1 posted on
06/26/2006 7:14:50 PM PDT by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
06/26/2006 7:17:32 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Spartacus, the gladiator slave who led a rebel war against the Romans, was a Thracian.I didn't know that.
3 posted on
06/26/2006 7:29:12 PM PDT by
Bahbah
(Democrat Motto: Why not the worst)
To: blam
“In the Thracians’ calendar, there are three seasons and 60 main holidays."
So I guess that explains the Thracians' fall: too many days off.
4 posted on
06/26/2006 7:31:14 PM PDT by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: blam
What was sad about Spartacus the Thracian: They were on the borders of his homeland, almost completely free, and they turned around to go after Rome some more.
And then he was boxed in and killed.
5 posted on
06/26/2006 7:38:12 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(This is a test of the emergency tagline system. Had there been an emergency, you would have heard...)
To: blam
One of the Roman emperors was Maximinus Thrax (the Thracian), who ruled from 235 to 238...not fondly remembered.
There's a line in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum about someone who raped Thrace thrice.
To: blam
I nominate blam for having the most consistently interesting posts on Free Republic.
8 posted on
06/26/2006 7:45:49 PM PDT by
inkling
To: blam
Thank you so much for your dedication in posting so many interesting articles about the ancient world. Although I rarely comment on them since I am limited in detailed knowledge about the subjects, I certainly appreciate the chance to learn about these subjects.
10 posted on
06/26/2006 7:52:56 PM PDT by
Socratic
("I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.")
To: blam
11 posted on
06/26/2006 8:03:20 PM PDT by
OldCorps
To: blam
So when did the Thracians predict the end of the world?
12 posted on
06/26/2006 8:03:56 PM PDT by
Nachoman
(Have you hugged a Garand today?)
To: blam
What I can't understand is why the Thracians never wanted to adopt writing, even while living all the way into the 8th century under Byzantine rule!
Maybe they thought writing was for ninnies. But being contemporaneous to the frequently writing Romans makes that difficult to believe. Perhaps they thought writing was just fad!
As a side note, I've read speculation that Dionysus was originally a Thracian god. Who knows what their culture was like, probably it was really cool.
Too bad they didn't write.
13 posted on
06/26/2006 8:05:56 PM PDT by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
17 posted on
06/26/2006 9:38:51 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.)
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