Paal_101
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It matters on how well you draw. A good understanding of military equipment, history, and mentality for at least one culture is required for smooth design (which is what we want
). If you are interested in a position, talk to Jason (Wijitmaker)
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As I said on MSN, good luck and have fun! Don't be a stranger, try and post on the boards while you're there if you can
Looking forward to those pictures Scout out some good restaurants near the Coliseum for me when I go
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Onagers? The Romans have them, although none of the catapults will be equipped with flaming projectiles, since that is pure Hollywood. 120 pound rocks, yes
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Agreed, however he died he is gone, and none too soon. My father was born in Croatia, so for me the saga of Milosevic has always been somewhat personal. But I believe true judgement comes in the next life, and I feel no pity.
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I saw a piece on TV about a Chinese restaurant that served rats.
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Yes, and Goliath was a Philistine not a Phoenician
There is a theory that he was descended of Semetic ancestors (Rephaim is the name I believe) who had joined the with Philistines when they appeared out of nowhere. Good chance that he might have been of Mycenaean origin as well, since a lot of evidence seems to pointing in that direction with regard to the Philistines. Militarily the tactics of the Philistines are extremely similar to the Mycenaeans. Goliath's panopoly as described in the book of First Samuel is strikingly similar to those worn by the Heroes in the Iliad.
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Indeed, congratulations guys
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Long Term Plan - Graduate college, get a job with an accounting firm as an articling student, take the CA exam in 3 years and settle down.
Short Term - Get through the last few weeks of this semester, find a job for the summer, then come back in the fall for year 2.
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Happy Birthday Joshua!
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As you said, Persian armies were also large for intimidation purposes. Mesopotamian and Near Eastern practice for a millenia had been to scare one's opponents into submission by bringing a massive force to his doorstep. The Bible, for example, has several incidents where massive armies are brought to bear by the Cannanites, Assyrians, and Babylonians in attempts to frighten the opponent.
Persian armies followed the same practice. Western armies like the Greeks and Romans always went out with the intention of fighting each time, so every man there was necessary. On the other hand Persian armies could be made up of thousands of unnecessary, untrained men to simply provide bulk and a fear factor. Darius III at Gaugamela planned to fight, but dead to rights he was trying to scare Alexander by having 100,000 men arrayed against him, knowing that his previous attempts had failed.
That being said the Persians did have some very highly trained troops, usually Medes and Persians. In addition the Assyrian and Sakae troops in their armies could not be discounted, nor the Cissians and Bactrians. Particularly the cavalry from these nations were hardly negligiable. If anything the Persians lacked in trained infantry, and indeed once they began to fight as karadakes they proved to be tough opponents.
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I'm potentially interested in reenacting
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Means totally out of the blue, unexpected, no lead up or hint that this topic was going to be posted. No logical flow of events leading to this situation
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At this point there are vague concepts for Germanics, Goths, and Saxons in Part II of 0 AD, but nothing for sure. As for barbaric, Germanics of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD were about as barbaric as they came
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Agree with Michael. Alexander, militarily was almost bang on with any history book you would ever open. The only thing that was blatantly different was that the phalangites were wearing white tunics rather than the historically described red. And the condensing of particular events at Gaugamela and certain actions there are explained in the director's commentary by Oliver Stone, where he says this isn't right, but for the sake of the story is done that way.
As for chariot crashes, I do not know, although I imagine that it will be so.
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....and the guy hits the sarissa on the way down
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Here is a video of a horse race gone bad:
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/1434/Horse_Launch.html
It gives one an idea of the kind of crashes one could expect from a chariot in combat. In this case the yoke pole disconnects and digs into the ground. Kinda painful.
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Keith Urban - Days Go By
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Origa - Inner Universe
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The Sponsership Scandal gave everyone a bad taste for Liberals and this election was basically about shaking things up. Yet as you can see from the very small minority Conservative government people are not keen on Stephen Harper either. Mainly because they are afraid of his stance on privitization and being buddy-buddy with George Bush. If he had been in power in 2003 Canadian troops would have been in Iraq, which they very well might be anyway.
