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World's only intact Roman shield and body armour unearthed on a battlefield where Germanic tribesmen wiped out three legions in AD9 to go on display at the British Museum
Daily Mail UK ^
| December 6, 2023
| Harry Howard
Posted on 12/06/2023 9:37:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
“VARUS! GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS!”
To: SunkenCiv
Just remembered these little diddys from I Claudius...
Lord Augustus kept knocking his
head against the wall:
Lord Augustus each time bawling
As he fetched his head a crack,
“Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give me my three Eagles back!”
Lord Augustus tore his bedclothes,
Blankets, sheet and counterpane.
“Varus, Varus, General Varus,
Give my Regiments back again!”
To: Red Badger
One of the times the Roman army was reorganized was after the war between Octavian and Antony. The century was reduced from 100 to 80, for operational reasons, and to increase the number of centurions (but the name was kept). As a consequence, legion size was reduced, cohort size was reduced. Duplicate legion numbers were eliminated. Overall number of legions was reduced to 28 (from 56), with the Praetorian Guard organized to serve as Rome’s police force and the imperial bodyguard. Auxiliaries were made permanent, drawn from conquered populations, and those numbered 28 legions. Enlistment lengths and terms were changed.
My guess is, the entire reorganization was the work of Octavian’s best friend and unfailing ally, Marcus Agrippa. Perhaps the only real changes from the so-called republic period into the formal Empire was the addition of the full-time chief executive and introduction of the the standing army with career soldiers, and the permanent existence of the Roman navy, with at least five major bases to sweep the seas of piracy.
Part of the reason for the endurance of the Empire was the peace through commerce model. Too bad about those plagues intercoursing up everything. Also too bad that no one tried to build an orderly system of succession until Diocletian, after the plagues and the rest of the Crisis of the 3rd Century.
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posted on
12/07/2023 7:43:55 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: newnhdad
I thought it was Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, Christopher Plummer and Gladiator Anthony Quayle, whose Gladiators fled the battle and were “decimated”.
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) - IMDb
Yes, I remember back that far...I like to compare those two movies.
To: Chode; Macho MAGA Man; ScaniaBoy; ProtectOurFreedom; BlackVeil; Red Badger; reed13k
What ScaniaBoy & ProtectOurFreedom et al said, and it probably should have been worded differently because it is confusing, but if we ask why the editors put half the story into the headline, their response will probably be, "made ya look!" :^)
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posted on
12/07/2023 7:48:13 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: nutmeg
46
posted on
12/07/2023 7:48:23 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: NautiNurse; 11th_VA; central_va
47
posted on
12/07/2023 7:48:38 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Bull Snipe
48
posted on
12/07/2023 7:49:42 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
“...half the story into the headline, their response will probably be, “made ya look!” :^)”
LOL...that sums it up! Nice comment.
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posted on
12/07/2023 7:52:50 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; Red Badger; newnhdad
Don't forget Maximinus Thrax, who should have been portrayed on screen by Andre the Giant. :^)
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posted on
12/07/2023 7:56:54 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
12/07/2023 7:58:56 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Andre the Giant.....................He’s dead, Jim..............
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:41:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
yes 2, but the writing is the usual DM gibberish
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:43:56 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:46:58 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: reed13k
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:47:20 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: SunkenCiv
yup, and it IS the DM... 8^)
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:55:12 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Chode
“the writing is the usual DM gibberish”
Yes, but look on the bright side. The DM didn’t declare the discovery to be “SHOCKING.”
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posted on
12/07/2023 9:04:37 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: mewzilla
semper in mundis interulus - my mom
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posted on
12/07/2023 10:26:37 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
To: Red Badger
Perfect, so’s Maximinus Thrax! :^)
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posted on
12/07/2023 11:02:58 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
It's all well and good until you add a gladius and a helmet to the mix and the thing reanimates in the museum at midnight and goes around hacking and slashing the museum staffers, a sepulchral voice intoning "Varus! Where are my leggings?"
I get all my history from horror movies.
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