1 posted on
03/16/2011 4:28:54 AM PDT by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
03/16/2011 4:29:36 AM PDT by
decimon
To: BabyBMW
3 posted on
03/16/2011 4:30:11 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: decimon
Someone was watching “Centurian”, weren’t they?
4 posted on
03/16/2011 4:32:12 AM PDT by
BuffaloJack
(Obama did not learn incompetence; he was born to it.)
To: decimon
Damned GPS. Probably wasn’t worth a damn back then either.
To: decimon
The loss of an Eagle was a national disgrace for the Romans. It seems unlikely that the loss of one would be unrecorded. On the other hand the fact that the legion number was not reused is suggestive of the legion being wiped out. There are at least a couple of examples where legions (and their Eagles) were lost and the legion numbers were never reused.
This is the kind of stuff that makes me wish I had become an archeologist.
9 posted on
03/16/2011 4:53:10 AM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: decimon
very interesting- thanks for posting
13 posted on
03/16/2011 5:19:34 AM PDT by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: decimon
14 posted on
03/16/2011 5:27:30 AM PDT by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: decimon
From the photo on the linked story, the Roman legionaires were apparently Greek hoplites too stupid to put their helmets on. LOL
The Romans almost always fought in open order. The gladius was not intended to be used above the shield, but rather to its side. It was normally used to thrust either straight forwards or in an upwards direction.
To: decimon
The disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion has long baffled historians...Were they led by General Georgious Bushius?
16 posted on
03/16/2011 5:41:04 AM PDT by
JRios1968
(Laz would hit it!)
To: decimon
The Roman Ninth Legion's mysterious loss finally solved!
They all died from Legionnaires' disease
To: decimon; Antoninus
To: decimon
To: decimon
To: decimon
My favorite was the 7th legion (Trajan’s). The 10th legion (Julius Caesar’s) was totally overrated.
41 posted on
03/16/2011 6:22:58 PM PDT by
MrsEmmaPeel
(a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
To: decimon
45 posted on
03/16/2011 7:17:08 PM PDT by
submarinerswife
(Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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