10-18-2006, 09:50 PM
I have been enjoying this series. I thought it was my imagination that it seemed a cut above the usual fare, but I'm glad to see that others more knowledgable are of a similar opinion.
The thing I most noticed about the Gracchi and Caesar episodes was that not a single Roman seemed to be using a Gladius Hispanicus type blade (maybe I missed them). It has been pretty good so far and I am looking forward to tomorrow's Constantine episode. There was a Constantine documentry a few years ago that incorporated Hamata and Oval Scuta with what appeared to be the right sort of Helmet. It was a rather unflattering affair, with Constantine getting rather a rough deal, but interesting.
The thing I most noticed about the Gracchi and Caesar episodes was that not a single Roman seemed to be using a Gladius Hispanicus type blade (maybe I missed them). It has been pretty good so far and I am looking forward to tomorrow's Constantine episode. There was a Constantine documentry a few years ago that incorporated Hamata and Oval Scuta with what appeared to be the right sort of Helmet. It was a rather unflattering affair, with Constantine getting rather a rough deal, but interesting.
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one\'s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
