01-06-2008, 10:04 AM
Hmmm, I know they used olive oil, being Greek would be ashamed not too!
But I can't say a minor detail like that takes anything from the book. And who's to say thay did not use certain plants too for their cleaning effects?
I know it certainly did not register on me , and I read it a couple of times, and was immersed in the 'story'
I would hate to be in a position where every piece of fiction was ruined by minor inaccuracies!
The whole effect of the book was good!
I wonder how many Greek hoplites were inspired by books of that ilk to look further into the real history! I know it inspired me to start reading again, so it can't be that bad, in my mind! :wink:
But I can't say a minor detail like that takes anything from the book. And who's to say thay did not use certain plants too for their cleaning effects?
I know it certainly did not register on me , and I read it a couple of times, and was immersed in the 'story'
I would hate to be in a position where every piece of fiction was ruined by minor inaccuracies!The whole effect of the book was good!
I wonder how many Greek hoplites were inspired by books of that ilk to look further into the real history! I know it inspired me to start reading again, so it can't be that bad, in my mind! :wink:
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!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel
