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I wonder, if the mortality rate was high then the inclination may have been to tend to the sick. This particular birth defect may have had a special significance. Maybe it was predicted, maybe the social group was astonished that he survived birth and was therefore endowed with special gifts, annointed as Wally said. I think he probably made a significant contribution to the group, a savant if you like.
What I said would apply generally, not in every case. Augustus was such a significant person with many accomplishments that we know much about him and/or his reign.
Yes I think this gets to the heart of why little is known about Hadrian. His greatness was diminished by the failure of Hadrian's Wall to tame the Britons, for example. They always found ways around it, by sea, bribery at the gates and so much damage that repairs and breeches were a constant concern. Rome was loathe to leave Brittania, perhaps this is why scribes were not directed to write more about Hadrian.
You know Scout, the Tower at Pisa has been secured (2002) and tourists are allowed access again. The Cathedral at Pisa is one of the finest examples of Romaneque architecture (9th century) there was nothing like it in Italy at the time, I'd go there or to Florence.http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/pisa/pisacathedral.html
“3:10 to Yuma” was excellent, and I've seen many Westerns. No grandstanding actors, the film is gritty, belivable and action packed. The last movie I liked this much was "There will be Blood"
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10565Jim Collins on Charlie Rose, his book is about how corporations fail but the model can easily be applied to a country, civilization or one person. The discussion with Robert Wright is an interesting take on the role of religion.
All human beings adapt to the lanscape, food sources and interbreeding or lack thereof, with other humans. An interesting aside, scientists belive that red hair is on the way out, unless both parents carry a gene for red hair (it can be ressecive) their offspring will not posses it. For some reason fewer redheads are breeding with other redheads, limiting the possible offspring with the trait. Recent DNA studies on 40,000 year old Neanderthal remains have demonstrated that they possesed the red hair/ blue eye trait.
“in wine, truth” or “In vino veritas” -Alcaeus "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas," i.e., "In wine there is truth, in water there is health."-Pliny the ElderThe Babylonian Talmud (תלמוד בבלי) contains the passage: "נכנס יין יצא סוד", i.e., "In came wine, out went a secret"courtesy of Wikki
As I understand it, Lincoln held off the Emancipation on Seward's suggestion that it could only come on the heels of a great victory. Antietam is more Phyrric in the opinion of many, I think 23,000 casualties on both sides combined, more than D-Day. Although, it was this battle that made Europe back off. Shelby Foote talks about Lee as the "Marble Man" he was loved from the moment he resigned from the US Army to lead the Army of Virginia. Lee sent his own son (artillery) along with his reserves again and again to plug holes in the lines at Antietam, while McClellnan resisted using his, then blamed Burnside for taking too long to sieze the bridge. Lee's hands were also busted up badly and he was in extreme pain the enitire 17 hours, riding horseback made it even worse. (what was Lee's horse named?)I agree Lee did more with much less than Grant, sought to convert rather than conquer the North, witness the Maryland Doctrine, made a huge mistake at Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge) but is not overrated. It is notable that Lee cried and asked for forgiveness from his men after Gettysburg. Grant wept and despaired after the "Wilderness," so many wounded burned alive, but only his aides saw that.
I guess I am confused, I thought you were resistant to the idea of vikings using merchant ships for trade. The level of comfort is applicable, but I understood you raised that issue to say the Vikings would not be traveling unless in need of food or living space.
There is some interest in proving that Lewis was murdered, you might like this article H.H.http://hnn.us/articles/1758.html
Yes Scout, I understand that the discussion is about vessels used and the manner in which battles were fought at sea. You do expand the topic by blanketing the entire medieval world in this subsistence status. You are a good sort, its fine with me to debate, thats why I come here. What will it take to convince you that the Vikings used merchant ships, to travel by river? ???
The Vikings were not raiding on the Black Sea, they wanted silver, and gold. They came to trade, I can only assume that you dismiss Cambridge and Oxford and Thomas S. Noonan of the U. of Minnesota, a leading expert on Vikings and their travel, which included North America! Way beyond subsistence and into adventure. They were bringing livestock, slaves and furs.
More than a millennium ago, as fleets of Viking raiders were striking fear into the hearts of coast- and river-dwellers throughout western Europe, other Norsemen of more mercantile inclination were making their way east. With no less boldness and stamina, bearing luxurious furs and enticing nodules of amber, they penetrated the vast steppes of what is today Ukraine, Belarus and Russia and entered Central Asia. There they met Muslim traders who paid for Norse wares with silver coins, which the Vikings themselves did not mint, and which they coveted.
I agree, your first job should happen long before you graduate from college. Keeps you out of trouble too. I always had a job, since age 12, paper route, babysitting something. That is immigrant work ethic, at least it was.
The campaign was replete with PC. John McCain fired staff because they used Obama's middle name. Any time someone critisized him the world media blew like the North wind. As far as Obama could see, he was the second coming. Any attempts were smothered, do you remember that?
