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Re: Why 14 ACE??
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Re: Why 14 ACE??
Bah, its bad enough that people use the ridiculous 'CE' nonsense, is 'ACE' even a proper term?:~p
Re: Why 14 ACE??
Yeah, what the heck is ACE? Isn't CE 'common era', aka 'we are going to use the Christian dating system, but since we don't like religion we're going to pretend the dating system the entire world uses has nothing to do with the birth of Christ'.
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Re: Why 14 ACE??
erm...'After Christ's Evacuation [from his mum]'?
That aside, I agree totally with Seamus. Krusader: you missed nothing. And yet, in a sense, you're missing everything that really makes EB a step above RTW. :) Read my sig, and observe the tense I'm using to get a clue.
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Re: Why 14 ACE??
BCE: Before the Christian Era
ACE:After Christian Era
ref:http://www.stands4.com/bc.asp?c=TIMEZONES
I just prefer using these terms, as I am not a member any of the judeo-christian religions like the majority of the world's population and therefore I prefer this to an anarchostic defination such as Anno Domini or Before Christ which is anyway inaccurate since historians now attribute the birth of Christ around 4-5ACE and anyway as stated above I see no reason to use such an overtly religious defination when it has no personal religious significance for me.
And refering back to Simetrical's post
Military evolution, in general, is constant and ongoing at all periods in history. Sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but you can't stick every change into a neat package called "Iphicratean reforms" or "Marian reforms" or "Augustan reforms".
When I was referring to Military revolutions- I was alluding to a RMA or a Revolution in Military affairs(Something you should know if you are a contemproary military historian) and none of the above examples are instances of a RMA.
According to the Defination given by the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary assesment- A RMA is by its very defination a major discontinuity in military affairs.They are brought about by changes in military relevant technologies, concepts of operation, methods of organization, and/or resources available, and are often associated with broader political, social, economic, and scientific revolutions. These periods of discontinuous change have historically advantaged the strategic/operational offense, and have provided a powerful impetus for change in the international system. They occur relatively abruptly–most typically over two-to-three decades. They render obsolete or subordinate existing means for conducting war.
An excellent example of a RMA set in the RTW period would be the Macedonian Combined Arms revolution or the chariot revolution brought about by the Hyskos interlude in Egypt.
Ref: http://www.csbaonline.org/2Strategic...airs.htm#HA(In case you truly are an amateur historian as you claim in your Sig you always look this up.)
In the three years of war, necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years, we built bombs, we built rockets, we designed and built our own delivery systems. For three years, blockaded without hope of imports, we maintained engines, machines, and technical equipment. We spoke to the world through a telecommunications system engineered by local ingenuity. In three years of freedom, we had broken the technological barrier. In three years, we became the most civilized, the most technologically advanced black people on earth."
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Re: Why 14 ACE??
Must have been a really small 'era' eh?
The CE nonsense goes BCE and CE and it stands for current era or common era or such rubbish. there is no 'ACE'.
As for the thread question Augustus the first Roman Emperor died in 14AD, I think thats as good a time to end the game as any especially if one is starting as early as the Punic Wars.
A pity the game doesn't have eras or scratching that hundreds and hundreds of provinces:D
Re: Why 14 ACE??
BCE: Before Common era
CE: Common Era
Some Politically correct BS that nobody cares about and we only introduced because of some raving lunatic hippies who think Chritsians are "The Man" and must be destroyed..
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I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
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Re: Why 14 ACE??
The CE and BCE nonsense is exactly that, nonsense. Ever I to write a historical paper, or any sort of academic paper, I would still use the terms out of sheer necessity. But this forum is hardly academic!
Just drop the PC cow dung and use the proper terms, for we live in the era of Christ, the Years of the Lord, not the "Common Era". I mean what was before that? the "Uncommon Era"? LOL
It's proper because we are speaking English and the vast majority of English speakers are Christian anyway.
So use the proper term you steppe dog!
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