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Smoking Crow posted:I asked my classics professor and he didn't know the answer so here goes:
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Smoking Crow posted:I asked my classics professor and he didn't know the answer so here goes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromanteion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploutonion Deteriorata fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Oct 8, 2015 |
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Oct 8, 2015 19:35
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Jack B Nimble posted:Thanks for the sa Mart coin link, I had no idea they were so affordable. Yeah I wouldn't mind snagging one at those prices
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Oct 9, 2015 03:55
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While we're on the topic of collectible antiques, I got this ring fairly cheaply off of eBay a few years ago, from what seemed to be a reputable seller. The listing is long gone by now, but as I recall it was claimed to be from the period around 0-200AD. The curved lines on the front and side supposedly are meant to resemble a fish scale pattern. At the time I didn't care much, I just thought it was neat to own a piece of jewelry from ancient history that I could actually wear (it's a size 8). Does anyone know of any online resource or whatever that could possibly tell me more about it? I've seen the same or very similar design on a lot of other rings from different sellers, so I guess it would have been at least fairly common.
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Comrade Koba posted:While we're on the topic of collectible antiques, I got this ring fairly cheaply off of eBay a few years ago, from what seemed to be a reputable seller. The listing is long gone by now, but as I recall it was claimed to be from the period around 0-200AD. The curved lines on the front and side supposedly are meant to resemble a fish scale pattern. At the time I didn't care much, I just thought it was neat to own a piece of jewelry from ancient history that I could actually wear (it's a size 8). just searched for 'old rings' not recommended
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Oct 9, 2015 16:54
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That's pretty neat. I'd ask xenopus though he might have some good input.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:20
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One talent ballista I've seen siege engines like that and trebuchets a few times now. Apparently there's quite a number of people building them.
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Oct 10, 2015 09:16
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Nice, but that's a BuK TEL not a trebuchet. Common mistake.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:39
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What's a BuK TEL?
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Oct 10, 2015 16:48
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Pictured above.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:50
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I didn't write that this is a trebuchet, but stated that there's many people building siege engines and that I've seen lots of pics of all kinds of them lately.
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JaucheCharly posted:I didn't write that this is a trebuchet, but stated that there's many people building siege engines and that I've seen lots of pics of all kinds of them lately. He made a really bad joke about a type of Russian StA missile launcher.
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Oct 10, 2015 16:56
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my dad posted:He made a really bad joke about a type of Russian StA missile launcher. Future historians will exfoliate me.
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Oct 10, 2015 17:00
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Arglebargle III posted:Future historians will exfoliate me.
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Oct 10, 2015 17:02
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HEY GAL posted:exonerate defenestrate 
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Oct 10, 2015 17:07
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my dad posted:defenestrate demonstrate 
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Oct 10, 2015 17:08
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Speaking of which, are there actually any laws prohibiting people from having siege engines in their backyards?
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Oct 10, 2015 17:10
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JaucheCharly posted:Speaking of which, are there actually any laws prohibiting people from having siege engines in their backyards? Obviously depends on where you live, but there are probably zoning laws that would prohibit such structures, or perhaps being a public menace or something. If people don't want it around, they'll find some law it would fit under.
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Oct 10, 2015 17:15
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Probably? I googled around and couldn't find anything specific, but logically it would seem like the police/local government wouldn't be ok with an average resident having ballistae and catapults.
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Most likely it would be regarded as a permanent structure you built without a permit, which is likely a code violation, and may additionally violate height regulations.
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Oct 10, 2015 17:23
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I feel like I ask these types of questions a lot and most people don't think it's as important as I seem to think, but it has again to do with a translation--I'd like to read the 1,001 Nights. I know those aren't ancient history exactly, but figured someone here would know of a good version. Is Burton the go-to?
