Titus Ultor
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Of course. Roman legions almost always had the edge on a phalanx. How else could they counquer so many Hellenistic nations? The problems came when other, unconventional tactics were used.
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Also, the Phalanx could be defeated by mobility. The problem with the phalanx was that it was a very slow and ponderous formation, and had enough trouble going forward, much more so when turning. A well-used cavalry, or even a lighter infantry, could strike at the phalanx from a direction not nearly as strong as the front.
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I'm almost entirely certain that you, Centurion, or someone else had mentioned something to the effect of:
"Hoplites could #$%## Legions, if used correctly."
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Exit polls were spot on during the 2000 election, the 1996 election, and the 1992 election. There's very little explanation for the large margin in this election, and most people just dismiss it because the implications of it are so frightening. Argumentum ad consequentiam for sure, but rational thought hasn't been a political strongpoint ever.
In some counties in Ohio, counties registered over 80% Democrat had an over 80% Bush vote. Also, some counties had more people vote than there were people registered. One machine registered negative votes for Kerry.
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I agree. But they did keep to tenets of the religion (Jesus was the Messiah of Judean prophecy, and is God, Lord, and Saviour). They had disagreements with certain policies and attitudes. Much like most political parties in secular areas, today.
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It's getting less and less like that. I think the reason that Europeans are still stuck with monarchies is... they never got around to killing them. We got lucky, because we only had to scare ours off.
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That idea sounds pretty promising...Unless all the buildings are square. But if another idea (different sized houses) is implemented, you could make "city blocks" of housing. Easy to align into close promiximity, and thus easier to defend.
Also, even during an actual game...I always find myself organizing everything into a neat little town set-up. Looks pretty and stuff. Does anyone else do that? It doesn't cut into my time too much, but it's just kind of weird.
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No problem. European History is probably my favorite subject of all time. The Dutch had about a hundred and fifty (1600s - mid 1700s) years in the spotlight before becoming completely obscure, again.
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Umm...historically, didn't the Roman legions defeat the Phalanx? Maybe there's more to it than that. But if both sides used their troops to the best extent, the mobile legions would be able to defeat the Hoplites.
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I really don't see how it could be a part of the rather historically aimed 0 A.D. project. I'm just guessing on that, but, invariably, someone will make a mod, so you could download that.. And TLA should have dragaons.
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Catholics are, of course, Christians. Protestantism is a large and, at the time, radical (bigger than the trunk) branch of Catholicism, a much older form. So if Catholics aren't Christians, their offshoots can't be.
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Why are the Romans always in precarious positions? They don't get a break in these screenshots.
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He's commonly called "William of Orange". He was rather instrumental in protecting the Protestant North of Holland from the Spanish, Catholic South. He later became the king of England, by marrying some English princess broad.
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I believe American foreign policy requires that we disrespect foreign heads of state. I think burning, or shooting, them in effigy is fine.
But the JFK assasination actually happened, and is a mournful event in the minds of Americans (and others) even today. You can hardly even make a joke about Kennedy without being extremely cautious. Lincoln is just now getting there.
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Not to disparage beraged, angry, drunken, Greek women in religious ecstasy, of course.
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Who actually blows her head off? You run her over.
Either way, it's completely different. A ....JFK. .....JFK. There's a distinct different.
Graph:
Bottom of society----------------------------------------------------------------U.S. President
Prostitute--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JFK
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Yay for Christian attack dog morals. Amish is right, though. It's sole purpose was to keep frequencies seperate, as well as to watch for illegal activities being conducted over it.
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I don't think they really represent the Hellenic civilization as a whole, or any of the three seperate factions I've heard mentioned for the Greeks.
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If there was fuzz about a breast, no one would appreciate that being on television. >.>
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The massive mass-media corporation Viacom has been fined millions of dollars for as showing a female rump on television, showing Janet Jackson's....chest-ual area, and having their subsidiaries in radio use "indecent" talk, among other things.
Is such an institution Constitutional? If not, why? Are they just protecting "family values", or are they an agency of government censorship of "free opinion"?
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Public officals, religious officials and crackpots can declare whatever day or time they want as a holiday or remembrance or whatever the heck they want it to be. It's just that this particular person is George Washington. And, once again, the holiday wasn't established by the goverment as an offical holiday until the late 1800s. Before then, it was a New England tradition of prayer and/or celebrating the past (minus the Native Americans, unfotunately).
Edit: Something I said came off the wrong way to me.
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It had a lot to do with the government not favouring one particular sect of Christianity (let's not be romantic about it: there weren't atheists in any sort of numbers, and hardly any alternatives, especially in the American Colonies). They feared a British system (Church of England), which is one of the original reasons for emigrating from the mainland in the first place.
On that point, also, I think it's interesting to notice that colonists came to avoid the forced pushing of religion. So to say that America is a Christian nations is like saying bread was invented to create hunger. Not really, but it's 1 AM...and that's the best analogy I have given that time period.
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...said for the government to establish a day for any god is a violation of the Constitution, pure and simple.
Thanksgiving had entirely different meaning at the time when George Washington proclaimed such a day. Thanksgiving days were proclaimed whenever something worth being thankful. The actual holiday wasn't created until the Victorian Age. Also, Christian references were a great part of vernacular there, and made for powerful speeches at the time, because everyone was religious, and it's hard to disagree with yourself.
Some major finds
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Certainly an exceptional find...I wonder if there will be anything they can piece together about these barbarian folk.