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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Agelastus

#1590
February 17, 2010, 08:19:39 AM
Quote from: Octavian on February 17, 2010, 08:02:02 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 07:44:47 AM
An easy one then.

What was the last battle in which Rome's Praetorian Guard fought?

Milvian bridge?

Correct.

You're up.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Octavian

#1591
February 17, 2010, 08:31:45 AM
In the imperial Roman army an Evocati was?
If you let someone handcuff you, and put a rope around your neck, don't act all surprised if they hang you!

- Eyal Yanilov.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely - lay your life before him.

- Bruce Lee

Agelastus

#1592
February 17, 2010, 08:33:19 AM
Quote from: Octavian on February 17, 2010, 08:31:45 AM
In the imperial Roman army an Evocati was?

A retired veteran recalled to the colours in an emergency, I believe.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

Queequeg

#1593
February 17, 2010, 10:02:04 AM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 08:33:19 AM
Quote from: Octavian on February 17, 2010, 08:31:45 AM
In the imperial Roman army an Evocati was?

A retired veteran recalled to the colours in an emergency, I believe.
I don't know if the emergency bit was right.  They were often just high ranking veterans who were asked to re-enlist by the Consul/Emperor, and often later on became Centurions. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
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Octavian

#1594
February 17, 2010, 11:25:00 AM
Queenfag is right regarding the emergency however Agelastus was close enough and thus wins the floor.
If you let someone handcuff you, and put a rope around your neck, don't act all surprised if they hang you!

- Eyal Yanilov.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely - lay your life before him.

- Bruce Lee

Agelastus

#1595
February 17, 2010, 02:34:46 PM
OK then.

Name the Macedonian and Spartan kings who fought at the battle of Sellasia.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

The Brain

#1596
February 17, 2010, 02:43:17 PM
Alexander the Great and Leonidas.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

#1597
February 17, 2010, 02:46:36 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:34:46 PM
OK then.

Name the Macedonian and Spartan kings who fought at the battle of Sellasia.

There were no Greek royalty in the Silesian Wars.  :rolleyes:
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Agelastus

#1598
February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2010, 02:46:36 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:34:46 PM
OK then.

Name the Macedonian and Spartan kings who fought at the battle of Sellasia.

There were no Greek royalty in the Silesian Wars.  :rolleyes:

Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense. Is this a European joke I am not getting?
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

The Brain

#1599
February 17, 2010, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense.

:bleeding:
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

#1600
February 17, 2010, 02:51:41 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2010, 02:46:36 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:34:46 PM
OK then.

Name the Macedonian and Spartan kings who fought at the battle of Sellasia.

There were no Greek royalty in the Silesian Wars.  :rolleyes:

Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense. Is this a European joke I am not getting?

:huh:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

The Brain

#1601
February 17, 2010, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2010, 02:51:41 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 17, 2010, 02:46:36 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:34:46 PM
OK then.

Name the Macedonian and Spartan kings who fought at the battle of Sellasia.

There were no Greek royalty in the Silesian Wars.  :rolleyes:

Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense. Is this a European joke I am not getting?

:huh:

The weird man frightens me, Syt.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Syt

#1602
February 17, 2010, 02:53:24 PM
:unsure:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Agelastus

#1603
February 17, 2010, 02:53:30 PM
Quote from: The Brain on February 17, 2010, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense.

:bleeding:

:Embarrass:

Quite right. Still doesn't mean I understand Syt's comment though.
"Come grow old with me
The Best is yet to be
The last of life for which the first was made."

The Brain

#1604
February 17, 2010, 02:54:44 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:53:30 PM
Quote from: The Brain on February 17, 2010, 02:51:30 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on February 17, 2010, 02:50:32 PM
Since I have not mispelled anything, your comment makes no sense.

:bleeding:

:Embarrass:

Quite right. Still doesn't mean I understand Syt's comment though.

Syt, me and many others have been making jokes using that formula for many years. And we intend to keep doing it.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.
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