Roman Empire

((this thread is for Roman Empire Discussion only. there will be no spamming. Discuss ONLY the Roman Empire.))

the Romans conquered, ruled for a while, then were defeated. for cool information on the Roman Empire, and a cool quiz where you can find out which emporer you are, go to
www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire

to get to the quiz, scroll to the bottom and click on emperors. then look to the right side pannel bar thing, and it will say
Emperor quiz.


any questions about this just ask me.

sorry ashley but I have no questions about the romans

i meant any questions about the site.

nope

then stop posting, unless you have something you want to discuss.

no this is so we can discuss the roman empire. -_- dont make me feel like it was a mistake to make a thread.

the Spartans...didnt they conquer the Romans...?

oh ok =^^=''

Romans suck the english men the scotsman and us welsh forced them back across the sea to their shitty hidey hole ^^ lol jk about the shitty hidey hole but then they did conquer us but they had the perfect law pattern

i wrote a report on Claudius for school...it needs edited a little..so bear with me.


Claudius
(10B.C. to 54A.D)
reigned (41A.D. to 54A.D.)

Claudius, disfigured by a serious illness, was clumsy and akward as a child. He was a very unlikely emperor, the only surviving heir of Agustus, and the brother of the war hero Germanicus. He became Emperor after Caligula's murder in 41A.D. He worked hard, and was fairly successful. He had one flaw: his poor taste in women.
Claudius improved Rome's judicial system in many ways. He passed laws protecting sick slaves, extended citizenship, and increased women's rights. He also treated his people with respect.
After his first promiscuis wife, Messalina, was proclaimed dead, he married his cousin Aggripina. She persuaded Claudius to disinherit his own son, Britannicus, and make her son, Nero, the heir. Now only Claudius stood in the way. She had a servant feed him poisoned mushrooms, but to her surprise, he began to recover.
She then hired his doctor to her own needs, and when he was pretending to help Claudius vomit his food, he stuck a poisoned feather down his throat.
Thus ended the reign of whom I think was one of Rome's greatest emperors. Nero's reign had begun. Who knows what will happen.

yea i told you it needed edited lol =^^=''

im a very good author actually =^^= i write fanfics and im working on my own book series

Robert Graves who wrote 'I,Claudius'...

I really dug the TV series, especially John Hurt as Caligula. Watched the whole thing in two sittings. So how does the book compare with the series? Any good?

Kinda off-topic, not really since it's techinally still the "Roman Empire," but lately I've been engrossed in Byzantine history largely due to this amasing podcast
www.anders.com/lectures/lars_brownworth/12_byzantine_rulers/

Sure the Roman empire is epic but Byzantine history but hey, even when Rome itself fell the empire continued.

Speaking of Caligula, I've been meaning to watch the film of the same name but since you guys are mentioning a tv show I've been wondering if I should just watch that instead of seeing the supposedly epicly sucky movie?

What I don't like about the Romans is how obsessed they were with colonization. Can anyone confirm the ratio of Greek to Roman tutors in Roman society? For people that thought they knew enough to govern themselves, they certainly recruited a lot of Greek educators.

What I don't like about the Romans is how obsessed they were with colonization.

That's just a recurring theme throughout history and not just restricted to the Romans.

Eh, apparently the Romans realised it'd be better to outsource...

That's just a recurring theme throughout history and not just restricted to the Romans.

Eh, apparently the Romans realised it'd be better to outsource...

My blame extends to all colonization. Far and wide, over the hills and valleys and through the trunks of trees, after which they fall down and, uh... Become the British empire.

This is a pointless thread. So we are not even allowed to talk about the Roman Empire, instead we have to talk about some crummy quiz?

Heresy!

You need to include a disclaimer in your posts. I'm thinking "Statements in post are friendlier than they appear" will work, or maybe "Do not blockquote if beyond sensibility trait".

Speaking of Caligula, I've been meaning to watch the film of the same name but since you guys are mentioning a tv show I've been wondering if I should just watch that instead of seeing the supposedly epicly sucky movie?

I highly recommend it. One thing you gotta know, it doesn't have a big glossy epic production, it doesn't look like Rome or Gladiator or anything. Pretty low key BBC TV production. But the thing just totally sucks you in. I watched the whole 11 hour series + documentary in just two days. It might look a bit stuffy, but I promise it isn't. Great acting, great drama and lots of soap-operatic plot twists. Anyway I see Gem has uploaded some clips and pictures so check it out:
www.listal.com/tv/i-claudius-1976

*edit* off-topic Windows Vista comment removed to avoid derailing topic

The 'learning a dead language' option is proving to be a pretty satisfying choice for me. My goal is to one day read the left side of a set of pages in a Loeb Classical Library volume. This shouldn't be the slightest bit difficult if I can grasp the fact that there are over two dozen ways of writing each word depending on its placement.

Sorry I'm an ignorant American, I can't be bothered to learn ded languages.... or any other languages for that matter. If I wanted to read all my favorite novels as they were written I'd fear I'd become insane.

The other night I went to watch some Gregorian chanting and it was then that I resolved that I would not learn ded languages any time in the near future. But I probably will find myself learning it sometime soon just to feed my elitist nature.

No one has to learn Latin if they don't want to, but if you're interested don't be turned off by its label as a "dead language" (quote-unquote).

I refuse to believe Latin is dead! :( I figure you have to have some kind of working knowledge of it... it's often referenced in movies and everyday life.

o plz don't go into the whole "It is technacly used in everyday conversation becasue it was the base of all languages." plz don't to that

It's not the base of every language, but it's a definite root.