Why did Caesar say "I came. I saw. I conquered."
Tom Potter
he took a couple of months to get the nations
in the Middle East under Roman control,
and when he returned to Rome, he said:
"I came. I saw. I conquered."
Why did he say this?
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hostlocal
>"Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote in message
>news:g83f3u$hfm$1...@aioe.org...
>After Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 B.C.,
>he took a couple of months to get the nations
>in the Middle East under Roman control,
>and when he returned to Rome, he said:
>"I came. I saw. I conquered."
>Why did he say this?
WRONG. He did not speak English, dork
ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com
Well, that and he didn't say it when he returned to Rome, it was in a
letter he sent to Rome.
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Jim Pennino
Remove .spam.sux to reply.
G=EMC^2 Glazier
long remembered,and quoted in this news group Go figure Bert
ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com
> He was trying to act cute. He did not know these three words would be
> long remembered,and quoted in this news group Go figure Bert
Actually he was in a civil war and sending the message he would
make short work of his opponents.
jmfbahciv
> G=EMC^2 Glazier <herbert...@webtv.net> wrote:
>> He was trying to act cute. He did not know these three words would be
>> long remembered,and quoted in this news group Go figure Bert
>
> Actually he was in a civil war and sending the message he would
> make short work of his opponents.
>
/BAH
Benj
> and when he returned to Rome, he said:
> "I came. I saw. I conquered."
>
> Why did he say this?
Because he was simply stating the animal morality of the day. If
someone else has something of value you want and you have the ability
to take it, you do so. If someone irritates you, and gets in your way,
you kill them. Simple, effective, and with a long-standing historical
tradition as the foundation of "civilization".
ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com
> On Aug 15, 4:21?am, "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>
>> and when he returned to Rome, he said:
>>
>> Why did he say this?
>
> Because he was simply stating the animal morality of the day. If
> someone else has something of value you want and you have the ability
> to take it, you do so. If someone irritates you, and gets in your way,
> you kill them. Simple, effective, and with a long-standing historical
> tradition as the foundation of "civilization".
What an astute and insightfull analysis of the Roman civil war of 49 BC.
Eric Gisse
tadchem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_vidi_vici
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
Tom Potter
<ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote in message news:t3khn5-...@mail.specsol.com...
It is interesting to see that my Pal Jim Pennino
states that Caesar not only talked about his
exploits in the Middle East, but also wrote a letter
on the same subject.
As a student of history,
I will be looking forward to seeing Jimmy
provide a reference to the letter that Caesar wrote,
as I would like to see what else was on his mind
at that time.
Tom Potter
"tadchem" <tad...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:8d354568-7244-496d...@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 15, 4:21 am, "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>> After Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 B.C.,
>> he took a couple of months to get the nations
>> in the Middle East under Roman control,
>>
>> and when he returned to Rome, he said:
>> "I came. I saw. I conquered."
>>
>> Why did he say this?
>>
>> --
>> Tom Potter
>
Why?
Tom Potter
<ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote in message news:rqcjn5...@mail.specsol.com...
Regarding Jim Pennino's comment:
"Actually he was in a civil war and sending the message he would
make short work of his opponents.",
considering that the civil war was over,
and Caesar had no competitors,
and considering that Caesar's opponent in the civil war
was "Pompey the Great",
and that Pompey got his "Great" title from
winning wars in the Middle East,
I suggest that Caesar was trivializing
what Pompey had done to earn his "Great" title
was no big deal.
Whereas Pompey had taken years and used many men
and much resources to subdue the Middle East,
Caesar did it in a few weeks
on his return to Rome.
Tom Potter
"hostlocal" <rol...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:g853hv$cj8$1...@news.albasani.net...
I was pleased to see that "hostlocal"
knows that Caesar did not speak English.
Hopefully "hostlocal" will post
more examples of his knowledge.
Perhaps she will start by answering the following questions:
1. Is the Pope Catholic?
2. Does a bear "sit" in the woods?
Tom Potter
"Eric Gisse" <jow...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d087faee-cb5f-41b1...@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 15, 12:21 am, "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>[snip]
>
>Why are you asking SCI.PHYSICS?
I am surprised to see that my pal Eric Gisse,
did not comprehend why I started the thread:
"Why did Caesar say "I came. I saw. I conquered."
I am sure that the more intelligent readers
will comprehend that I did so
to call attention to the fact
that hero worship of individuals like Einstein and Feynman,
tends to glorify race and religion,
and inhibits the search for scientific truth.
hanson
ahahahaha... this is an unbeatable one!... AHAHAHA...
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>
Tom Davidson "tadchem" <tad...@comcast.net> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_vidi_vici
Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
>
Why?
Androcles
Richard Herring
<jmfbahciv@aol.?.invalid> writes
Pity the boilerplate cut & paste artists who off-topically quote them
aren't so pithy.
--
Richard Herring
jmfbahciv
/BAH
PD
>
> that hero worship of individuals like Einstein and Feynman,
> tends to glorify race and religion,
> and inhibits the search for scientific truth.
>
Ethnic restaurants tend to glorify race and religion.
I don't see you complaining about ethnic restaurants inhibiting the
search for scientific truth.
Nor do I see you complaining that ethnic restaurants are a waste of
people's time, money, and effort.
PD
tadchem
> AHAHAHAHAHA... ahahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA
> ahahahaha... this is an unbeatable one!... AHAHAHA...
> ------------------------------------
>
> Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
>
> "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>
> Why?
Wry
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
hanson
ahahahaha... Potter's tripe is still unbeaten!... AHAHAHA...news:72231b31-f4da-4ffc...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
Wry
>
hanson wrote:
ahaha... well it rhymes but, it's about "Brevity", dude!..
Make it a "tad" briefer than Potter's... ahahahanson
Androcles
Try Rye.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/img/ep_35_Trip_m1302217.jpg
Oops, that's tripe. Here ya go...
http://www.sunband-designs.com/AVB/Drinks/Rye/Jim%20Beam%20Rye.JPG
Eric Gisse
[snip whining]
Answer the question: why did you post this off-topic bullshit to
sci.physics?
PD
> "tadchem" <tadc...@comcast.net> wrote in messagenews:8d354568-7244-496d...@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
> On Aug 15, 4:21 am, "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>
> >> After Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 B.C.,
> >> he took a couple of months to get the nations
> >> in the Middle East under Roman control,
>
> >> and when he returned to Rome, he said:
> >> "I came. I saw. I conquered."
>
> >> Why did he say this?
>
> >> --
> >> Tom Potter
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_vidi_vici
>
> >"Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
>
> Why?
>
Y~?
hanson
tadchem
>
>
> news:72231b31-f4da-4ffc...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 17, 10:54 pm, "hanson" <han...@quick.net> wrote:> AHAHAHAHAHA... ahahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHA
> > ahahahaha... this is an unbeatable one!... AHAHAHA...
> > ------------------------------------
>
> Tom Davidson "tadchem" <tadc...@comcast.net>
> wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_vidi_vici
> Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
>
> "Tom Potter" <t...@hotsheet.com> wrote:
>
> Why?
>
> Wry
>
> hanson wrote:
>
> ahaha... well it rhymes but, it's about "Brevity", dude!..
> Make it a "tad" briefer than Potter's... ahahahanson
Well, I *DID* strip off the punctuation...
;-)
Was that a 'tad' enough briefer?
(All double puns are always intended!)
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
tadchem
O
Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA
hanson
>
>
"tadchem"Tom Davidson wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni_vidi_vici
"Brevity is the soul of wit." - W. Shakespeare, 1603
>
Y~?
>
"tadchem" <tad...@comcast.net> wrote
O
>
hanson wrote:
So you 2 guys were successful in being shorter...
ahahaha... in being shorter on "wit", especially.
---- Potter still rules ----
But thanks for playing and for the laughs...
ahahaha... ahahahahanson
Tom Potter
"tadchem" <tad...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:72231b31-f4da-4ffc...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
--
Tom Potter
"PD" <TheDrap...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:9fde1e84-edf8-4fb6...@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
Who's complaining?
I'm just pointing out that hero worshipping,
and defying physicists is stupid because
it "inhibits the search for scientific truth."
Laws are being passed to prevent restaurants,
ethnic and general, from inhibiting healthfulness.
Laws should also be passed
to inhibit public funds and the mass media
from deifying people in the sciences
as this leads to multi billion dollar
taxpayer supported education, useless experiments,
and the use of inferior and inefficient models,
such as Lamarckism and General Relativity.
G=EMC^2 Glazier
child learns the meaning of and to spell is delicatessen Go figure
Bert
hanson
"G=EMC^2 Glazier" <herbert...@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:9755-48AA...@storefull-3333.bay.webtv.net...
> PD You are right about ethnic restraurants The first big word a Jewish
> child learns the meaning of and to spell is delicatessen Go figure
> Bert
>
Androcles
Masturbation Sans Prostitute, of course. Herbie can't get a blow job,
has to do it himself.
hanson
news:yuBqk.41458$Ft5....@newsfe29.ams2...
>
> "hanson" <han...@quick.net> wrote in message
> news:%pBqk.245$p72.20@trnddc05...
>>
>> "G=EMC^2 Glazier" <herbert...@webtv.net> wrote in message
>> news:9755-48AA...@storefull-3333.bay.webtv.net...
>>> PD You are right about ethnic restraurants The first big word a Jewish
>>> child learns the meaning of and to spell is delicatessen Go figure
>>> Bert
>>>
>> Now spell for us what MSP means.
>
> Masturbation Sans Prostitute, of course.
> Herbie can't get a blow job, has to do it himself.
>
.... ahahahaha... you've got a dirty mind you dirty old man.
