Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Richard Baker
Dan said much that was interesting including: From the Roman side, I'm not sure why the final war was that devastating. I haven't read as much as you have about that era, but the decline and fall of the Byzantine empire was more tied to the Byzantine bureaucracy and the internal

Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: For the whole period of the Dominate, from the end of the troubled third century until the final war between Rome and Persia, the military strategy of the Romans was dominated by the Persian frontier. Even during the period of the fall of the western part of the

RE: The long interruption

2006-12-21 Thread Horn, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell On 21/12/2006, at 9:43 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: So... It appears to me that the list is up again. Here's the short version of what happened. Well, thanks for hosting it, and dealing with the issues. Ditto here. Thanks for all of

Oh hey, an asteroid

2006-12-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
So...an asteroid, named Apophis, might collide with the earth in 30 years. So what do the space agencies do? Set up a $50,000 prize fund for a mission design for tracking it. No, really. http://planetary.org/programs/projects/apophis_competition/ Will Apophis pass through the keyhole, the small

Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Richard Baker
Alberto said: Great message. Thank you. But we all hear from the Roman's point of view. What was the Persian logic for keeping up a war against Rome? Did they see Rome as the heirs of Alexander and they wanted to take revenge? I'm very aware of my bias towards the Romans in my reading

I'm Baaaack

2006-12-21 Thread Jo Anne
Hey List -- After being unable to read the list for, I don't know, months now, I suddenly had the digest appear in my mailbox!! What a great Holiday present. So, I'm back! I missed you guys. Amities, Jo Anne ___

Re: I'm Baaaack

2006-12-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:02 PM Thursday 12/21/2006, Jo Anne wrote: Hey List -- After being unable to read the list for, I don't know, months now, I suddenly had the digest appear in my mailbox!! What a great Holiday present. So, I'm back! I missed you guys. Amities, Jo Anne Apparently some good came from the

Re: I'm Baaaack

2006-12-21 Thread Charlie Bell
On 22/12/2006, at 1:02 PM, Jo Anne wrote: After being unable to read the list for, I don't know, months now, I suddenly had the digest appear in my mailbox!! What a great Holiday present. Shhh. *hides* Charlie Games Maru ___

Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
You know, this thread has been going for so long, and apparently I must have missed a number of emails, so that I have NO idea how the discussion of Roman/Parthian/Persian/Imperial Arab history came about. I wanted to comment earlier but...eh... Damon.

Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Doug
Damon wrote: I wanted to comment earlier but...eh... Please, please do! Knowing your interest in (and extensive knowledge of) the middle ages, your perspective is valuable to this fascinating discussion. -- Doug both feet, maru ___

Re: I'm Baaaack

2006-12-21 Thread Doug
Jo Anne wrote: Hey List -- After being unable to read the list for, I don't know, months now, I suddenly had the digest appear in my mailbox!! What a great Holiday present. So, I'm back! I missed you guys. Amities, Hi, Jo Anne! Glad to hear from you. How's things up your way? --

Re: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-12-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:03 PM Thursday 12/21/2006, Damon Agretto wrote: You know, this thread has been going for so long, and apparently I must have missed a number of emails, so that I have NO idea how the discussion of Roman/Parthian/Persian/Imperial Arab history came about. Neither do I. (I wasn't even aware

Re: I'm Baaaack

2006-12-21 Thread Nick Arnett
I guess the new server likes you more than the old one! On 12/21/06, Jo Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey List -- After being unable to read the list for, I don't know, months now, I suddenly had the digest appear in my mailbox!! What a great Holiday present. So, I'm back! I missed you