timann
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Slinging Rocks!
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I watched that Alexander movie on DVD once, just to see that slinging. It lasted just a couple of milliseconds. And the movie was horrible, in my opinion. But then, I had it on fastest possible forward as much as possible, to save myself the grief. But, just to say it, the much-mentioned "man-love" witch bothered so many back then, was really not an issue at all, the way I see it. It was more the fact that the shoved just the army between the battles, and the planning of the battles, and a lot of talking,but almost never the battles themselves. And when they did, it was unclear and "artsy" and "dreamy".
Most movies and Discovery/History stuff showing Roman legions has legionairs in one-on-one combat against those barbarians. Supposedly that was exactly how they did NOT fight. Due to their strict punishment system it was supposedly better to keep your place in the rank and die a horrible death, than breaking rank and survive. timann
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