THE THREAD

[Mike Solli]

Yeah, you gotta watch them AFBs. [:'(]

[bobogoboom]

Doh didn't realise i was 2 post away from being able to do a defacement. dang it.

[RUPD3658]

Poft detift tife.

Root canal is now done. Just two more times in the chair to fit the cap and the nightmare will be over.

[rtrapasso]

YEar 75 BC:

In Rome, the tribune Quintus Opimius speaks out against Sullan restrictions on the tribunate, in orations noted for sarcasm against conservatives.

Cicero is quaestor in Rome.

Nicomedes IV of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome on his death (75/4 BC), angry by the arrangement, Mithridates VI of Pontus declared war on Rome and invaded Bithynia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, thus starting the Third Mithridatic War.

Third Mithridatic War - M. Aurelius Cotta was defeated by Mithridates in the Battle of Chalcedon.

Start of Golden Age of Latin Literature.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Poft detift tife.

Root canal is now done. Just two more times in the chair to fit the cap and the nightmare will be over.

There you go kids. Remember to brush regularly [:D]

[rtrapasso]

Year 75 AD/CE:

Town of Caerwent founded by the Romans.


Accession of Han Zhangdi.

Revolt against the Chinese in Tarim: Cachera and Turfan are besieged. Luoyang orders the evacuation of Tarim. Ban Chao makes the rebels retreat towards Khotan. At the same time, the Chinese army of Ganzhou reconquers Turfan in Northern Xiongnu. Ban Chao convinces the emperor of the need to control Central Asia in the fight against Xiongnu.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Hey, Onime... long time no "see" - what've you been up to...

BTW - i've managed to get Spartacus on here for you... [:D]

Hi Bob. Thank you. As for bringing up in the first place, I plead beer. [:D]

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Poft detift tife.

Root canal is now done. Just two more times in the chair to fit the cap and the nightmare will be over.

There you go kids. Remember to brush regularly [:D]

How can you tell that the Tooth Brush was invesnted in West Virgina? (Our Brit friends can insert any "pikey" place they choose[;)])

If was invented anywhere else it would have been called "The TEETH brush"

Thank you folks...I am here all week. [:D]

[bobogoboom]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Hey, Onime... long time no "see" - what've you been up to...

BTW - i've managed to get Spartacus on here for you... [:D]

Hi Bob. Thank you. As for bringing up in the first place, I plead beer. [:D]

Beer good.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

How can you tell that the Tooth Brush was invesnted in West Virgina? (Our Brit friends can insert any "pikey" place they choose[;)])

See, you've learnt something from the Thread [:D] Actual English words, now you can call criminals Pikey Gits and they won't know what you are talking about...

[bobogoboom]

So for kaboom town in addison we decided to get my parents conversion van and a keg and watch the fireworks/airshow from the airport taxiway. Then drove to a bar afterwards. 7 guys a keg of beer and a conversion van driving around dallas. It was the greatest/worst idea in the history of the world.

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

How can you tell that the Tooth Brush was invesnted in West Virgina? (Our Brit friends can insert any "pikey" place they choose[;)])

See, you've learnt something from the Thread [:D] Actual English words, now you can call criminals Pikey Gits and they won't know what you are talking about...

I learned "Git" from years of watching Red Dwarf. Also learned "Scrump"[;)]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

How can you tell that the Tooth Brush was invesnted in West Virgina? (Our Brit friends can insert any "pikey" place they choose[;)])

See, you've learnt something from the Thread [:D] Actual English words, now you can call criminals Pikey Gits and they won't know what you are talking about...

I learned "Git" from years of watching Red Dwarf. Also learned "Scrump"[;)]

There's lots of words/phrases that don't seem to get used much on your side of the pond. Most of them aren't suitable for a family forum though [:-] Even better are the words that mean different things to each nation

Fag, fanny, bum (heehee I said bum! [:D])

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

More on SPARTACUS (from Answers.com):

Spartacus

Spartacus (died 71 B.C.) was a Thracian gladiator who led a slave war in Italy against the Romans. He plundered most of Italy before being defeated and killed in a pitched battle.

It is not known how Spartacus became a gladiator. He is said to have fought either with or against the Romans. Eventually he found himself in the gladiator school of Gnaeus Lentulus Batiatus at Capua. From there in 73 B.C. some 70 gladiators escaped and fled to Mt. Vesuvius, where they were joined by slaves and farm workers from the countryside. Spartacus with the help of two Celts, Crixus and Oenomaos, led them, forging the motley group into a first-class fighting force.

Roman response to the uprising was at first slow and inadequate. Spartacus defeated local levies led by a propraetor and a praetor in three sharp engagements. The slaves then broke out of Campania and raided all of southern Italy, eventually establishing winter quarters at Thurii and Metapontum in Lucania. There their forces grew to 70,000 men.

