hamata, the scutum ... ahhhhh, so-much-wrong (but I LOVED the series, better than GoT). This is Hollywood-bs, not roman stuff...
I love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa69.g.akamai.net%2Fn%2F69%2F10688%2Fv1%2Fimg5.allocine.fr%2Facmedia%2Fmedias%2Fnmedia%2F18%2F36%2F00%2F91%2F18445256.jpg&hash=c9b1233460337122ae52bb5441e605cf31ae5a74)This galea, this lorica hamata, the scutum ... ahhhhh, so-much-wrong (but I LOVED the series, better than GoT). This is Hollywood-bs, not roman stuff...
This is the real late republican roman militaria stuff you're looking for:caesarean period, late republican (1st century BC) legionary (after Peter Connolly)(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F108.imagebam.com%2Ftemporarylink%2FPBY3qlDcdtFrMpwkNRujTg%2F1404327784%2F23587%2F235866418%2F001.jpg&hash=b950c091033a5d350bbe35331cf7b02e7a05698d)[close]Galea (helmet), Montefortino type & some finds(https://www.kingofswords.co.nz/img/items/Armour/Helmets_987_full.jpg)
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(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.romancoins.info%2Ff2005-montefortino.jpg&hash=c8fa40c1679a88147288782070edb9ffc27e3528)[close]Scutum (shield), oval, after the find at Fayum, Egypt(https://www.armamentaria.com/store/images/repub1.JPG)
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I love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.Sadly it got ganceled, it had the same budget like the first season of GoT. But people seem to be more interested in a fantasy lore than a historical one. :O
Centurion made me shit blood. Q_QI love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.Sadly it got ganceled, it had the same budget like the first season of GoT. But people seem to be more interested in a fantasy lore than a historical one. :O
As I said, I love the series. I just differ between a series and history, than it's easy. I just needed to post this, as an archeologist I can't tolerate that someone in this forum can worship 'roman' Hollywood costumes. At least Bruins 2nd picture was fairly accurate, but still not comparable to the time setting in the series. Btw it is a Centurio from the early 2nd century AD.
I think most accurate in military equipment (but still not near perfection) was the movie Centurion (2009), but the plot and names were totally rubbish.
why?Centurion made me shit blood. Q_QI love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.Sadly it got ganceled, it had the same budget like the first season of GoT. But people seem to be more interested in a fantasy lore than a historical one. :O
As I said, I love the series. I just differ between a series and history, than it's easy. I just needed to post this, as an archeologist I can't tolerate that someone in this forum can worship 'roman' Hollywood costumes. At least Bruins 2nd picture was fairly accurate, but still not comparable to the time setting in the series. Btw it is a Centurio from the early 2nd century AD.
I think most accurate in military equipment (but still not near perfection) was the movie Centurion (2009), but the plot and names were totally rubbish.
Nobody cares what flavor, what color, what shape, or anything. It was a very good TV Show with not a lot of fighting. Only reason why I didn't like it was because during the 30 second sex scene my brother walked into my room and saw it now when ever I'm on the computer late at night he always says "You watching that Roman porn again" But it was a very well put together show. It was a shame they canceled.why?Centurion made me shit blood. Q_QI love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.Sadly it got ganceled, it had the same budget like the first season of GoT. But people seem to be more interested in a fantasy lore than a historical one. :O
As I said, I love the series. I just differ between a series and history, than it's easy. I just needed to post this, as an archeologist I can't tolerate that someone in this forum can worship 'roman' Hollywood costumes. At least Bruins 2nd picture was fairly accurate, but still not comparable to the time setting in the series. Btw it is a Centurio from the early 2nd century AD.
I think most accurate in military equipment (but still not near perfection) was the movie Centurion (2009), but the plot and names were totally rubbish.
BTW: sometimes I talk rubbish. When romans wear double belts (cingulum militare) 'western style' it's ofc first half 1st century AD. v.vSpoiler(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roman-glory.com%2Fimages%2Fconnolly-greciya-i-rim-gallery%2Fimg03.jpg&hash=60bfd843dc813981ec4f373e5830ecec0ec57e2b)[close]
I do.sucks ass
I hear from the interwebs that Bruno Heller, the creator of Rome, is writing a Rome movie. Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus) said if it happens, he definitely will be involved. Same goes for Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo). It's supposed to take place on German frontier during the reign of AugustusNobody cares what flavor, what color, what shape, or anything. It was a very good TV Show with not a lot of fighting. Only reason why I didn't like it was because during the 30 second sex scene my brother walked into my room and saw it now when ever I'm on the computer late at night he always says "You watching that Roman porn again" But it was a very well put together show. It was a shame they canceled.why?Centurion made me shit blood. Q_QI love HBOs Rome but I mean, of all the Roman movies and series out there, this one was certainly the most historically accurate in both story and costumes. I've learned to accept there's only so much they can do. One of the reasons the show got cancelled was because the cost of these accurate costumes and settings was not being made up for in views.Sadly it got ganceled, it had the same budget like the first season of GoT. But people seem to be more interested in a fantasy lore than a historical one. :O
As I said, I love the series. I just differ between a series and history, than it's easy. I just needed to post this, as an archeologist I can't tolerate that someone in this forum can worship 'roman' Hollywood costumes. At least Bruins 2nd picture was fairly accurate, but still not comparable to the time setting in the series. Btw it is a Centurio from the early 2nd century AD.
