AWESOME NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH TROUBLE DOWNLOADING!!! BOTH FINISHED CHAPTERS ARE NOW ON FILEFRONT! LINKS ARE GIVEN IN POST #2!
Hi all!
This is a study on Ancient Weapons. It's not all done yet, so here is the first chapter. It is an introduction to prominent cultures in the time period I am covering. Chapter 2 will be done on Friday at the latest, and Chapter 3 will hopefully be in a week or so.
Overview of chapters:
Chapter I is an overview of ancient history, primarily the fall of Persia, the rise of Macedon, the emergence of the Diadochi, and the Rise of Rome. I wanted to give this overview so you would understand the different cultures; knowing how long the akinakes was is not especially useful until you know who used it.
Chapter II is the study of weapons. It covers lots of Greek and Roman weapons, and a number of European and Middle Eastern weapons. ANY INPUT REGARDING EUROPEAN AND ASIAN WEAPONS IS ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED.
Chapter III will talk about the tactics. I figured its still not really valid to talk about cultures and their weapons without studying how the weapons were used in battle.
As noted, input is much sought after. Thanks guys!
I would very much appreciate feedback and criticism! All you guys give me feedback on the accuracy of my information, the quality of my writing and overall structure, and whatever else you come up with! So, hopefully (and especially when it is all revised with your help) it will be a handy resource for information on weapons of ancient times!
Big errors:
(1)Dieneces said "we will fight in the shade" not Leonidas. (2)Latins were not the senior class of ROMAN society. (3)Reference to Attila when it should have been Ghengis.
Last edited by Ariovistus Maximus; 05-31-2009 at 03:26.
Reason: Because I CAN! BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!
Thanks V.T. Marvin! I'm a little over 1/2 done, so I don't expect to cancel!
Hmmm; I don't know what your problem might be. I've noticed that people are having some problems though. My traffic monitor program-thingy keeps registring "password incorrect" all over the place. I hope its not spitting out half the people who try to get onto it. I've logged onto it a couple of times w/o problems, so I'm not sure what to do with it.
But my advice would be to try again later. Not much advice, I confess. It's possible that too many people are accessing the site at once; I only set it for 10 users at a time. Although, with just 200 views, I don't see how THAT many people would be logging on at the same time.
In the meantime, do you (or ANYBODY) know another way that I can give people access to my file??? Is there another format that I could use, or another medium of getting it online other than an FTP? Cuz my ftp is bein' kind of obnoxious I think.
Well, I hope it will work out for you and everybody else! I will try and figure out what I can do to make it work a bit better.
Good luck! Any advice on how to make it function properly would be appreciated. Oh, should I make the password a little simpler to avoid misstypes???
The code works for me, quite interesting, I will give a read soon.
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Have the strength of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the voice of Billy Mays and the ability to produce bull**** at a moments notice and you can be the leader of anything.
Yeah; it seems to work for random people. Etienne, you are from Malta?
V.T Marvin, where are you from??? Maybe there is a connection...
Anyways, I hope its working for most of y'all! For those its NOT working for, I will shortly be transferring the connection to a faster PC running small business server (2007 i think). My Dad is Senior Technician @ a computer place. It has certain advatages. ;)
So I would encourage people who have trouble to try again later; the pc it's on right now isn't especially fast, so too many people on it @ once is not so good. I'm doing my best to make the blasted thing function.
Also, I had some programs running on that pc so I shut them off; it should work better now.
well, is there another way I could send it to you? email attachment? Its driving me bonkers cuz I don't know what the problem is or how to fix. Sometimes it's workin' fine; sometime's it ain't.
The PDF is about 3.5 MB. I was surprised it is so small, but it's mostly text. I've got some maps in there too.
Chapter II will have more img's and III will probably have lots.
Still can't imagine what's wrong with the FTP site though. (ur work pc probably isn't helping Do you have nightmares that ur boss is a mod? ) If somebody would be so kind as to tell me other ways to post the PDF doc. on the .Org, I would be most appreciative.
So, shall I send the thingymabob to you?
Last edited by Ariovistus Maximus; 05-12-2009 at 14:16.
OK, I've taken a detailed look at my server activity record and it looks like the problem is with people logging on wrong!!! Logging on as anonymous or using a waaay too long password, stuff like that. All the people who have entered "History" and "aleaiactaest" have gotten in AFAIK.
Also note that you will be asked to login TWICE. Once to access the site, once to download the PDF.
Even so I will see about putting it on FileFront or something to make it more convenient.
Awesome work, thx very much for sharing it, i have been "iluminated" by this, from now on my respect for the ancient civs has increased more than ever (it was big, but now even more!). Cheers! Can´t wait for chapter 3!!
Ahora mas que nunca, FUERZA CABROS!! ¡Viva Chile! Thrash till Death!
Anyways, there's been quite a bit on my plate lately, and I find it difficult to muster the initiative to finish this thing.
Why?
Well, for chapter 3 I'm writing about tactics. And of course a good way to demonstrate tactics is to tell about battles that show how and when given tactics were used.
So, as far as I've planned, I will be writing about the following battles:
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I wish you a lot of good luck and endurance with it! 
Not much advice, I confess. It's possible that too many people are accessing the site at once; I only set it for 10 users at a time. Although, with just 200 views, I don't see how THAT many people would be logging on at the same time. 
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It has certain advatages. ;)
so I shut them off; it should work better now. 
I was surprised it is so small, but it's mostly text. I've got some maps in there too. 
Do you have nightmares that ur boss is a mod? 
) If somebody would be so kind as to tell me other ways to post the PDF doc. on the .Org, I would be most appreciative. 
Thrash till Death!
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