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To: DownSouth who wrote (28457)	7/20/2000 10:14:53 PM
From: BI*RI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Wow. Imagine being soldier number nine or eleven? Counting by Roman Numerals is easy to screw up, ya know. Marc

To: DownSouth who wrote (28457)	7/20/2000 11:35:09 PM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

"decimated" comes from a practice that the Roman Army once practiced. When an army was conquered, the surviving troops were lined up and every 10th soldier was killed. Thus the "dec" in "decimated". No, no, no. When a Roman army didn't perform up to Roman standards they would kill 10% of their own troops. I also heard that it was sometimes a policy that the troops had to pick who died and then stone their friends to death. But I'm not 100% sure of that point. In any event, no one disappointed the Romans more than once. - Fred