Slitherine

Hi speedius,

I don't make a big habit of correcting typos when engaged in casual converstion, although sometimes I do, and I am not a typist.

No, I'm not offended. Yes, 'Flavyus' is a typo for 'Flavius', obviously. The name 'Flavius Cornelius Silva' is I believe from the movie Masada, and I have seen this same name used in written literature along with the one you mention, so Flavius Cornelius Silva may be a modern abbreviated version of the full name.

The Silva that commanded one of the Roman Armies that invaded Britain at a certain latter time time I state from memory, but to be more exact I or you or someone else would have to dig around a bit for this, which I don't have time to do. I believe this Silva may have been in overall command of the operation or just an army commander sor awhile, not sure as it has been awhile since I read that info.

Just type in 'ancient Roman's with the name Silva' in Google, that may do it, I don't know. If and when I come across this Silva associated with the Roman Army in Britain I will post the info. here. the Empire is not by cup of tea, and I prefer Republican times.

In the meantime, I have to reinstall LA AGAIN. How wonderful.

Magobarca Silva

BTW, Peter O'Toole I believe played Silva in the movie Masad or Massada, he did a fine job, but I think a more rugged type should have played the part, and not Sylvester Stallone either!!! Pease!!!

Maybe Arnie S. baby, the Guv himself. Just kidding.

Best part of the movie is when Silva shows leniency to a couple of troopies, and the troops start cheering 'Silva! Silva! Silva!', music to my ears. Hee heee hee, I had a similar experience decades ago.
A boost to my ego.

I better reinstall Legion again, maybe I will just reinstall the patch over the stripped down copy of LA that is left after I uninstalled the patch.

Poodle-do, Magobarca

We seem to have a lot of trouble staying on topic around here!

This thread was about reviews & if you want to discuss something else, please start a new thread. Thanks!

Seems this thread was OT for quite some time!!!!!!!!!

Magobarca

Hey magobarca, if you could dig up more books by Tarn I would greatly appreciate it.

Mago

98 OS2.1 here, the final version of 98SE. So I am guessing it is OS related.

In any case, it's no biggie. Just click the top button to run the game, and the rest of the buttons are all trivial stuff anyhow, as you will discover for yourself by clicking on them.

If you'll forgive me for sounding like a brownnoser, I'd like to point out here that all game companies have some bugs in their products. Slitherine is no exception, they're not perfect. But their products are more finished, more polished, and closer to bug-free than the products of any major corporate game company except id software.

AND they offer better customer service than their giant competitors.

So don't be too harsh on them, eh?

P.S. LOL, poor Ian, nobody is listening at all...

98 is losing ALL support from MS in June/July this year IIRC. Already half the new game releases don't support it at all, because it does cause so many issues. And (honestly) XP is a way better OS. Just way better. And I don't own any MS shares

Cheers

Pip

I KNOW. It may be OS related, however many companies such aas Slitherine are smat and make their games compatible with Windows 98SE since MANY people and small businesses still use WIN 98SE.

I am not being harsh. I am being rather nice and trying to determine how to get the patch to run, OR if it is possible that Slitherine could just put the Patch Files in a Zip download so we can just manually install the files. It is not that big of a patch, and I don't play Multi-player games, so I would not even need all the files and changes in the Patch.

My next 'compooter' will have WIN XP or 2000, probably XP. However, I am keeping my present compooter with its 2 hardrives to run each seperately a version of WIN 95 and WIN 98 so I can play older games such as the Great Battles ancient series (Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar) with its in-game scenario and map editor, Steel Panthers, Fantasy General, all the talon Soft battleground and East and West Front and Rising Sun games, etc.

What is TECHNICAL SUPPORT for if not to solve such a simple issue with a Zip download so people can manually install the files if they want to. That would be NICE and also good for business.

Sincerely, Magobarca

Also, from a post by JCG in another thread, it does not appear that the OS had anything to do with the problems WE are having with patching LA.

Here is JCG's post:

Pip,

Here are my system specs per your request:

Alienware Custom PC
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Running the boxed retail version of the game, unpatched as noted before.
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Sinvcerely, Magobarca

Kyle: Hey magobarca, if you could dig up more books by Tarn I would greatly appreciate it.

Magobarca: Kyle, W.W. Tarn was a famous classical ancient period author of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Just type in W.W. Tarn' in a search engine and you will find many books and articles by him. His most famous work is probably concerning Alexander the Graet.

Another good author is T.A. dodge, who wrote excellent books about Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, particularily Hannibal, that deal in great detail with their military campaigns. Dodge is good, but he 'guesstimates' at a few things, as most people do.

Here is a quick list of books on the Punic Wars etc. that I own, and there are a few others:

The First Punic War, by J.F. Lazenby, the only modern account
covering the entire war, and perhaps the only complete account
available, since none of the surviving works of the ancient authors
covers this war in its entirety.

Hannibal, Vols. 1 and 2, by T.A. Dodge, one of the best.

The Punic Wars, by A. Goldsworthy.

The Punic Wars, by B. Caven.

Hannibal's Campaigns, by Tony Bath.

Greece and Rome at War, by P. Connolly.

Warfare in the Classical World, by J. Wary.

Hannibal's War With Rome, by Osprey.

Hellenistic Military and Naval Developments, by W.W. Tarn.

Carthage, a History, by B.H. Warington.

Rome Against Carthage, by T.A. Dorey and D.R. Dudley.

Roman Legions, by H.M.D. Parker.

The Estruscans, by A.C. Vaughan. (Included becuase an unknown but
substantial number did serve with Hannibal.)

And of course the works of Polybius, Livy, Arrian and some Plutarch.
along with quite a few other modern works and supporting works
covering earlier Greek/Hellenistic times.

Three other interesting books about the Classical Era are:

Reign of the Phallus, Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens, by E.C.
Keuls.

Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, by Hans Licht.

Sexual Life in Ancient Rome, by Otto Kiefer.

More: 2 good books: The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome 150AD to 600AD, by Phil Barker;

and for the Punic Wars List, Armies of the Macedonian
and Punic wars 359BC to 146BC by Duncan Head. Both books were
published by the Wargames Research group (WRG) in cahoots I believe
with The Society of Ancients, some very knowledgeable people.

Use your search engine and the inet and you will find a wealth of info.

Magobarca

Guys - please keep on topic! This thread is so confused now it's impossible to find things when you want to come back to them later!

If you have a new tpoic start a new thread - there is no limit on numbers of threads!