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Carol asks…

What are some stories from the Roman Empire?

what were some stories from the roman empire. it dosent have to be a known story, it can be one that is not comonnly known. But i think it has to be somewhat a true story. You can just give me the summary of the story or a link to the story. Thanks ok thanks for your answers but i need a more unknown story.

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Here are some stories you might not know. : When Romulus ruled Rome in the early days, there was a prophetess name Sybil. She had nine volumes which included prophecies about the future-particularly Rome. She offered them at a price to Romulus. Romulus thought it was too expencive and refused. Sybil went away and burnt three of the volumes. She then returned to Romulus and offered the remaining six at the same price. Again Romulus refused. Sybil then went away again and burnt another three volumes. She returned and offered the remaining three volumes to Romulus for the original price. Romulus seeing that this was the only opportunity and the resolve of Sybil, bought the three volumes which were kept later at the temple of Jupiter on the Capitaline hill and were regularly consulted. In the very early days of the Italian wars, the Romans were besieging a town. The people of the town told the Roman commander that the Romans could not take the town as the town had provisions to last ten years. Therein the Roman commander relpied that he therefore would take it in the eleventh. Upon seeing the resolve of the Romans, the town immidiatley surrendered. In 53 B.C. Marcus Licinius Crassus was after military glory. He had decided to attack Parthia. He was led into the desert by a guide he had trusted, only to find he was faced with an amry led by the Surena. Because of mostly poor training and equipment(the best had gone with Caesar and Pompey) he lost the battle of Cahrrea. The Parthians used the prisoners to guard their own frontier. Guarding the northern Parthian frontier of the Oxus were about 200 of the better trained Romans. Eventually they decided that they wanted to go home. They escaped and realised that they couldn't go west as it was guarded. They had obviously heard of the route north of the Caspian Sea which was supposed to go back to Europe. They decided on this. They became lost and wandered. They eventually fell in with some Huns. They accomplied them to the Hunnish capital where they took service with them. Some time afterwards, the Han Chinese besieged the Hunnish capital. They took all the place except the main gateway whereby a group of unknown and strange soldiers were holding off their entire army with a strange formation(it was the turtle). Eventually a negotiation was decided upon and the Romans took service with the Chinese. They went to Chang An-the Han capital and became the emperors personal bodyguard. They eventually married and disappeared into the population. This might explain why centuries later during the reign of Marcus Aurelius that the merchants who claimed to represent the Roman Empire were so well recieved by the Chinese. They had already heard about it. In 476 A.D. When the last emperor of the West- Flavius Romulus Augustulus had been overthrown, there was an auxilury cohort stationed on the Danube. The XVth Batavian. Months had gone by without them recieving their pay. They sent a small deputation to Rome to find out about it. The deputation never returned. Gradually the unit just drifted away and with it - the Roman army. For this was the last unit left. From the companions of Romulus to the XVth Batavian-the Roman Army had lasted over a thousand years. There is an interesting story about the fall of Constantinopal which evolved from Rome's eastern empire. When on the morning of Thursday, the 29th of May 1453, the Turks under Mohammed II (The Conquerer) had broken into the city, the last Byzantine emperor Constantine XI (Dragonis) saw all was lost. He threw off his crown, imperial insignia and robes, took sword in hand and jumped into the fray. He was never seen again. The Byzantines had always regared themselves as Romans. They called themselves Romans. They issued documents as Romans. And when they fell, they fell like Romans-with the emperor at their head. These are some stories about the Roman Empire. The first is recorded history and is true so far as the legends are concerned. The other three are true in fact. It is very interesting. One of and the chief founder of Rome and it's first king was named Romulus. Rome's first official emperor was called Augustus. Officially founded on the 16th January 27 B.C. Romes last emperor of the west, the one in whoes fall precipitated and acknowledge as the fall of Rome and the end of ancient history was called Romulus Augustulus. Rome's sucessor state-Constantinopal (the Byzantine Empire) had as it's first emperor-Constantine I. Constantinopal's last emperor was Constantine XI (Dragonis) Constantinopal was founded on the 11th May 330 A.D. It fell on the 29th of May 1453. The last unit was the XVth (15th) Batavian. There were 15 ships in a Roman Naval Squadron. Interesting, isn't it. Hope this helps.

