The best Roman archaeological find EVER!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Whats the signifigance of

'CCCC per MMMMM'

?

[agrimensor]

A certain British king dresses as aroman tibune or centurio in bog would be interresting.
or on my profession a fully opertive hodometer or dioptra

[Crispvs]

Well Byron, the last time I looked, CCCC meant 400 and MMMMM meant 5000. Any help? :wink:

You never know, they might have had their own equivalent of our modern football yobs running around shouting 2:1, 2:1 in reference to scores.

Crispvs

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I'' m just curious as to what exactly it would prove? Thanks for the maths lesson, btw :wink:

[D B Campbell]

I'' m just curious as to what exactly it would prove?

[size=85:qhtkz9xp]<embarrassed whisper> If it's any consolation, Byron, ... I've no idea what he means either![/size] :?

[Crispvs]

Goodness me, archaeology can throw up so many mysterious things which defy explanation can't it?

Crispvs

[mcbishop]

Goodness me, archaeology can throw up so many mysterious things which defy explanation can't it?

Best definition I've ever seen for the phrase English Heritage... ;-) )

Mike Bishop

[Goffredo]

Too bad no roman general or emperor thought of making a tomb for himself with a legion of true-to-scale terracotta statues of legionaries in battle formation (like the most incredible chinese find).

[Alanus]

For S & G, I'd like to see an authentic tablet giving the exact length of Cleopatra's nose. 8)
OR-- the exact number of hairs Caesar had delipidated during his lifetime.
OR-- why did a Herulus' parents name him Ordovacer?
OR-- what did fish sauce really smell like? (AND-- did you wear a gas mask while using it?)

[Graham Sumner]

Byron I think Paul is trying to say that the score was 5,000 dead Caledonians for every 400 Romans. However I thought Tacitus was claiming the score was 10,000 - nil. Also like any good football manager in a post match interview he failed to see the incident when a few hundred Auxiliaries were killled!

Nonetheless I doubt a Roman toy soldier found on top of a certain hill would clearly identify that hill as the site of Mons Graupius, as it would doubtless be argued that there were several other boring but logical reasons for it getting there!

Graham.

[Crispvs]

Ah well, my Latin is far from fantastic. The original idea was for it to look like a bragging graffito by someone actually there, saying that 5000 Caledonians were lost compared to only 400 Romans (auxiliary or otherwise). Tacitus could have been exaggerating a little. :wink:

Crispvs

[Robert Vermaat]

OR-- why did a Herulus' parents name him Ordovacer?

I could not begin to guess. However, I DO know of a certain Scirian who went by the name of Odoacar.. Can't tell you if his parents thought of that one though.

[Aulus Perrinius]

1. A complete compililation of ever roman fightbook ever written (From when rome was known as Latium to 1453 AD) it would have tons of detailed color illustrations and detailed descriptions of the martial arts their troops used, how they used their weapons, and tons of stuff on training cavalrymen and their horses.

2. An entire legion of Giganotosaurs with their roman handlers, and the bodies of the german dinosaurs and their crews.

3. Emperor Constantine's Power Armor and Chainsword

4. A legion of roman mecha's and (re-killed) alien zombies

5. A Predator with a hole the size and shape of a roman spatha in his chest

[Crispvs]

"3. Emperor Constantine's Power Armor and Chainsword"

Do I detect the influence of Warhammer 40,000 here perchance?

I'd also quite like to see an illustrated history of senior officers' helmets, from, say, the mid third century BC up until the early fifth century AD.

Crispvs

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Ahh ok CheersCrispus. I thought it was 10,000? :?