Are you a "Roman" or "Barbarian?"

[trumpeteer]

Come on, the Romans were weak cowards that hid behind shields! Whereas the Barbarians carried around huge battle-axes and lobbed people's FRICKIN' HEADS OFF!!! So where is the true glory, hiding behind your shield and living, or dying trying to get your hands on those Roman scum!!!

 

[Nad]

Roman

 

[EmpireofVirtue]

Well actually barbarians beat Romans. However, I'm definitly Roman since I believe Hegemony is the only way to find peace.

 

[Ville]

I'm from "barbaric" north so Barbarian

 

[hawai_74]

Dont know what you mean by barbarians...Its an ancient greek word to define people who were not part of the greek cities. So barbarians = foreigners, and foreigners are not all fighting people. Roman didnt beat the so called barbarians. For the battle axe, this weapon comes later in the war, in the middle ages. You saw "gladiator" movie too much.
But i know what you mean so i vote for the battle axe

 

[WickedSmurf]

Alien joker. To be played at random. Make sense? Well of course. Oddness. Yeah.

 

[Souron]

Why would you ever praise the dissorgonized tribes? They were disorgonised. On the other hand they were defending there home land.

 

[Stapel]

When regarding the Roman hobbies like watching people eaten alive by lions, slaves killing each other and even more cruel habits, I think Romans can be considered barbarians.

 

[Souron]

The only reason the barbs did not have colloseums is becuse of finantial problems. And, who said they didn't have other cruel habits?

Also romans were orgonized in one nation, therefore they were not barbarians.

 

[hawai_74]

Originally posted by Stapel
When regarding the Roman hobbies like watching people eaten alive by lions, slaves killing each other and even more cruel habits, I think Romans can be considered barbarians.

i insist, Barbarian doesn't mean cruel and stupid. Stapel is right, Roman were perhaps more "barbarians" (in the sense of this thread) than other contemporary glorious nations. We just have to look to ancient China.

 

[Ren]

Barbarian! Death before dishonour!

That said, I'm glad we live in more civilised times

 

[thestonesfan]

My first thought was that it'd be a blast to be a raging, pillaging barbarian, but those public baths sound nice...

 

[Souron]

exept I don't think women went to the. I could be wrong though.

 

[Michael York]

Hey Joe (btw, 1105?),

The battle axes are awefully sweet, but the legions were sweet too.

Discipline through decimation.....wait, I'd rather be a barbarian to avoid this penalty.

 

[stormbind]

Constantine III, Beat up the pansy Italian-Romans

 

[stormbind]

Originally posted by thestonesfan
My first thought was that it'd be a blast to be a raging, pillaging barbarian, but those public baths sound nice...

Think it was the just naked blokes, dude.

Also, the idea of The Roman Breakfast being part of the culture is a falsified.

 

[thestonesfan]

Originally posted by stormbind


Think it was the just naked blokes, dude.

Barbarian. Definitely barbarian.

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

The Romans were barbarians. Compared to similar cultures which accomplished a lot of the same things worldwide, the Romans were depraved dingbats.

 

[Yago]

I'm ill mannered, bad tempered, I'm a Barbarian, can't you see ? can't you see ?

 

[Xen]

Originally posted by Pontiuth Pilate
The Romans were barbarians. Compared to similar cultures which accomplished a lot of the same things worldwide, the Romans were depraved dingbats.

would you enjoy to speciy what other cultures made use of concrete, had the best education of the period, ensured that communication could go on securelly in between three contenints, ensured that a common cultureale lgeacy goes on to be the very foundations of the modern world?

would you like to name any nations who had the most potent fighting force ever- even more then a match statiisic wise for the modern U.S army? perhaps you would liek to name a contemporay culuter that had the enginierring skills of the empire, perhaps you can name another civilization that decided virtually all valuble trade routs- oh yes, if there was no demand in the empire for assorted asiatic good, you find that a great deal of people would be left high and dry...

you cannot for there are none, I suggest sir, that you look at history before makeing such coments

as you might have guessed by now one and all, I proudlly proclaim that I am Roman