[z3n]

was he fiddling?

[blueunicorn6]

I’ll be darned.

I always thought they were on the north side of the Danube.

[Red Badger]

province of Moesia?

[2banana]

The eastern front!

[blueunicorn6]

“Moesia Inferior”

Where everybody had an inferiority complex.

“We’ll never be as good as Moesia Superior.”

[Snickering Hound]

[jalisco555]

Since we’re on the subject of Rome a friend of mine recently turned me on to Dan Carlin’s podcast series called Hardcore History. Can’t recommend it highly enough. I started with his discussion of Caesar’s conquest of Gaul called The Celtic Holocaust, then his series on WWI and am now almost done with his series on the fall of the Roman Republic.

[Verginius Rufus]

On this date in A.D. 1776, Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy (possibly caught because his Tory cousin recognized him). There is some disagreement on the exact phrasing of his famous last words, but something along the lines of "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

This line may have been inspired by verses in Joseph Addison's play Cato.

[clive bitterman]

Thanks for using A.D. instead of the pedestrian CE. Class, sophistication and respect for the past reign at Free Republic!

[minnesota_bound]

Long post.

This Legion would be stationed along the south side of the Danube River in the province of Moesia Inferior from 88 AD until the early 5th century.

[NCC-1701]

Is this according to the Julian or Gregorian calendar?

[morphing libertarian]

And I haven’t received a party invitation. Dammit!

[P.O.E.]

Really Real Fake Centurions: Legio I Italica

(excerpt):

Legio I Italica is a group of top quality, professional Roman Legionary reenactors, who travel around Italy by invitation, making camp in various towns and cities in order to educate Italians, young and old, about the real life of the legions and the ancient world.

[rdl6989]

Is this where the line broke and the Germanic barbarians poured into the Roman Empire?