In 72 the Senate assigned both consuls and four legions to the war against the slaves. After a minor engagement at Mt. Garganos in which Crixus was killed, Spartacus defeated the two consuls in separate battles in central Italy. At this point he attempted to lead the slaves north to freedom beyond the Alps. But after they defeated the governor of Cisalpine Gaul at Mutina (Modena), they elected to turn back to Italy to plunder and enrich themselves. Spartacus not only threatened Rome itself but again defeated both consuls in a major battle in Picenum. The Romans no longer dared face him in the field. He then returned to southern Italy and again made Thurii his headquarters.

In the autumn of 72 the Senate transferred the command against the slaves to Marcus Licinius Crassus, who held no public office at the time. He recruited six additional legions and took up a protective position in south-central Italy. After an initial defeat Crassus won a victory over a contingent of the slaves. That winter he built a wall and ditch across the toe of Italy to contain Spartacus, whose attempts to escape to Sicily with his army failed.

Early in the spring of 71 Spartacus broke through Crassus' lines but suffered two defeats at his hands in Lucania. He then retired again to Bruttium (Calabria), where he defeated two of Crassus' lieutenants who were following him. Encouraged, Spartacus's men persuaded him to risk a major battle with Crassus. In it Spartacus and 60,000 of his men fell. Spartacus's body was never found. Stragglers from the massacre were caught in Etruria by Pompey, summoned by the people from Spain to help end the war. In a final act of cruelty Crassus crucified 6,000 prisoners along the Via Appia from Capua to Rome.

Although Spartacus has been justly lauded as a bold leader, the slave war was not a revolt of the lower classes against the bourgeois leadership of Rome. Spartacus got almost no support from the Italian population, which remained loyal to Rome.

From what I know of the guy, he came from Thracian nobility. When Trace was originally subdued by Rome, he was offered, and accepted, a position in the Roman army. He had himself a rising career in Spain (iirc) and made it to the rank of Centurion. At that point, Thrace rose up against Rome and Spartacus' unit was part of the force sent to quell it. Spartacus diserted and went over to the side of the rebels. After the rebellion was crushed, he was captured and sold as a slave to Batiatus. When the rebellion broke out, Spartacus was actually a free man. I'm not sure if Batiatus gave him his freedom or (as the glorified story goes) he was set free by Sulla after a particularly glorious fight in the arena. In any case, when the rebellion broke out, he was the "fencing" instructor at Batuatus' school (which is supposedly how he had access to weapons).

According to another version of the story, the last battle occurred because Aenomaius (eat that, spell checker), who was a rather impulsive and suicidally brave fellow, got himself involved with the outriders of Crassus' column while on a foraging mission. By the time Spartacus caught wind of this, almost all of Aemonaius' 10,000 men were involved in a fight, and Spartacus had no other option but to throw in the rest of his force to try to bail him out. Its an abject lesson on choosing your own ground.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Bobthehatchit

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Bobthehatchit

So pure and unsullied...

Yeah....and what're you gonna do about it? [:-]

Who me?????[&:]

[brooklyn accent]

Yeah, yoo.

[/brooklyn accent]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

i am listening to Cesar's "Civil War" - which has "inspired" me to look various and sundry things up...

and Onime had asked about Spartacus, so i thought i'd throw it into the mix... [:'(]

Ooooh, ooooh....can we have the Punic Wars next. [:'(]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Yava

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

i am listening to Cesar's "Civil War" - which has "inspired" me to look various and sundry things up...

and Onime had asked about Spartacus, so i thought i'd throw it into the mix... [:'(]

I like all your lessons[:)]
but as for Onime... argh... he should have already started our little game...[:@][;)]

You already have a game.

Sorry. While the guests were here I neglected to to a few things which have been occupying my time since. Mia culpa.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

74 BC
Nicomedes IV, last king of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to the Roman Senate upon his death (75/4 BC).

Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus in the Battle of Cyzicus.

Quintus Opimius is prosecuted for overstepping his authority, and ruined by a conviction.

Cyrene becomes a Roman province.

Who is Quintus Opimius?

Sorry, I get lost in post Caesar Rome. I prefer the republican era, when the place was at least somewhat sane.

EDIT: errr....this is republican. I dunno....never heard of the guy and very embarassed. [:(]

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: Dixie


There's lots of words/phrases that don't seem to get used much on your side of the pond. Most of them aren't suitable for a family forum though [:-] Even better are the words that mean different things to each nation

Fag, fanny, bum (heehee I said bum! [:D])

Yes over here if you say you are going to "Knock someone up" in the morning or "Smoke a fag" it has a totally different meaning[:D]

Still don't know what the metal you pronounce "Al-You-Min-I-um" is[&:]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: USS America

"Bloated, Post Pizza Hut Lunch Buffet" Tithe.  [&o]

Its pizza day at work tomorrow.....I think I'll be having subway. [8|]