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Romans some questions - Unitof1 - 15th March 2008
I live by the presume- so agreed- taxes were involved, those evil kings they are taxing things far from their origins
your right that we need to do much more analysis particularly on the crockery as this is the key to much of the hidden dark side of things. By the way you never said if you dug the dark side when you found those pots...
Romans some questions - BAJR Host - 16th March 2008
Uo1 miss the point ...shurely shome mishtake...
I am glad that some of us don't.
intersting comment DDL
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Romans some questions - Dirty Dave Lincoln - 17th March 2008
Uo1-you seem obsessed with evil kings taxing the down-trodden masses,20years ago i would have asked if you was a communist!dug on the dark side? hmm it was a bit over-cast that day and i think we had some rain,is that what you mean?
Romans some questions - Unitof1 - 18th March 2008
weapons of war into tools of peace brother -them is tools of destruction of archaeology may I refer you to not that report again.
Quote:quote: it was a bit over-cast that day and i think we had some rain
having no implicit dark side or other feature near by to give some gravitational pull I normally do a Back To the Sun section which you will appreciate has dark side cred. As a northern hemisphere specialist, trying to do a three features a day or around two tons my morning glories are normally southeast facing sections and my afternoon ones southwest. I admit I get bad shadows in the pictures (or good pictures of shadows if you are looking for ways to sell them) but I am more of a section drawer than section picture taker type. I don?t think that I have done third segments and would be suspicious about getting deep fiddly and dirty at the thin edge of the wedge, to do a smaller smash and grab than a quarter I would do a slot. Now it could just be that you have a spot on precision method to find what ever it is that we are looking for (beware) ?11 crocs in a third when there was nothing else in the rest of the pit then you have someone who can take a machine to the rest -we are getting into rare earth here and remember out there are people like this
Quote:quote: (and this person is both academic and into volunteer archaeology) Its not rocket science
Romans some questions - Dirty Dave Lincoln - 18th March 2008
quote "them is tools of destruction of archaeology may i refer you to not that report again"
What on earth does that mean?
Romans some questions - TheDoc - 18th March 2008
"I have seen some documentaries about roman army. But, the last one I watched was about Caesar and his army must of them had hardly any amour just a spear and helmet along with a shield. Why do I see Romans dressed in full equipment with shiny armour"
The written sources do make it clear that the legionaries certainly (and many of the auxiliaries) were wearing metal body armour, which depending on time period (and to some extent fashion/local practice)was mail, lorica segmentata (strip armour) or scale. Apart from the preservation problem (iron / steel just do not survive well in European soil conditions generally), the Roman army was horribly tidy and would recycle weapons/armour constantly as things broke, wore out or went out of use. More years ago than I care to remember, I did a Ph.D on Roman weapons in Britain and looked at about 2000 items. That was spread out over dozens of sites and a 300 year time period (100-400AD), so remarkably little has survived to be excavated. Going on archaeology alone, you'd have to conclude most Roman units had no weapons at all!! My biggest dislike is the inevitable red cloaks/tunics in any period drama on tv/cinema.
As for barbarity, the Romans were probably no worse / better than most of their contemporaries; they just had a convenient legal framework within which to practice their nastiness on "barbarian" neighbours. Some great cultural achievements though.
Romans some questions - Dirty Dave Lincoln - 18th March 2008
They say history is written by the winners-it also helps to be literate.Hang on a second were you having a go at Spartacus?
Romans some questions - TheDoc - 19th March 2008
They say history is written by the winners-it also helps to be literate.Hang on a second were you having a go at Spartacus?
Definitely not, one of my favourite ancient epics! But the red tunics thing is a common misconception - some Romans may have worn them, but not all of them. There is evidence for other colours from wall paintings for example. At least in the recent "Rome" series they had troops dressed in a variety of equipment, which is probably nearer the truth than the usual "everyone in the same gear" approach on most programmes/films. Maybe on the parade ground, but not in the field
Romans some questions - BAJR Host - 19th March 2008
No.... I'm having a go at Spartacus................. No...I'm having a go at Spartacus....etc.............
until I someone crucifys me...
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Romans some questions - Dirty Dave Lincoln - 19th March 2008
Good point Doc about the new series Rome,after all troops that have been campaigning for a few seasons will likely have a mix of equipment due to some being repaired,some borrowed or even taken from the enemy or allies.Look at the British army today on campaign using gear from wherever they can scrounge it!
"Infamy,infamy they've all got it in for me"