02-09-2008, 12:05 PM
This was one of the first things I read about acouple of years ago, and basicaly, if I recall, you have it pretty much in a nutshell. Things that would effect a Romans virtus were loss of a battle, being crewed in the elections, having your legilation reforms thrown out of the senate, being ridiculed in public.
Caesar having manure dumped over Bilabus, his co-consuls head, would surely have damaged his opponent's 'virtus.
I could be slightly wrong tho'
Caesar having manure dumped over Bilabus, his co-consuls head, would surely have damaged his opponent's 'virtus.
I could be slightly wrong tho'
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel