09-03-2008, 07:25 PM
Hi everyone! i've just joined the forum a few days ago but have been busy.. too busy until now to introduce myself :?
- where are you from? North West Florida, in an unknown hilly river-carved area i call the Florida Highlands.... but to round it off to a specific well known place.. I'll say Tallahassee.
- how'd you become interested in Rome? To be perfectly honest when I was in high school I thought Rome, Egypt, and Greece were Booorrriiiinnnggg... I wanted to learn about specific things only but was too stupid to realise, at the time, that those empires played a major role in the other parts of history that interested me. I didnt realise this until I graduated high school and someone handed me a book called the Skystone(by Jack Whyte). I enrolled in college and I thought it was interesting how the novel I was reading was paralleling the chapters in my Western Civ book, which made it even more fun for me! I probably took more notes than any other students just so i could better understand the book, and when i came to a chapter in the book i didnt understand I would bug my professor for information (which he was all too willing to supply - his other students thought he was boring, but i adored him!)
Since then i've had a growing interest in all things Roman. Over the years it eventually snow-balled into me renting the series "Rome" as well as joining this forum.
- why are you here? Mostly to satisfy my inner artistic demons.... I was on a hunt for images of Roman armor and particular poses and posture for a personal art project. But I'm also here for the the simple fact that I have an interest in the history. I cant promise to contribute much in the way of information but I'll probably come up with some interesting questions that no one else could answer and would never find in "Google" searches.... i've lost contact with my old college history professor so this will have to do!
- do you re-enact, are you a student, an academic professional, or..?
I am always a student. I dont re-enact but I love to go to places where people do re-enact historical events. Where I live we have a Scottish Highland Games/Celtic Festival every year and I've never missed an event. I would love to see them introduce more to the festival than the same old things. The Wild Highlanders are great, but their information is biased and typically focuses on William Wallace's era. I've learned all I can in that area.. I want to see them go further back in time.
Anyway Thank You for reading this. Like I said, i cant promise major activity in here, I just didnt want to get rooted out as a possible spammer. :oops:
- where are you from? North West Florida, in an unknown hilly river-carved area i call the Florida Highlands.... but to round it off to a specific well known place.. I'll say Tallahassee.
- how'd you become interested in Rome? To be perfectly honest when I was in high school I thought Rome, Egypt, and Greece were Booorrriiiinnnggg... I wanted to learn about specific things only but was too stupid to realise, at the time, that those empires played a major role in the other parts of history that interested me. I didnt realise this until I graduated high school and someone handed me a book called the Skystone(by Jack Whyte). I enrolled in college and I thought it was interesting how the novel I was reading was paralleling the chapters in my Western Civ book, which made it even more fun for me! I probably took more notes than any other students just so i could better understand the book, and when i came to a chapter in the book i didnt understand I would bug my professor for information (which he was all too willing to supply - his other students thought he was boring, but i adored him!)
Since then i've had a growing interest in all things Roman. Over the years it eventually snow-balled into me renting the series "Rome" as well as joining this forum.
- why are you here? Mostly to satisfy my inner artistic demons.... I was on a hunt for images of Roman armor and particular poses and posture for a personal art project. But I'm also here for the the simple fact that I have an interest in the history. I cant promise to contribute much in the way of information but I'll probably come up with some interesting questions that no one else could answer and would never find in "Google" searches.... i've lost contact with my old college history professor so this will have to do!
- do you re-enact, are you a student, an academic professional, or..?
I am always a student. I dont re-enact but I love to go to places where people do re-enact historical events. Where I live we have a Scottish Highland Games/Celtic Festival every year and I've never missed an event. I would love to see them introduce more to the festival than the same old things. The Wild Highlanders are great, but their information is biased and typically focuses on William Wallace's era. I've learned all I can in that area.. I want to see them go further back in time.
Anyway Thank You for reading this. Like I said, i cant promise major activity in here, I just didnt want to get rooted out as a possible spammer. :oops: