09-15-2006, 09:24 PM
Quote:Neither of them are defending their homeland... just a battle for superiority.Mediterranean League Championship match, Rome Legionaries (14-2) versus defending champions Sparta Hoplites (11-2-2), to be held at Dido Memorial Stadium in Carthage...
Even given endless statistics and actual records of confrontations, we can't do more than put odds on modern sports matches.
Reminds me of that old Monty Python sketch on International Philosophy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU
Dan Diffendale
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan
Ph.D. candidate, University of Michigan