Rome v. USMC

[de officiis]

Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed

[C-Mag]

This looks like as good a place as any for this.

I kind of love that people do this kind of shit.

[SuburbanFarmer]

This looks like as good a place as any for this.

I kind of love that people do this kind of shit.

Huh. I figured the soldier would win.

Also, the knight is 10 years older than the other two, so I'd say he won.

[C-Mag]

This looks like as good a place as any for this.

I kind of love that people do this kind of shit.

Huh. I figured the soldier would win.

Also, the knight is 10 years older than the other two, so I'd say he won.

Soldier had the highest percent of weight increase, Knight second, Fireman last.

[C-Mag]

I just learned about the Roman Speculatores................ pretty cool stuff. Anyone have in depth knowledge of these guys ?


Speculatores and Exploratores were the scouts and reconnaissance element of the Roman army. In both the legions and in the praetorian camp, speculatores were initially scouts but became bodyguards, couriers, law-enforcers, and sometimes executioners. Exploratores were tasked to keep watch on enemy movements in the field. Both occupations could require the wearing of 'plain clothes' and may therefore be deemed spies (Occulta speculator/speculatrix). The Roman Empire lasted a very long time and various espionage units, including the infamous frumentarii created by Hadrian to suppress internal dissent, and later the agentes in rebus, came and went throughout its history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculatores