User:PericlesofAthens/Sandbox Letter
Hi! I'm Roma_Victrix, and I'm the most interesting man in the world. You've most likely seen my award-winning performances in such acclaimed films as [i]The Empire Strikes Back[/i], [i]Schindler's List[/i], [i]Titanic[/i], [i]American Pie[/i], and [i]12 Years a Slave[/i]. Coincidentally, you might have also seen me posting and commenting on the TWC forum in my spare time as a neurosurgeon/defense attorney/economics professor/special agent. I gravitate mostly to the Arts, Vestigia Vetustatis, Political Mudpit and Thema Devia forums, while also posting regularly in [i]Rome Total War[/i] and [i]Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms[/i] modification subforums such as [i]Europa Barbarorum II[/i] and [i]Third Age: Total War[/i] (TATW). The latter subforum contains two of my very own minor sub-modifications to the TATW submods DAC and MOS, which are listed below along with my film review and other contributions. I hope that my deeds on the forum are judged adequate enough for the possibility of obtaining citizenship, and I genuinely hope you enjoy reading my various posts while assessing the viability of my nomination. Thank you.
My film review for the latest installment in the James Bond series, [i]Spectre[/i] (2015): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708139-Spectre-%282015%29-the-latest-Bond-flick&p=14836899#post14836899
[b]THIRD AGE TOTAL WAR SUBMODS[/b] [SPOILER]
This DAC submod improves the look of cavalry units for the Gondor faction by giving them dashing, colorful barded mounts, along with other minor adjustments such as a few new unit models and different textures: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?701718-Divide-and-Conquer-v-0-51-mini-submod-quot-marka-quot-barded-horses-for-the-Gondor-bodyguard-unit&highlight=
This MOS submod also improves the look of cavalry units for the Gondor faction, in addition to some other new unit models and textures: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?699228-MOS-1-7-Gondor-quot-Marka-quot-Barded-Horses-Submod&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]EUROPA BARBARORUM II[/b] [SPOILER]
Here is the pictorial review for battle-map settlements that I made, taking various screenshots of the new Greek/Eastern/Roman/Barbarian towns and cities in v. 2.1b, uploading them to Tumblr, and sharing them on TWC to help promote the new release: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?709384-The-pictorial-preview-of-the-new-town-and-city-battle-map-models-Roman-Western-Greek-Eastern-Greek-Eastern-Semitic-and-Celtic-Barbarian
Here is my pictorial presentation of new units in v. 2.1b for various factions that were not reviewed elsewhere in the EB II forum: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?706122-What-is-your-favorite-unit&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]VESTIGIA VETUSTATIS[/b] [SPOILER]
Here is a typical post of mine in the VV forum, a most recent one at that: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708481-Why-is-Genghis-Khan-characterized-as-a-ruthless-conqueror-while-Alexander-and-Caesar-are-praised-as-heroes&p=14859550&viewfull=1#post14859550
Here is my thread about malaria and warfare in Vietnamese and Chinese history: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708936-Did-malaria-save-Vietnam-from-repeats-of-Chinese-conquest-and-domination
My thread on ancient Imperial Roman manica-style armor and the Dacian falx weapon: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?709908-How-well-did-the-Roman-manica-%28Greek-cheires%29-protect-against-the-Dacian-falx
My thread on Pytheas of Massalia (Marseille, France), the ancient Greek explorer who traveled to Northern Europe: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?709039-Aside-from-Great-Britain-did-the-ancient-Greek-geographer-Pytheas-of-Massalia-really-visit-Iceland-the-Arctic-Circle-the-Baltic-region-and-elsewhere
My thread on Ionian Greeks under Venetian rule: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?705163-How-different-was-life-for-Ionian-Island-Greeks-under-Venetian-rule-than-for-mainland-Greeks-under-Ottoman-rule&highlight=
My thread on ancient Chinese Qigong exercises: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703820-Ancient-Chinese-exercise-chart-showing-Qigong-%282nd-century-BC%29&highlight=
My thread on the domestication of zebras in history: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703572-Horses-were-domesticated-zebras-not-so-much&highlight=
My thread on ancient Mesopotamian sources and Bronze Age economies: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703105-Has-he-no-shame-Ea-Nasir-should-just-pony-up-and-pay-Nanni-what-he-owes-him-What-an-ass!&highlight=
My thread on anachronistic views of Christopher Columbus: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?700270-Anachronistic-views-about-Christopher-Columbus-as-worse-than-ISIS-leader-al-Baghdadi&highlight=
My thread on the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?700124-Lost-Epic-of-Gilgamesh-Verse-Depicts-Cacophonous-Abode-of-Gods&highlight=
My thread on the 16th-century Japanese invasion of Joseon Korea and Ming-dynasty China's intervention in the Imjin War: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?698854-Did-Momoyama-Japan-have-any-chance-of-conquering-Ming-China-after-Korea&highlight=
My thread on Philip IV of Spain and his policies that affected Ming-dynasty China during the 17th century: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?695479-Did-Philip-IV-of-Spain-cause-the-downfall-of-the-Ming-Dynasty-of-China&highlight=
My thread on the history of war elephants in Vietnam: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?654223-War-Elephants-in-Vietnam&highlight=
