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What if.. Romans invented the internet?
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#1
03-11-2006, 06:33 PM
A link to some brilliant stuff I found on another forum (Durolitum):

What would internet look like if the Romans had invented it?

http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/romans/page1/ already 10 pages and still going strong... Big Grin
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03-11-2006, 11:24 PM
Awesome website...the buddy list and the roman numeral keypad really did it!
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03-11-2006, 11:56 PM
LOL Big Grin D D

[Image: hf.jpg]

Nice find Robert!!
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03-12-2006, 12:50 AM
[Image: trajan.jpg]

I like this one. Subtle.
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03-12-2006, 02:17 AM
Love the Hadrian's Firewall one.

Esp. since one of my novel projects is called Storm over Hadrian's Wall. Big Grin
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03-12-2006, 04:25 AM
Tarbicvs et. al., ave!

Hadrian's Firewall!

OMG that has to be the funniest thing I've come across. All you need is a Contra Speculator v2.0 anti spyware program an you are set! :lol:
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03-12-2006, 01:01 PM
OH MY... *bursts out laughing* :lol:

Greatest site ever!
[size=75:wtt9v943]Susanne Arvidsson

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03-13-2006, 01:47 AM
That is hilarious....I like the SPQR - SPAR
and this....
[Image: Romantinternetcopy.jpg]
:lol: :lol: lol
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03-13-2006, 07:30 PM
:lol: Fantastic...great site!
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03-20-2006, 07:26 PM
Quote:Tarbicvs et. al., ave!

Hadrian's Firewall!

Presumably Milecastle 22 was for ssh, 21 for ftp, and most of the traffic went through Bowness-on-Solway fort in small packets ;-)

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03-20-2006, 11:51 PM
I've just checked the newbies.....'enlarge your pilum' rotfl :lol: :lol:
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03-21-2006, 01:15 AM
ROFL!

The pop-up that frightens the horses is good, too! Big Grin
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03-21-2006, 01:50 AM
The thread was closed, but anyhow, here's my image:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... ecline.jpg
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03-21-2006, 08:49 AM
Quote:I've just checked the newbies.....'enlarge your pilum' rotfl :lol: :lol:
[url:2ow5lmvl]http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/pilum.gif[/url]
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03-21-2006, 09:14 AM
And he wonders why he gets so many karma :roll:

Vorti, are you sure the + and - didn't get mixed up on the server and it's showing the wrong one :wink:
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