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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: KarlInOhio
"he must violently put down those who revolt and riot in Alexandria.
Alexandria quagmire."
Could he be talking about Tribune Jameus Moranis?
To: Benjo
The Vikings attacked Paris with over 1,000 ships, according to the History Channel! (I've been watching the "Barbarians" instead of the modern demonrats.)
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01/26/2004 1:51:41 PM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(Freedom isn't Free! Support those who ensure it.)
To: SwinneySwitch
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posted on
01/26/2004 1:55:46 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Please direct all Quality Control complaints to Tijeras_Slim)
To: martin_fierro
'Why on earth did you name me Tiberianus'?"Born on the butt end of the Tiber? That's way up stream ... near the source.
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01/26/2004 1:57:59 PM PST
by
BluH2o
To: Benjo
If you ever read about Masada, that is a classic case. It took the Romans 3 years in seige to get to the top of the fortress (where 1000 Jews committed suicide.) This delayed the ultimate destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 c.e. (The Masada attack began in 67 c.e.) The Romans had posts (for Fresh water, food and military) all up and down the valley from Masada to Jericho. I have seen evidence of Roman encampments (including catapult stones and first century skelatons) at Qumran, which overlooked the passage down to Masada (about 50 miles from Jericho.) So the people could always see the movement of the Romans and their Jewish slaves.
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01/26/2004 1:58:22 PM PST
by
richardtavor
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
To: archy
Looks like an L calibre cannon...
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01/26/2004 2:02:20 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
To: SwinneySwitch
Be interesting if his girlfriend turns out to be a Mongol.
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01/26/2004 2:02:28 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(Ban "Jihad", not smoking)
To: archy
Pax Superiore Vi Telarum
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posted on
01/26/2004 2:15:38 PM PST
by
seowulf
To: Pharmboy; son-of-a-tpatcher
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01/26/2004 2:24:55 PM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: SwinneySwitch
The Vikings attacked Paris with over 1,000 ships, according to the History Channel! (I've been watching the "Barbarians" instead of the modern demonrats.) Scared me! I was afraid you'd been watching an adult channel, and was talking about Paris Hilton. A thousand boatloads of Vilkings might even be a bit much for her...
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01/26/2004 2:28:45 PM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: Rome2000
Be interesting if his girlfriend turns out to be a Mongol. Dear Dad:
I met this really wonderful and cute mongol girl named Jasmine. She says her parents were going to make her marry some tribal chief named Genghis somethingorother. Anyway she is really afraid of him. He made wild statements about how he would pursue her across all nations and would kill millions to have her. Yeah, you know the drill. Just another Mongol blowhard. Anyway, I really want to marry her and I am sure our religious differences won't amount to much. Write me soon.
Love - Tibby
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01/26/2004 2:37:22 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("You sit down. You had your say. Now I'm going to have my say.")
To: martin_fierro
He should be happy they didn't name him 'Biggus Dickus'
To: Renfield; Ragtime Cowgirl
The thing that strikes me is that it sounds like a letter a GI would write home to his father today.... Indeed, though I'd suspect more likely that today's troops would have sent back a letter telling dad after the fact of a kinda sudden wedding. But would indeed be askiung for the socks....
I wonder what Tiberanius would have thought of Captain Kimbo Hampton? Maybe there's something to the Viking ideas about Valhalla, and the two of them are having a chat even now....
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01/26/2004 2:41:58 PM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: Renfield
"The thing that strikes me is that it sounds like a letter a GI would write home to his father today...."
And the socks would take about as long to get there too!
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01/26/2004 2:45:10 PM PST
by
TalBlack
("Tal, no song means anything without someone else...")
To: nickcarraway
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
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01/26/2004 2:49:28 PM PST
by
steveo
(Alwyas use you're spell checkor)
To: richardtavor
began in 67 c.e.I'd have changed that to read AD
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01/26/2004 2:52:30 PM PST
by
steveo
(Alwyas use you're spell checkor)
To: archy
Uva uvam vivendo varia fit
To: archy
Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse.
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01/26/2004 4:02:56 PM PST
by
SwinneySwitch
(Freedom isn't Free! Support those who ensure it.)
To: San Jacinto
Uva uvam vivendo varia fitYep, I read Lonesome Dove too. I don't rent pigs neither.
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01/26/2004 4:07:10 PM PST
by
archy
(Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
To: SwinneySwitch
Did you catch the part about the French king bribing the Vikings rather than fighting, and how it just lead to more attacks? I guess the cheesy eating surrender monkey tradition goes way back!
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