My thread on Celtic oppida settlements: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?687802-Examples-of-the-best-preserved-Celtic-oppidum-settlements&highlight=
My thread on Italian food before the Columbian Exchange with the New World: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?683014-What-was-Italian-food-like-before-the-introduction-of-the-New-World-tomato&highlight=
My thread on Nazi occultism and Ariosophy: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677435-Nazi-Occultism-and-Ariosophy-religion-of-the-SS&highlight=
My thread on medieval Western and Islamic science: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?674268-At-what-point-did-Western-science-supersede-Islamic-science-in-achievement&highlight=
My thread on cuisine in medieval Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?671046-Cuisine-of-Medieval-Europe-Middle-East-South-Asia-East-Asia-and-Southeast-Asia-what-varieties-of-food-were-available-to-their-respective-lower-and-upper-classes&highlight=
My thread on technology of the 20th century: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?652713-Which-half-of-the-20th-century-saw-more-radical-technological-scientific-progress-and-advancement&highlight=
My thread on Yamato Japan's 7th-century invasion of Three-Kingdoms-era Korea and Tang-dynasty China's intervention: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?640303-Why-did-Yamato-Japan-aid-Baekje-against-Silla-and-Tang-China&highlight=
My thread on the expulsion of Jews from medieval England in 1290: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?654406-Expulsion-of-all-Jews-from-England-1290-AD&highlight=
My thread on the Carolingian-era Irish scholar Johannes Scotus Eriugena: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?652852-Johannes-Scotus-Eriugena-and-the-Irish-scholars-learned-in-Greek-during-Carolingian-times&highlight=
My thread on Greco-Roman humor in the age of Emperor Augustus: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?637590-Greco-Roman-humor-in-the-age-of-Augustus&highlight=
My thread on the fusion of Chinese and Tibetan religious architecture during the 17th and 18th centuries: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?633896-The-most-monumental-architecture-of-Imperial-China-is-actually-Sino-Tibetan-Putuo-Zongcheng-Temple&highlight=
My thread on the international academic debate about Ming China's claim to its rule over Tibet: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?611245-Did-the-Chinese-Ming-Dynasty-rule-Tibet&highlight=
My thread on the historiography of female historians throughout the ages: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?583306-Female-historians&highlight=
My thread on the Napoleonic commander Thomas Alexandre Dumas and military officers of black African descent in history: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?614884-From-Thomas-Alexandre-Dumas-until-Colin-Powell-no-black-general-in-Western-world-of-equivalent-rank&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]THE ARTS[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on the strangest films: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?705894-What-s-the-strangest-film-you-ve-seen-with-a-well-known-actor-or-two-or-more&highlight=
My thread on opening credits for films: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?680276-Coolest-opening-credits-for-a-movie-ever&highlight=
My thread on 90s rock albums: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?698766-Best-rock-album-of-the-90s&highlight=
My thread on animated films of the 1980s: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?678800-Best-animated-film-of-the-1980s&highlight=
My thread on the worst historical dramas of the 21st century thus far: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?671178-Worst-historical-drama-film-of-the-21st-century-thus-far&highlight=
My thread on the HBO series [i]The Wire[/i] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667683-Is-The-Wire-Still-the-Best-HBO-Series&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]ATHENAEUM[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on a man brought back to life with warm oxygenated blood: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707157-Man-frozen-to-death-is-brought-back-to-life-with-warm-oxygenated-blood-pumped-back-into-the-body&highlight=
My thread on the argument for going to Mars: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?704745-Why-we-should-go-to-Mars&highlight=
My thread on hackers using fingerprints using photographs of people's hands: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703653-Truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-hacker-can-fake-fingerprint-verifications-using-photographs-of-people-s-hands&highlight=
My thread on the continuing modern utility of a medieval Anglo-Saxon medicinal recipe that eliminates the MRSA superbug: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703420-Anglo-Saxon-garlic-and-onion-eye-recipe-from-the-9th-century-kills-90-of-MRSA-quot-superbug-quot&highlight=
My thread on the potential cure for blindness: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?699807-Blindness-has-been-cured-thanks-to-the-Brits!&highlight=
My thread on paralyzation and electronic prosthetics connected to the human brain via the nervous system: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?699419-Paralyzed-man-can-walk-again-slightly-thanks-to-brain-linked-to-computer-by-electrodes&highlight=
My thread on cell replication and prolonging of life, and the potential impact it may have on the future: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?683235-Social-implications-of-future-technology-that-would-stop-ageing-and-the-depredation-of-cell-replication-i-e-live-forever-avoiding-death-due-to-health-reasons&highlight=