But it won't be long before we have another vote with minority government
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The Rise of Christianity
By
Jonathan Bennett
*Note on the Second Part to The Rise of Christianity- In the first part of this article I dealt with the life of the Spiritual Leader Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the Son of God. In the second part of the article I have written about the Early Christian Church under the Apostles (the followers of Christ) and their ministries. The third and last part of this article deals with the Early Church from 90 AD to the Great Schism. It includes information on the beliefs and practices of Early Christianity, the persecutions under the Romans, the legalization of Christianity and the first division of the Christian Church.
Part Two- The Acts of the Apostles
In Christian tradition after the Ascension of Christ, the Apostles returned to Jerusalem and remained in hiding for ten days until, as described in the Acts of the Apostles “… suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were staying… And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim. “ (Acts 2:1-4). This describes the Christian feast day of Pentecost (also know as Whitsunday), which is believed to be the day that the Christian religion was born. The Apostles began to preach the teachings of Christ throught Judea, and their followers quickly grew in numbers. A man by the name of Matthias was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. In Jerusalem the Apostles and their followers, known as Christians, were persecuted by the Sanhedrin, but this failed to stop their ever-increasing popularity. At this time a Pharisee and citizen of the Roman Empire, Saul of Tarus, immersed himself in the perscution of the Christians, but later converted and became the Paul, the thirteenth Apostle.
At this time Christians still consdiered themselves a sect of Judaism, and continued to practice Jewish traditions despite being condemned by the Sanhedrin. Paul began to preach outside of Judea, in Antioch and Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and many non-Jews began to follow the Christian teachings, but did not necessarily want to become Jewish.
To determine the future of the early Church would take, the first Ecumenical Council was held in 50 AD. The Council of Jerusalem focused on the question of whether or not one must be Jewish to be Christian. A main issue of this was the debate over circumcison. The Council decreed that gentiles (non-Jews) could be Christians as long as they were Baptized and renounced their former religion, and that circumcision was not a necessity. Not only did the Council of Jerusalem begin the separation of Christianity from Judaism, but it also began the practice of meeting in Council to decide matters of faith. The Catholic Church still continues this long tradition of resolving doctrinal debates in an Ecumenical Council.
The schism between Christianity and Judaism allowed the Early Church to grow outside of Palestine. The Apostles and other missionaries traveled around the Mediterranean setting up Christian communities in major cities. In particular, Paul of Tarsus was responsible for the conversion of many gentiles in Asia Minor and Greece. Born as a Citizen of the Roman Empire, Paul was able to able travel freely and had been given formal eduction as a child. According to Christian tradition and the Book of Acts, he was originaly a central figure in the persecution of Christians in Judea until a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus converted him to the religion he had fought to suppress. Some conspiracy theorists claim that Paul was in fact an agent of the Roman Empire sent to “create” a peaceful sect of Judaism in an effort to calm the unrest in Palestine, however most scholars agree that this, and similar theories possess no support. What everyone can agree on is that Paul of Tarsus was one of the most influential figures in the Early Church.
Christianity’s separation from Judaism also had a downside, which would plague the Church for almost 500 years. Now that Christianity had detached itself from Judaism, it was no longer a recognized religion of the Roman Empire. This gave local Roman authorities the right to persecute and suppress the Christians if they felt the need to. Many Christian values, like equality in the eyes of God, undermined traditional Roman values like the authority of the master over the slave, the husband over the family, and above all, the Emperor over everyone. Early Christians generally believed in non-violence, so many were not allowed to join the Roman army. Unofficial Roman persecutions, called pogroms, began around the same time as the Council of Jerusalem. These early pogroms were unofficial and usually carried out as an attempt to stop Christian conversions in various cities. Despite these setbacks Christianity steadily grew and by 60 AD it had spread to Rome.
