SMART DARKSIDER GIVEAWAY

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:30AM

<< Leif Erickson >>

no

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:30AM

<< Charlemagnes father, Pepin who started the coinage revolution in much of Europe? >>

no

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:30AM

<< Is it King Offa? >>

no

bosox · February 9, 2006 11:31AM

Is it Chaucer?

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:33AM

<< Is it Chaucer? >>

no

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:34AM

Thus far we know that the answer is:

-a person
-male
-a writer
-famous
-younger than Nero
-older than Muhammed
-relates to European history
-may be linked in some way to Britain

JZrarities · February 9, 2006 11:36AM

Is it Pliny, Virgil or Diodorus?

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:37AM

<< Is it Pliny, Virgil or Diodorus? >>

no

JZrarities · February 9, 2006 11:39AM

Is it Tacitus or Plutarch?

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:39AM

<< Is it Tacitus or Plutarch? >>

yes

Numismatics · February 9, 2006 11:44AM

Plutarch?

JZrarities · February 9, 2006 11:44AM

Is it Cornelius Tacitus?

trozau · February 9, 2006 11:46AM

One or the other!

STLNATS · February 9, 2006 11:46AM

Too late.....

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 11:47AM

<< Is it Cornelius Tacitus? >>

Correct, it is Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, the Roman historian who wrote "The Annals," "The Histories," "Germania" and "Agricola."

JZ wins!

Rickc300 · February 9, 2006 3:59PM

Yeah Right! I suffered major brain fatigue, mental melt down and submitted erroneous guesses of people of interest in ancient history, just to have you tell me it was an obvious choice such as Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, the Roman historian who wrote "The Annals," "The Histories," "Germania" and "Agricola." Geez... I thought this was supposed to be a tough, tricky and an almost insurmountable quiz. If I had known it would be so simple I wouldn't have even bothered reading this post and definitely would not have offered my inane guesses.
Sheesh!
Make the next one a little more difficult will ya? I was looking for the obscure when I should have just gone with the obvious choice to start with.
LOL, Thanks, I enjoyed racking my brain for ideas and have just finished searching Google for information regarding Gaius Cornelius Tacitus. I am now impressed with your knowledge and want to know... Can you honestly pronounce his name? Tick, tick, tick. Times up... you had to think about it didn't you? 3 vowels in a row does not make for easy pronunciation in English now does it...
Thank you again and I hope you have a great weekend!
Regards,
Rick

ajaan · February 9, 2006 8:35PM

Well I guess I'm not a smart darksider because I have never heard of Gaius Cornelius Tacitus. He isn't on my list of famous people.

That said, I really enjoyed this type of giveaway. Reminds me of the old lordmarcovan 'instant giveaways' of the past.

Hyperion · February 9, 2006 9:01PM

OUTSTANDING THREAD !
I really enjoyed reading this one

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 9:07PM

<< Well I guess I'm not a smart darksider because I have never heard of Gaius Cornelius Tacitus. He isn't on my list of famous people.

That said, I really enjoyed this type of giveaway. Reminds me of the old lordmarcovan 'instant giveaways' of the past. >>

If you have never read Tacitus, you should really consider it, he was one of the great writers of the ancient world.

I also had fun with this, I'll do this type of giveaway again (perhaps soon).

ajaan · February 9, 2006 9:11PM

<< I'll do this type of giveaway again (perhaps soon). >>

Please pick something this unsmart darksider will know.

Aethelred · February 9, 2006 9:18PM

<< 

<< I'll do this type of giveaway again (perhaps soon). >>

Please pick something this unsmart darksider will know.

>>

That is what we have the "post your name below if you want to win" threads. Almost all of us know our names.

JZrarities · February 9, 2006 10:22PM

I probably wouldn't have even had a chance, and I got lucky as I'm in the middle of reading David Vagi's "Coinage and History of the Roman Empire" and he mentions the writings of Tacitus as source documents...

Lucky.