Re: Re: Vanilla and other commodities

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:52:00 +1300


Sam Eliot:

>However, the point can be illustrated by some googling:
>
>"Wheat was the single most important commodity in the Ancient world.
>Almost every war that Rome engaged in was over the flow of grain,
>either to Rome itself or to one of her vassal states. The Roman
>Legionaires were proud to provide this vital service to the Empire
>and proudly wore these rings to signify that."

The invasion of Britian? This Blood for Corn theory is such sheer and complete bollocks that it's not even useful for as a parallel for the Lunar Empire.

--Peter Metcalfe

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