http://warciv.do-talk.com/feed/? Latest topics Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:59:18 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/empty.gif http://warciv.do-talk.com/feed/? http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/rome-defeated-t3.htm withthebeatles7000 In the year 476 AD Rome was ovverun by a barbarian warchief from the goth ethnicity and sacked constantly by others in the years to come before finally coming under byzantine control 1 century later. I am just asking how come the western empire fell to barbarians and why? Had it been for political problems, economic struggles, or did they just give up. Warfare & Civilization Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:19:00 GMT http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/rome-defeated-t3.htm#4 http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/rome-defeated-t3.htm http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pericles-funeral-oration-t5.htm Phalanx At the end of the first year of war, the Athenians held, as was their custom, an elaborate funeral for all those killed in the war. The funeral oration over these dead was delivered by the brilliant and charismatic politician and general, Pericles, who perished a little bit later in the horrifying plague that decimated Athens the next year. The Funeral Oration is the classic statement of Athenian ideology, containing practically in full the patriotic sentiment felt by most Athenians. Most ... Warfare & Civilization Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:59:18 GMT http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pericles-funeral-oration-t5.htm#9 http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pericles-funeral-oration-t5.htm http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pompeivs-magnvs-t4.htm Jacob Levorsen Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus Pompey the Great lived from 29. September 106 BC - 29. September 48 BC. In his life he observed and did exceptional famous achievements. In the civil war between The Marian's and Sulla's he took side with Lucius Cornelius Sulla, reconquered Hispania(Spain), "assisted" Crassus in fighting Spartacus and then he strategically cleared the Mediteranean of Pirates, defeated Mithridates, Gave power back to The Tribunes. Allied with Caesar and Crassus in The First Triumvirate, ... Warfare & Civilization Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:42:55 GMT http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pompeivs-magnvs-t4.htm#6 http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/pompeivs-magnvs-t4.htm http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/the-biblical-proverbs-essential-message-conveyed-in-verse-2823-t2.htm Lars Henriksen I've recently been reflecting on a particular passage from the OT of the NIV Bible. "He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favour - than he who has a flattering tongue." - Proverbs 28:23 The word conveyed is fairly straight forward - however, I was wondering if any of you lot can refer to real life situations, either personal or historical ones, where a person has rebuked a man instead of spewing words of, as they refer to it, 'flattery', ended up gaining more favour? ... Warfare & Civilization Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:29:08 GMT http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/the-biblical-proverbs-essential-message-conveyed-in-verse-2823-t2.htm#2 http://warciv.do-talk.com/warfare-civilization-f1/the-biblical-proverbs-essential-message-conveyed-in-verse-2823-t2.htm