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Oct 10, 2015 17:38
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HEY GAL posted:exonerate Exarchate
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A Strange Aeon posted:I feel like I ask these types of questions a lot and most people don't think it's as important as I seem to think, but it has again to do with a translation--I'd like to read the 1,001 Nights. I know those aren't ancient history exactly, but figured someone here would know of a good version. Is Burton the go-to? The Burton version is by now too old to really be worth it anymore. Penguin published a new translation less than 10 years ago, by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons, in three books. They are pretty good. There is also a two book version by Mahdi and Haddawy which is also supposed to be really good, but i havent read that one.
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Oct 10, 2015 19:27
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Show me in the rulebook where it says I can't have a ballista.
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Oct 11, 2015 01:34
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Grand Fromage posted:Show me in the rulebook where it says I can't have a ballista. if its on wheels you are fine
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Oct 11, 2015 01:48
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Arglebargle III posted:Exarchate exsanguinate. Even if there were no laws, your local Homeowner's Association (if you have one) would surely crucify you. Not military history, but god drat if these institutions are still around in 150 years someone should take up arms. ↓↓↓↓ Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_Hat_Riot I guess the modern Homeowner's Association is kind of a similar thing as the old fashioned pitchfork mob, some sort of enforcement of status quo where public shaming fails to work. Edit 2: Now that I've thought about it some more and spent some time reading about historical unrest, I have some questions about historical uses of military forces as police, something which is commonly referred to but rarely described in detail. For starters, where is the line between police and military, in those situations where it can become ambiguous? What do military commanders do when they have to interact with police forces? Are there any records, recent or historical, of police being conscripted wholly unto a military force and used in combat? When garrisons are left in a city, how much autonomy do they have and how beholden are they to powerful civilians in the city prior to occupation? Keldoclock fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Oct 11, 2015 |
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Oct 11, 2015 02:10
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A bunch of us states either effectively bar HOAs or limit their legal powers so much that they can't gently caress with you. In many cases the only places they can have any real power are in condo developments, their tyranny is pretty much neutered in detached housing. Did any ancient peoples have equivalents of HOAs in I guess the cities?
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Oct 11, 2015 02:26
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Keldoclock posted:exsanguinate. Homeowners' Associations aren't actually empowered to do crucifixions, just beheadings and quartering in some states IIRC. Common mistake.
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Oct 11, 2015 03:45
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you have a ballista if they re bothering you over stupid poo poo you start rangefinding on the heads yard and give them real problems
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JaucheCharly posted:One talent ballista da heck does this thing fire
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Oct 11, 2015 05:09
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verbal enema posted:da heck does this thing fire Railroad ties?
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Nintendo Kid posted:A bunch of us states either effectively bar HOAs or limit their legal powers so much that they can't gently caress with you. In many cases the only places they can have any real power are in condo developments, their tyranny is pretty much neutered in detached housing.
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verbal enema posted:da heck does this thing fire Talents
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verbal enema posted:da heck does this thing fire Rocks, cows, Volkswagens.
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Would be fun to build a small one until it breaks on you showering splinters and high tension rope all over the place.
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LingcodKilla posted:Would be fun to build a small one until it breaks on you showering splinters and high tension rope all over the place. That's why you wait for the neighbors to get one and use theirs.
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Who / what was the incident that precipitated the creation of the Cursus Honorum? I could've sworn there was a particular guy somewhere between the Gracchi Brothers and Julius Caesar that rose up the ranks so quickly that they did it as a reaction so that it wouldn't happen again, along with making it so that the Tribune of the People was a dead end job, but that Dan Carlin episode was a long time ago.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Who / what was the incident that precipitated the creation of the Cursus Honorum? No time for the long answer, but the short answer is Sulla instituted the Cursus Honorum to prevent anyone else from having a similar path to power that he himself did. He felt he was stabilizing the Republic. So basically the even that precipitated it is the civil war between Sulla and Marius.
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My understanding is that Sulla reformed it, but the system of offices had existed for quite some time. (One of his particular reforms was to remove most of the powers associated with the Tribune of the People, but these were restored 15 years later -- only to have the office eroded further in the general chaos surrounding the end of the Republic.)
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Tao Jones posted:My understanding is that Sulla reformed it, but the system of offices had existed for quite some time.
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