But then considering that one can see Herbie in action
doing his MSP here http://www.youporn.com/watch/59580
you maybe right... ahahaha... Is that right, Herbie? If not
then what is that MSP you are singing so much praise
about?
G=EMC^2 Glazier
often tried to give myself a blow job. It did not work out for two
reasons #1 back would not curve enough #2 Pee Air was not long enough.
So it was back to masturbating 5 times a day. Now I am so old when I
masturbate I still have 2 problems #1 my fantasies are to old #2 my
right hand falls asleep. However MSP changed all that and that puts a
smile on my face,and a cigar in my mouth Go figure Bert
Tom Potter
"hanson" <han...@quick.net> wrote in message news:WBCqk.279$lf2.126@trnddc07...
"G=EMC^2 Glazier" calls
"Mexican sweet potatoes" MSP,
and he claims that they are very healthful.
After reading his pitch on MSP,
I bought some dried CSP chips,
( Chinese sweet potatoes )
and all they did for me
was give me gas.
Richard Herring
>
>I bought some dried CSP chips,
>( Chinese sweet potatoes )
>and all they did for me
>was give me gas.
How would a windbag like Potter know the difference?
--
Richard Herring
hanson
>
"Richard Herring" <junk@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:UCYh1mNY...@baesystems.com...
>
hanson wrote:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/bf40982d07ed5e88?hl=en
>
Tom Potter <t...@hotsheet.com> writes:
I bought some dried CSP chips,
( Chinese sweet potatoes )
and all they did for me was give me gas.
>
How would a windbag like Potter know the difference?
>
... Easy, Richard... easy.... ahahaha
Potter noticed that his CSP chips didn't
smell as bad & as fishy as *herring* does.
Thanks for the laughs, guys... ahahahanson
jmfbahciv
/BAH
Tom Potter
"hanson" <han...@quick.net> wrote in message news:f7hrk.370$w51.0@trnddc01...
As can be seen by his propensity to attack messengers
rather than address messages in a rational, intelligent, MORAL way,
there is something "fishy" about *herring*.
Considering that *herring's* people
sold used clothes and operated junk yards
and ate carp with eggs, onions, flour, and matzoh meal,
before they got into the instigation of conflict and war business,
it's not surprising that there is something *fishy* about *herring*.
Richard Herring
<jmfbahciv@aol.?.invalid> writes
Why didn't *I* think of that?
;-)
--
Richard Herring
Richard Herring
>
>"hanson" <han...@quick.net> wrote in message news:f7hrk.370$w51.0@trnddc01...
>> --- ahahahaha... tthe scent of herring... AHAHAHAHA.. ----
>>>
>> "Richard Herring" <junk@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> news:UCYh1mNY...@baesystems.com...
>>>
>> hanson wrote:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/bf40982d07ed5e88?hl=en
>>>
>> Tom Potter <t...@hotsheet.com> writes:
>> I bought some dried CSP chips,
>> ( Chinese sweet potatoes )
>> and all they did for me was give me gas.
>>>
>> Richard Herring wrote:
>> How would a windbag like Potter know the difference?
>>>
>> hanson wrote:
>> ... Easy, Richard... easy.... ahahaha
>> Potter noticed that his CSP chips didn't
>> smell as bad & as fishy as *herring* does.
>> Thanks for the laughs, guys... ahahahanson
>
>As can be seen by his propensity to attack messengers
Oh, the irony...
>rather than address messages in a rational, intelligent, MORAL way,
>there is something "fishy" about *herring*.
>
>Considering that *herring's* people
>sold used clothes and operated junk yards
>and ate carp with eggs, onions, flour, and matzoh meal,
>before they got into the instigation of conflict and war business,
This is news to me. Is there any documentary evidence for this
extraordinary claim? I have a cousin who is researching her genealogy
and would be most interested to receive such startling new data about
our "people".
Or is it possible that the etymology of English surnames is one more
drop in Potter's vast ocean of ignorance?
>it's not surprising that there is something *fishy* about *herring*.
>
--
Richard Herring
jmfbahciv
> In message <w4mdnSJyv_vANzPV...@rcn.net>, jmfbahciv
> <jmfbahciv@aol.?.invalid> writes
>> Richard Herring wrote:
>>> In message <g8jn2d$oem$1...@aioe.org>, Tom Potter <t...@hotsheet.com> writes
>>>>
>>>> I bought some dried CSP chips,
>>>> ( Chinese sweet potatoes )
>>>> and all they did for me
>>>> was give me gas.
>>> How would a windbag like Potter know the difference?
>>>
>> His direction of motion?
>
> Why didn't *I* think of that?
>
> ;-)
Alas and alack, I gave him too much credit. He's not aware
if he's coming or going.
/BAH
PD
> After Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 B.C.,
> he took a couple of months to get the nations
> in the Middle East under Roman control,
>
> and when he returned to Rome, he said:
> "I came. I saw. I conquered."
>
> Why did he say this?
>
He only meant to say, "I conquered," but he stuttered.
PD