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(Thread First Posted in February 2004) Grusome Secret Of (Scotland's) Antonine Wall
The Herald (UK) ^
| 2-19-2004
| Steven Stewart
Posted on 02/19/2004 3:43:45 PM PST by blam
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posted on
02/19/2004 3:43:45 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
Bump for later read (am cube-bound)
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posted on
02/19/2004 3:44:43 PM PST
by
SnarlinCubBear
(Always take responsibility for what you do wrong, as soon as they drag you out from under the bed.)
To: farmfriend
Ping.
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posted on
02/19/2004 3:45:10 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Interesting.
To: blam
I don't get the shock over the lilies in the ditch. It's a pretty standard feature in any old fortification, and routinely used by the Roman Army.
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posted on
02/19/2004 3:58:41 PM PST
by
jimtorr
To: blam
That wasn't animal fat smeared on the punji sticks in Vietnam. It was human feces.
Great job, liberal editor of the Hearald.
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posted on
02/19/2004 4:22:21 PM PST
by
MonroeDNA
(Soros is the enemy.)
To: MonroeDNA
Kinda gives new meaning to the old barb that Liberals can't tell the difference between s*** and shinola.
To: blam
Distance Marker
"To the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Augustus Pius, the father of his Country, a vexillation of the
20th Legion, the valiant and victorious, constructed 3000 paces
of the wall." Note the boar, symbol of the "Valliant XXth."
To: MonroeDNA
No doubt a variety of substances were smeared on punji stakes. No doubt the best stuff was the least soluable.
What might that have been?
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posted on
02/19/2004 5:24:52 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: concentric circles
." Note the boar, symbol of the "Valliant XXth." It looks more like a pig in a barbeque pit to me. The man huched over is mopping it with sauce. It must be about ready, because the woman seems to be signalling that it is time to bring out the side dishes.
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posted on
02/19/2004 5:27:50 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
I'm sure this is more what the warrior/builders had in mind
but the local stonecutter was probably a fan of suckling pig.
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:30:31 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: MonroeDNA
You beat me to the post.
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posted on
02/19/2004 6:44:04 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(Volunteer for EOD and you will never have to worry about getting wounded.)
To: concentric circles
A mock up of the Alesia fortifications of Julius Caesar.
To: blam
...stakes which may have been dotted with sharp objects such as glassHighly unlikely that scarce and expensive glass [at that time] was used for this purpose.
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posted on
02/23/2004 3:44:36 PM PST
by
curmudgeonII
(Quitters never lose and cheaters always win.)
To: concentric circles
Weren't those called "limes"?
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posted on
01/28/2006 6:09:04 AM PST
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: bannie
Boy, you had me stumped until I did a little searching. Of course you are correct. Our word "limit" is derived from the same Latin root, the walls representing the outer limit of Roman authority. How did you end up at this posting from two years ago?
To: concentric circles
I was looking through Gods..glyphs..and stuff.
I found STUFF!
:-) When you're as old as I am, 2 years is nothin'!
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posted on
01/28/2006 1:37:40 PM PST
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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posted on
06/17/2007 7:50:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
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06/17/2007 7:50:53 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
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