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Coritanian
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 27 November 2007 : 10:09:49 PM
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You're gonna hate me Simon, but I just have to bring this one up!
I was just reading on Wikipedia about decimation (as we all have, I'm sure!) and it states that the practice was last used during the time of Augustus, around 20BC. That's about 60 years before the Eagles books are set. Yet one of the books (the Eagle's Prey?) clearly describes it "nearly" being performed.
Now I know this is not a major issue; after all, who cares? I just wanted to know 2 things:
1) Simon, did you already know this when you wrote it and just decided to ignore it?
2) Does anyone else know of any other historical inaccuracies in the series?
I told you that you'd hate me for this. Am I right?!
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54
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Bat King
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 November 2007 : 10:26:02 PM
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| Well they all seem to speak English... Well apart from some of the Britons. |
Edited by - Bat King on 27 November 2007 10:26:57 PM |
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Coritanian
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2031 Posts |
Posted - 27 November 2007 : 10:37:33 PM
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That's a fair point. Hey Simon, maybe you should start having the books published in Latin!
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Matthew 27:54 |
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 November 2007 : 12:38:31 PM
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The last recorded Decimation was used under Diocletian. He ordered two decimations of the Theban Legion in 286CE.
It wasn't always decimation. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished (vicesimatio) or the hundredth (centesimatio).
"We are Starfleet officers, weird is part of the job."
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Gladius
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 November 2007 : 3:38:38 PM
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| hmm very interesting but im not sure every little detail should be taken into account... |
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
United Kingdom
1949 Posts |
Posted - 28 November 2007 : 6:22:04 PM
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Lets face the fact s though... we do not have EVERY record of those times do we. There are whopping great big holes in the histories that survive.
Moriarty: I see that ten years in Britain have not changed your Imperial Roman outlook, Caesar.
Caesar (G): True, Moriartus, always a Roman eye.
Moriarty: Will you take wine?
Caesar: No thanks, I think I'll have a half of mild and a packet of crisps.
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Gladius
Homosapien
United Kingdom
2145 Posts |
Posted - 28 November 2007 : 7:36:34 PM
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| yeah so these gaps leave room for a little "creative freedom" |
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drosdelnoch
Small mammal
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 November 2007 : 11:15:34 PM
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Im waiting for a devotion. LOL
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Gladius
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 November 2007 : 03:06:36 AM
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lol true
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