My thread on the Cuban discovery of a potential cure for lung cancer: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?689399-Lung-cancer-Cuban-scientists-discover-partial-cure-stopping-tumorous-growth&highlight=
My thread on the alternative to alcohol: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?640962-Alternative-to-alcohol-Professor-Nutt-s-proposed-drug&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]POLITICAL MUDPIT[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on the friction between Donald Trump and the Club for Growth: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?698632-Donald-Trump-wages-online-war-on-the-Club-for-Growth&highlight=
My thread on the France-Belgium train shooting of 2015: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?697087-France-train-shooting-Three-hurt-and-Moroccan-man-arrested&highlight=
My thread on the constitutional convention to overturn Citizens United: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?673872-Illinois-third-state-to-call-for-constitutional-convention-to-overturn-%91Citizens-United%92&highlight=
My thread on the FCC and net neutrality: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?666071-Netflix-Kickstarter-and-others-join-Team-Internet-to-Battle-FCC-Chairman-Tom-Wheeler-on-Net-Neutrality&highlight=
My thread on the US and China limiting greenhouse gases: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?672185-China-U-S-agree-to-limit-greenhouse-gases&highlight=
My thread on US Senator Feinstein accusing the CIA of intimidating US Senate committees over the review and relase of their torture report: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?644276-Feinstein-accuses-CIA-of-intimidating-Senate-staff-over-torture-report&highlight=
My thread on the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his election loss to Dave Brat in Virginia: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?655716-House-Majority-Leader-Eric-Cantor-of-Virginia-loses-to-anti-corporatist-Dave-Brat!&highlight=
My thread on the McDonald's franchise in Russia following the Crimea crisis: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?649179-McDonald-s-Under-Pressure-in-Russia&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]POLITICAL ACADEMY[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on ISIS and Western intervention: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703748-ISIS-would-attack-the-West-even-if-Western-troops-and-all-its-civilians-left-the-Middle-East-entirely&highlight=
My thread on the effect or robotics on the job market in the near future: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?690133-Europe-will-be-destroyed-by-job-taking-robots-and-the-Caliphate&highlight=
My thread on Benjamin Netanyahu and the Iran nuclear deal: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?682418-Is-Benjamin-Netanyahu-right-about-Iran-starting-nuclear-war-if-they-ever-developed-nukes&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]ETHOS MORES ET MONASTICA[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on past life memories and reincarnation: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?684098-Past-life-memories-of-children-and-reincarnation-of-the-spirit-if-such-a-thing-exists&highlight=
My thread on the illiteracy of college athletes: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?638269-Alarming-illiteracy-of-college-athletes&highlight= [/SPOILER]
[b]THE TRAVELER'S LODGE[/b]
My thread about my experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer and English teacher in Kyrgyzstan, and how they can be of use to travelers to Central Asia: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?630596-Ask-me-questions-about-Kyrgyzstan&highlight=
[b]THEMA DEVIA[/b] [SPOILER]
My thread on the subconscious pyschological projection of one's inner self through forum avatars: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702731-Psychologically-speaking-is-one-s-avatar-picture-a-true-subconscious-reflection-of-their-inner-self
My thread where I basically imitate Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, taking questions from forum members while strictly using his persona: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?649925-Ask-me-President-Vladimir-Putin-a-Question
My thread on time travel and how you would survive in hostile environments: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?697337-If-you-got-transported-back-to-medieval-times-what-kind-of-alpha-male-stuff-and-futuristic-stunts-would-you-pull-to-make-the-primitives-fear-and-respect-you&highlight=
My dyslexic proverbs game: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?597825-The-dyslexic-proverbs-game-let-s-have-some-fun!&highlight=
My ISIS review of Disney's [i]Frozen[/i] (2013): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?664175-ISIS-reviews-Disney-s-Frozen&highlight=
My impersonation of Charles, Prince of Wales, and taking questions from forum members (in a similar manner to the Putin thread): http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?679735-A-Modest-Proposal-by-Charles-Prince-of-Wales-for-the-Rightful-Return-of-the-Upstart-American-Colonies-to-the-British-Empire-for-Her-Majesty-Queen-Elizabeth-II-s-Upcoming-Birthday&highlight=
The influence of Old Norse on English: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?678020-Old-Norse-influence-on-the-English-language&highlight=
My thread on describing countries in one pithy phrase: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643936-Describe-present-and-historical-countries-in-one-pithy-phrase&highlight=
My thread written purely in Early Modern English: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?630859-The-Early-Modern-English-Only-Thread&highlight= [/SPOILER]