Sandy asks…

Please help. I'm trying to help a very ill friend find Navy history of his deceased father?

Please help. I'm trying to help a very ill friend find Navy history of his deceased father.? I don't even know where to begin! I have his fathers name and birthdate. He was on the USS Dahlgren, and he said it was a destroyer. His father was on the ship during 1944-1945, and was part of D-day, but I can't seem to find a USS Dahlgren during that time. The ship apparently took the route of Cape Town S Africa to London port. Any help would be so much appreciated.

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You have bad information. The ship was never any part of D-day. The ship never deployed overseas at all during WWII. It was an old Destroyer commissioned just after WWI and useless for WWII. Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dahlgren_(DD-187) World War II Dahlgren sailed out of Norfolk and Newport, Rhode Island on patrols and escorted submarines in their training, and from January to 1 April 1941 she served in the Patuxent River, Maryland, in experiments in ordnance and submarine detection. Through the summer of 1941, she tested a variable pitch propeller, and subsequently escorted a new cruiser during her trials. On 4 January 1942, Dahlgren arrived at Key West to escort Washington in operations in the Gulf of Mexico. She returned to New York 8 February for a brief period of coastal patrol, and on 24 March sailed to Key West to serve the Fleet Sonar School and carry out patrols. During these operations, she rescued 57 survivors of Pennsylvania Sun on 15 July 1942, and nine survivors of K-74 on 19 July 1943. On 11 January 1945, Dahlgren arrived at Charleston, South Carolina to operate with submarines in training until 1 March, when she was reclassified AG-91. She served the Mine Warfare Test Station at Solomons Island, Maryland, until 16 November 1945 when she moored at Philadelphia Navy Yard. There she was decommissioned 14 December 1945, and sold 17 June 1946. Http://www.ussdahlgren.com/dahlgren/files/Ship%20History%20-%20DD%20187%20-%20USS%20Dahlgren.pdf Ship's History – USS Dahlgren DD-187 The second Dahlgren (DD-187) was launched 20 November 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA; sponsored by Mrs. J. Pierce, daughter of Rear Admiral Dahlgren; and commissioned 6 January 1920, Commander L. Sahm in command. Dahlgren joined the Atlantic Fleet for exercises and training along the east coast, in Mexican waters, off Guantanamo Bay and in the Canal Zone. She took part in the Presidential Fleet Review at Norfolk in April 1921, and in bombing tests on former German ships off the Virginia coast that summer. On 30 June 1922 she was placed out of commission at Philadelphia. Recommissioned 26 October 1932, Dahlgren stood out of Norfolk 7 November for San Diego, arriving 30 November. Destroyer operations engaged her along the west coast until April 1934 when fleet exercises brought her to the Atlantic. In January 1936 she returned to San Diego. After a period of similar operations on the west coast, she sailed again for the east on 1 July 1937 and having rescued the crew of a Coast Guard Coast Guard seaplane arrived at New York 21 July 1937. She served in engineering experiments until 14 June Dahlgren sailed out of Norfolk and Newport on patrols and escorted submarines in their training, and from January to 1 April 1941 she served in the Patuxent River, MD, in experiments in ordnance and submarine detection. Through the summer of 1941 she tested a variable pitch propeller, and subsequently escorted a new cruiser during her trials. On 4 January 1942 Dahlgren arrived at Key West to escort Washington (BB-56) in operations in the Gulf of Mexico. She returned to New York 8 February for a brief period of coastal patrol, and on 24 March sailed to Key West to serve the Fleet Sonar School and carry out patrols. During these operations, she rescued 67 survivors of the torpedoed tanker SS Pennsylvania Sun on 16 July 1942, and nine survivors of the blimp K-74 on 19 July 1943. On 11 January 1945, Dahlgren arrived at Charleston, SC, to operate with submarines in training until 1 March, when she was reclassified AG-91. She served the Mine Warfare Test Station at Solomons Island, MD, until 16 November 1945 when she moored at Philadelphia Navy Yard. There she was decommissioned 14 December 1945, and sold 17 June 1946. Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighti

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