02-16-2009, 03:40 AM
Mathew wrote: I am also still looking forward to this book, and am sorry to hear about your publishing woes, Steven.
Whether I go with a publishing house of self publish, it will happen. Truly, I want to get it out there and out of my life. Writing this opus is consuming so much of my time, and it never seems to end. Only now after compiling all the bits and pieces from the primary sources I discover how the Romans use light infantry. This applies to most Italiote peoples, and to introduce Greek light infantry practices into the study is complete folly. So passages in the primary sources just keep becoming clearer and clearer, which means more writing. Originally it was to be one book now it’s turned into three books. But my premise is if I don’t cover them, when released someone else will, so it might as well be me.
Mathew wrote: I was reading back over this thread to remind myself of its course and noticed that you edited out the answers to two questions I asked about your ideas back in December 2007 (page 5). Was this a change of heart or the deletion of secret information that might have enabled somebody to beat you to the punch?
Well I’m not worried about being beaten to the punch. What I have talked about on this list is minor in comparison to some of the discoveries. There are numerous minor discoveries but there are two major ones I have not discussed on this list, nor hinted at. Some of the numerous minor discoveries include the true number of military tribunes per legion, which has been interpreted wrongly. Other factors are when consuls commanded two legions, again wrongly deducted by every known academic. And the so called century is also misunderstood, which has really put a spanner in the works of everyone. There is so much information in the primary sources that is overlooked. Here’s one example, when the enlistment age was from 18 to 45, before it was dropped to 17 years, when you subtract 18 from 45 you get 27. By dividing 27 by 3 (the three age divisions of the maniple legion), the result is 9 (27 divided by 3 = 9). Therefore the hastati are aged from 18 to 27, the principes from 28 up to 36 years, and the triarii from 37 to 45 years old.
I edited the Eureka posting after receiving an email, which at the time I believed was sent from the administrators of RAT, requesting I delete all my posts. The reason given was it was believed I was using the RAT forum to perpetrate a hoax. So when I did this I found I could not delete the posts only edit them. At the time I thought it strange why didn’t the administrators delete the posts as they have the ability to do so. Turns out it was not sent by the RAT administrators.
Whether I go with a publishing house of self publish, it will happen. Truly, I want to get it out there and out of my life. Writing this opus is consuming so much of my time, and it never seems to end. Only now after compiling all the bits and pieces from the primary sources I discover how the Romans use light infantry. This applies to most Italiote peoples, and to introduce Greek light infantry practices into the study is complete folly. So passages in the primary sources just keep becoming clearer and clearer, which means more writing. Originally it was to be one book now it’s turned into three books. But my premise is if I don’t cover them, when released someone else will, so it might as well be me.
Mathew wrote: I was reading back over this thread to remind myself of its course and noticed that you edited out the answers to two questions I asked about your ideas back in December 2007 (page 5). Was this a change of heart or the deletion of secret information that might have enabled somebody to beat you to the punch?
Well I’m not worried about being beaten to the punch. What I have talked about on this list is minor in comparison to some of the discoveries. There are numerous minor discoveries but there are two major ones I have not discussed on this list, nor hinted at. Some of the numerous minor discoveries include the true number of military tribunes per legion, which has been interpreted wrongly. Other factors are when consuls commanded two legions, again wrongly deducted by every known academic. And the so called century is also misunderstood, which has really put a spanner in the works of everyone. There is so much information in the primary sources that is overlooked. Here’s one example, when the enlistment age was from 18 to 45, before it was dropped to 17 years, when you subtract 18 from 45 you get 27. By dividing 27 by 3 (the three age divisions of the maniple legion), the result is 9 (27 divided by 3 = 9). Therefore the hastati are aged from 18 to 27, the principes from 28 up to 36 years, and the triarii from 37 to 45 years old.
I edited the Eureka posting after receiving an email, which at the time I believed was sent from the administrators of RAT, requesting I delete all my posts. The reason given was it was believed I was using the RAT forum to perpetrate a hoax. So when I did this I found I could not delete the posts only edit them. At the time I thought it strange why didn’t the administrators delete the posts as they have the ability to do so. Turns out it was not sent by the RAT administrators.
