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Roman soldier's life unfurls: Princeton grad helps bring ancient writings to light
The Cincinnati Enquirer ^
| Monday, January 26, 2004
| Sue Kiesewetter
Posted on 01/26/2004 12:59:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Rebelbase
That photo reminds me of an old episode of Time Tunnel. The crusty old Sargent got transported back to a Roman battle and was using his Tommy Gun against the Legions. There was also an old black-and-white Twilight Zone episode with Warren Oates portraying a National Guard tank commander from the Seventh Cav...on maneuvers near the Little Big Horn.
Details on The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms *here*. Pretty good yarn.
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:09:39 AM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: AnAmericanMother
O.K., if he's a Centurion of IX Hispana, he's got his stick, but his helmet's on sideways! The first, perhaps, of a long-lived family tradition....
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:13:09 AM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: archy
Big family.
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posted on
01/27/2004 10:18:47 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
To: AnAmericanMother
Big family. Indeed. Seems to have some swabbie branches of the family tree, too.
Arrrrrr, Where's me parrot!
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:04:04 AM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: archy
Gotcha parrot right here.
At least his hat's on straight. Can't say as much about his head. Or maybe a landlubber parrot . . .
Amazing, isn't it? :-D
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posted on
01/27/2004 11:26:59 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
To: archy
LOL
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posted on
01/27/2004 5:42:40 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: archy
No, the centurian wore a transverse crest.
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posted on
01/27/2004 5:44:08 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: archy
Testibus prehende corda sequenter et medis!
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posted on
01/27/2004 5:45:43 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
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posted on
07/30/2005 7:44:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
To: nickcarraway
When I think of ancient battels and the soldiers who fought in them I think of the brilliance of Patton - the heroic but unheeded general of WWII who wrote:
"Through the travail of ages
Midst the pomp and toils of war,
Have I fought and strove and perished
Countless times upon a star.
As if through a glass, and darkly,
The age-old strife I see,
For I fought in many guises, many names,
But always me."
- Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
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posted on
07/30/2005 8:02:56 PM PDT
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: richardtavor
"...wars took years of preparation and everyone knew when they were coming"
Yeah, but did they have an exit strategy?
:-)
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posted on
07/30/2005 8:25:01 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: nickcarraway
American Society of Papyrologists? Man, I thought the R.D.B.C.J.'s I hang with were a limited crowed.
(Retards drinkin beer and crawlin' jeeps)
To: SwinneySwitch
"The Vikings attacked Paris with over 1,000 ships, according to the History Channel! "
Yes, and the French won.
And that's why Normandy ended up a part of France, instead of the Ile de France ending up a fief of some guy named Bluetooth from Norway.
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posted on
07/30/2005 9:21:45 PM PDT
by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: RightOnline
Makes ya wonder what other papyri are laying around in university vaults somewhere in the world. Maybe fragments of Biblical passages concerning the man from Galilee?
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posted on
07/30/2005 10:38:59 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
To: nickcarraway
The voice of the young soldier is timeless.
'Ma, send me some socks and those cookies I love...
Tell Dad, I'm okay, keeping my head down, and listening to the NCOs like he said...
I wish I was home, but what I do is important for the country, so I'll stick it out.
Love to all, Me.
P.S. tell little brother not to get into my stuff and little sister to stay away from those guys on the corner."
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posted on
07/31/2005 8:49:01 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: martin_fierro
I wouldn't want to be called..."TIBERIus's anus either!
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posted on
07/31/2005 8:56:53 AM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(Even when a dog discovers he is barking up a wrong tree, he can still take a leak on it!)
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