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Re:History
« Reply #45 on: February 07, 2005, 02:06:27 PM »
A coup has rules???? Wow, I really need to study up on history...

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« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2005, 09:57:51 AM »
hey, 25 million hungry french people can't be wrong...

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Re:History
« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2005, 01:11:51 PM »
Why not???

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« Reply #48 on: February 08, 2005, 02:07:10 PM »
Caligula was assassinated leaving the Pretorean Guard jobless.  It was they IIRC who installed the nearest member of the Imperial family as Emperor in an effort to ensure job security.  That was whom they called Claudius the Idiot.  He turned out smarter than that though.  He was  followed by Nero the last of Augustus' immediate family to rule.
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« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2005, 02:10:26 PM »
it is sometimes better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

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Re:History
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2005, 01:47:44 AM »
Wow... the things you learn in a Pub...

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Re:History
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2005, 06:03:25 AM »
Zone, Goddess of History (Channle) ;)

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Re:History
« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2005, 09:51:44 AM »
The history channel is for crap most of the time.  Their research is slanted and/or shoddy more often than not.  I'm a history snob  ;)
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Re:History
« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2005, 10:31:39 AM »
i watch the discovery channel.

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Re:History
« Reply #54 on: February 09, 2005, 10:44:33 AM »
Quote from: Zone on February 09, 2005, 09:51:44 AM
The history channel is for crap most of the time.  Their research is slanted and/or shoddy more often than not.  I'm a history snob  ;)

Then what would you recomend as a good historical source for general historical interest???

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Re:History
« Reply #55 on: February 09, 2005, 11:22:45 AM »
signing up for an archeological dig.

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Re:History
« Reply #56 on: February 09, 2005, 12:42:01 PM »
Achaeological dig? Been there, done that.  But if you don't know what you're looking at its all a bunch of muddy scraps.  No, a good source for for general historical interest as asked by Gabe can be found in this one  building...a library I believe its called.  It's full of these paper things called books!  If one can read, the books impart information!  It's amazing!
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« Reply #57 on: February 09, 2005, 01:28:48 PM »
ahh.. and the bias of someone who writes books is much better than the bias of someone that makes tv shows for the history channel...

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Re:History
« Reply #58 on: February 09, 2005, 02:29:01 PM »
Quote from: Zone on February 09, 2005, 12:42:01 PM
Achaeological dig? Been there, done that.  But if you don't know what you're looking at its all a bunch of muddy scraps.  No, a good source for for general historical interest as asked by Gabe can be found in this one  building...a library I believe its called.  It's full of these paper things called books!  If one can read, the books impart information!  It's amazing!
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Smart hoop. By the way, have you ever read a book called "In the Country of the Blind"? It's about a society of people who have been applying mathmatical principals to histpry, and find out that by using statistical analysis they can actually predict the coure of history and change it. It's pretty interesting so far, but I'm not done yet. Still, you might enjoy it, Zone.

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Re:History
« Reply #59 on: February 09, 2005, 04:38:22 PM »
History was only written by the victors.

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