The first documented persecution that was officially sanctioned occurred in 64 AD. At this time the Emperor Nero had been trying to raze and rebuild vast portions of Rome to his own designs. So when, in the summer of 64, nearly two thirds of Rome was destroyed in great fire, suspicion quickly arose that Nero himself (whose sanity was already being questioned at this time) had ordered the fire. Like a good politician, Nero blamed an already-persecuted group for the fire- the Christians in Rome. The first of many official persecutions against the Early Church had begun. Nero accused Christians of being enemies of the Empire (which in some cases was not untrue). The Roman historian Tactius writes this about the persecutions-
“But not all the relief that could come from man, not all the bounties that the prince could bestow, nor all the atonements which could be presented to the gods, availed to relieve Nero from the infamy of being believed to have ordered the conflagration, the fire of Rome. Hence to suppress the rumor, he falsely charged with the guilt, and punished Christians, who were hated for their enormities. Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilatus, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius: but the pernicious superstition, repressed for a time broke out again, not only through Judea, where the mischief originated, but through the city of Rome also, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their center and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind. Their deaths were made farcical. Dressed in wild wild animals skins, they were torn to pieces by dogs, or crucified, or made into torches to be ignited after dark as substitues for daylight. Nero provided his gardens for the spectacle, and exhibited dsiplays in the Circus, at which he mingled with the crowd…Despite their guilt as Christians, and the ruthless punishment it deserved, the victims were pitied. For it was felt that they were being sacrificed for one man’s brutality than to the interest of the empire.“
Nero unleashed a fury of persecutions against the Christians in Rome. Christians who refused to recognize the divinity of the Emperor were executed in the arena. Christians in Rome retreated to the catacombs (underground tombs) for communal worship. Many of the Apostles and other leaders of the Christian Church were gradually rounded up and put to death. St. Peter was arrested in Rome around the time of the city’s burning, and was executed in 67 AD. Christian tradition holds that Peter asked his guards to not to crucify him in the same manner of Christ’s death (Peter felt he was unworthy) and, in an act of cruelty, the guards crucified him upside-down atop Vatican Hill outside Rome. St. Paul is said to have been imprisoned and beheaded in Rome around the same time.
The last Apostle, St. John, is believed to have been exiled on the island of Patmos after several failed execution attempts by the Romans. This comes from Christian beliefs and can be argued, but what is known is that by 90 AD all the Apostles of Christ had either died at the hands of the Romans, or succumbed to old age. Even though the original leaders of this fledgling religion were gone, Christianity was now ingrained in the Roman Empire.
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Here is an overview of the election, with a list of the parties and their respective votes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_fede...lection%2C_2006
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I voted NDP simply because they have traditionally advocated for students like myself
I'm glad that we have a minority Con government, since it limits their ability to go crazy with their policies. Even so I have absolutely no faith in Stephen Harper's ability to lead the country. And we will have another election in a year or two. -
Different story there
Suggestions for 0 A.D.
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Those are good suggestions
There are a couple of things you should know though:
We are going to deploy siege engines in the game as they were used in historical battles, against buildings in fixed engagements. Large stone throwers such as ballista, onagers, lithobolos, and the like were used exclusively against static targets. They were time consuming to construct and disassemble. Admittedly they did come in premade parts but their weight also made them difficult to reaim during a fast paced infantry confrontation. And it was not particularly good for your cause if previously ill-equipped barbarians suddenly came into possession of a half-dozen full assembled siege engines which could suddenly be turned on your own towns because there was no time to pack them up. Even so the rate of fire on the stone throwers was far too slow to be of much use in disrupting an infantry charge.
Bolt throwers like the scorpio and chieroballistra were used in some limited fashion by the Romans in field engagements, but the ones used in particular were usually on the smaller end of the size scale, sort of like a ancient version of a modern squad heavy machine gun like a Browning M-2 or an DShK. Yet the evidence still seems to point towards the fact that bolt throwers (large and small) were more restricted to being anti-personnel weapons used in sieges and as defensive weapons in camps and fortresses.
Above all historical accuracy is what we are going for. It is very possible that siege engines can be used as an anti-personnel weapon in 0 AD during field battles, particularly the bolt throwers, but expect them to be used 90% of the time smashing buildings to dust.