I think most accurate in military equipment (but still not near perfection) was the movie Centurion (2009), but the plot and names were totally rubbish.
BTW: sometimes I talk rubbish. When romans wear double belts (cingulum militare) 'western style' it's ofc first half 1st century AD. v.vSpoiler(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roman-glory.com%2Fimages%2Fconnolly-greciya-i-rim-gallery%2Fimg03.jpg&hash=60bfd843dc813981ec4f373e5830ecec0ec57e2b)[close]
I hear from the interwebs that Bruno Heller, the creator of Rome, is writing a Rome movie. Kevin McKidd (Lucius Vorenus) said if it happens, he definitely will be involved. Same goes for Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo). It's supposed to take place on German frontier during the reign of AugustusYay, then my hometown will be shown! \o/
Today I learned that the movie Gladiator was so historically inaccurate that one of the lead historical advisers left the project and demanded his name be taken out of the credits. Good for him.lel
I forget the schematics, probably wasn't the main one. Either way, fuck Ridely Scott or whatever the fuck his name is.Today I learned that the movie Gladiator was so historically inaccurate that one of the lead historical advisers left the project and demanded his name be taken out of the credits. Good for him.lel
http://youtu.be/aJFFLvwNLlM
I follow(ed) a classical art class. We thoroughly discussed Roman architecture and art. Boy these folks could build.Do i sound like a baddie if I say Roman slavery (especially after the Spartacus Revolt) is probably the best culture to be a slave in
The most interesting thing though, is that on one side, the Romans were incredibly talented engineers, but on the other hand, they invented very little practical, mostly only comfort/prestige.
Stuff like windmills - didn't happen. Why? They had slaves for that.
For a lot of practical stuff that would especially make work easier, just didn't occur to them, apparently, for they had slaves to do hard work, so why bother making it easier.
Now, I am hoping we will spend some time on Roman philosophy in the respective class.
I follow(ed) a classical art class. We thoroughly discussed Roman architecture and art. Boy these folks could build.Do i sound like a baddie if I say Roman slavery (especially after the Spartacus Revolt) is probably the best culture to be a slave in
The most interesting thing though, is that on one side, the Romans were incredibly talented engineers, but on the other hand, they invented very little practical, mostly only comfort/prestige.
Stuff like windmills - didn't happen. Why? They had slaves for that.
For a lot of practical stuff that would especially make work easier, just didn't occur to them, apparently, for they had slaves to do hard work, so why bother making it easier.
Now, I am hoping we will spend some time on Roman philosophy in the respective class.
I have always thought that the Roman training wasn't that special, it was good, but it was extremely simple. It was basically just formations and discipline.That's what made it special. The maniple and cohort systems along with the idea of mechanized killing over individual courage and ability
One battle with the Celts, the Romans utilized tactics and formations, and in that battle, they were outnumbered 10-1 and the Romans won, with their formations and teamwork.That's pretty much the entire Gallic Wars
Huns FTWOnly good under Attila
Nerva adopted Trajan ;DThat's pretty much the only reason he's considered one of the Five a Good Emperors
no :PSpoiler(https://i.imgur.com/PXHOG1k.jpg)[close]
This picture is too nice to have a white background, can someone help a brother out?
Vercingetorix FTWNo
Vercingetorix FTWNo
Literal shit
Caesar fucked Virgingettyourrix up the bum so fast while being grossly outnumbered is humiliating
Men or dead Gallic scum?Vercingetorix FTWNo
Literal shit
Caesar fucked Virgingettyourrix up the bum so fast while being grossly outnumbered is humiliating
o shit its rainin'
This picture is too nice to have a white background, can someone help a brother out?
ItalyWorstEU only some itals good but most bad fighting. no war nation ja its true cuz that was also said by ital generals in ww2 "we no fighting nation like jermains - we nation of dolce vita, vino and much culture". ital generals always bad look at isonzo. renessaince never counts we speak bout war not bout shitty shit gay lets do a bit pussy fight time. romans no count neither cuz romans no ital. romans (italics) nordic aryan ja its true. but then a lot of sandniggas, merchants, sandniggamerchants and capitalists and capitalist from judea came and took the strong and healthful nordic-italic farmer and warrior people their power and mixed blood and that is when rome got shitty and romans got fat and lazy and killed each other and then tried to Reich but failed. Ja max truth. Sad but true. Ital ital ital