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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 5, 2004 22:13:07 GMT -5
Actually, I didn't say anything about Pilate, and I'm pretty sure I'm not wrong about Nero and Domitian.
Judea wasn't the only concern of the Roman empire, but they certainly didn't deal with them graciously. The citizens of Judea finally revolted in 66 A.D., and were thoroughly defeated. By 70 A. D., the temple was destroyed and earlier Jewish puppets of Rome (like Herod) were replaced once and for all by Roman overlords.
If Pilate was a psychopath, he would definitely have fit in with his superiors. His job in the 20s-30s was to keep the people from uprising. The whole Jesus affair put him in quite the bind. Either way, he was going to lose.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 5, 2004 22:22:39 GMT -5
I wasn't aware there was one. Do you have a link?
I know there is a book of letters from Pilate to Seneca out there. But there seems to be a question as to whether it's authentic or not.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:23:31 GMT -5
Sampo, are you a Latin afficienado?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 5, 2004 22:24:27 GMT -5
I took four years of it in high school. I'm not sure I'd call myself an afficianado, though.
I was surprised that I understood as much as I did in the movie today.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:26:19 GMT -5
I took four years of it in high school. I'm not sure I'd call myself an afficianado, though. I was surprised that I understood as much as I did in the movie today. Lingua latina in mundo' optima est. Cognoscesne?
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:27:53 GMT -5
There is one. I read parts of it a few years ago. I have a strong interest in religion. i like breaking down the Bible into what it really means. Much of it is written in metaphor, and some things are written in only a way ancient people could understand. I also have strong interests in ancient astronuts, Olmecs/Aztecs/Mayans/Inca/Egyptians, how religions start, how the universe works etc... etc... I have a very open mind when it comes to religion. That's a good hobby. Hard, but good. Plus you get to annoy your friends with vast amounts of useless knowledge
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:31:04 GMT -5
My views are so out there that I dont want to state them. You'll think I'm weird. You're talking to a guy who thinks Idaho doesn't exist. Try me.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:35:39 GMT -5
I looked it up. Is this him? Erich von Daniken
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 5, 2004 22:41:22 GMT -5
Yes, I also think that Latin is a pretty neat language.
I also liked that Mel Gibson used it accurately in his movie. (Sorry, just trying to get back on topic).
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 5, 2004 22:43:03 GMT -5
Did I conjugate "cognosco" right? I didn't know what conjugation it was. My teacher didn't tell me.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 6, 2004 17:11:11 GMT -5
Didn't the Jews in the film speak Aramic? I belive so.
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Post by Buddhist Kitten on Mar 6, 2004 17:15:17 GMT -5
As amazingly painful as crucifixion is, impaling is the worst. Though sometimes just through the chest, this was not the ordinanry impaling. They'd stick a spiky pole up your butt and it comes out of your mouth. Now that's sick. Jorg. I wish that on no one, except for MAYBE Hitler.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 6, 2004 17:16:13 GMT -5
Jorg. I wish that on no one, except for MAYBE Hitler. Or the Olsen twins.
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Post by Buddhist Kitten on Mar 6, 2004 17:19:46 GMT -5
Not even the Olsen twins deserve such anal/oral pain! Hard-core sado-masochists(SP?) flinch at the mention of that! The Romans were pretty f**ked, but that is what you get when your uncle is also your dad.
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Post by nightfalcawk on Mar 6, 2004 17:23:21 GMT -5
Not even the Olsen twins deserve such anal/oral pain! Hard-core sado-masochists(SP?) flinch at the mention of that! The Romans were pretty f**ked, but that is what you get when your uncle is also your dad. Ummmm, I was kidding. Calm down. By the way Vlad the Impailer (Dracula) was the most famous for that. He had a cup in the forum of his city which, if anyone touched, they would be impailed. He impailed rats and birds in his spare time. What a sick poopie, huh? Also, the Romans hardly ever did that, that was just white trash Romans.
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