Recent content by bewareofgnomes

see that's what i was thinking, but the problem is how far back i am. I have pretty much every improvement in most cities (asides the new russian ones) and still have HUGE expenses. And no one will trade with me. I'm in 1000 AD and don't even have feudalism, though I am number 1 on the power...

Hey there. I used to play Civ 3 all the time on all difficulty levels with relative ease. Anyways I quit for a good 3 years and just started back up with Civ4. I steamrolled the AI in my first to games but now I am having some trouble on the prince difficulty level. A brief synopsis -...

Actually that was me just knowing absolutely nothing about the mongols. I figured that since the mongols lived in yurts and ate horses and so on that they werent very smart. But I have learned otherwise and like xen am starting to get pissed off by the mongol supporters continually going back to...

I recant that and instead say the most powerful Roman army vs. The most powerful Mongol army. Also, about the bows and stirrups, lets just assume that the romans had stirrups and uber bows, as well as cannons, siege, etc..., so that we can compare Roman military philosophy/tactics vs...

Wasit diocletian?

Ebitdadada, i believe you just got dismissed by xen. that was very impressive xen :goodjob:

YOU ARE CORRECT!!! it is now your turn.

I realize that they were roughly 1500 years apart, and so im asknig you to suspend your belief and assume that technoligicaly they were on par.

So is it my turn then? well im going to assume that it is so here is my question: To what island was Julia (Tiberius' second wife) exiled to?

I dont exactly remeber, but i think that they were a group of 10 men thote wrote a bunch of laws.

You are correct, it is your turn.

You are correct! there are a lot of mysterious deaths in Roman history...

In world history earlier this year, we discussed the Mongols and their incredibly mobile and deadly army. I, being the Roman history buff that I am made a kind of thoughtless claim that had say Caesar and Ghengis Khan coexisted the Romans would have easily won due to superior orginasation and...

Hmmm, this thread seems to have trailed off so i guees ill try to bring it back... Question: Who was Romulus's Sabine Co-Ruler following the rape of the sabines?

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