Cool, a lesson in history! I'm not that good at remembering
history though, too many names and dates. Maybe Nils would
be interrested in a historical military discussion with you, he
knows a lot about it, and it's one of his greatest interests i
believe :-)
Rune
-----Original Message-----
From: Luca Lettieri [mailto:magnus_at_...]
Sent: 2000-04-14 10:07
To: netepic_at_egroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: RE: [NetEpic ML] Slann saves
> Heh, we might be young, but we're hardy! We don't
even
> need a siesta in the middle of the day like some
people do :-)
Neither do we... siesta is a Spanish word, you know...
> While we're on the decadence issue, weren't the
Romans
> a tad on the decadent side? Aren't you in fact all
descendants
> of a decadent civilization? ;)
>
> Oohh...this one is gonna hurt! :-)
It depends on which time period you're talking about. Late
Imperial
Rome was decadent, all right. But Early and Middle Roman
Republic was
the most efficient conquering machine ever to be seen on the
face of
Earth. It had something like 12.5% of total population in
active
military service; no one else ever approached that figure.
US imperialism... pffff.... amateurs :-)
Luca Lettieri
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