Sipsey Street Irregulars: "Milliarium" -- We're about to hit a milestone.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

"Milliarium" -- We're about to hit a milestone.

A Roman milliarium (milestone) found in Jordan on the old road leading to Mount Nebo. The inscription, freely translated, informs the passerby that "these works were the works of the architects of Furnius Giulianus in 213 AD at the time of emperor Caracalla who is remembered in the inscription with all his official titles: Emperor Cesar Marcus Aurelius Antonius Pius Felix Augustus Particus Brittannicus Pontifex Maximus, at his fourth consulate, restored the roads and bridges." The only thing it doesn't say is: "Your tax denarii at work."

As of 23:00 hrs this evening

Total Visits to Sipsey Street: 492,260
Average Per Day 2,602
Average Visit Length 2:58
Last Hour 138
Today 2,707
This Week 18,213

So sometime before I see some of you on the 12th, we will hit a half a million visits. Considering that represents far less than a year's worth of blogging, not bad. Not bad at all. Thanks, guys and gals. Thanks.

11 comments:

drjim said...: Wow...we must have started blogging about the same time.
Congrats!
Jim
III; September 9, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Anonymous said...: What did the Romans ever do For us?; September 9, 2009 at 5:51 AM
Anonymous said...: Thank you Sir...

For all that you do...

G III; September 9, 2009 at 5:52 AM
doubletrouble said...: It's just like a free market: you have what folks want...

Congrats!

wv: "belli"; September 9, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Thank you for the site to be visited.
And you're welcome. I visit whenever I can, for as long as I can (which sometimes isn't long enough to absorb some of the wonderfully thoughtful material).
And I leave my two drachma's worth, when I think I have something useful or different to add to the discussion.

B Woodman
SSG (Ret) US Army
III-per; September 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM
idahobob said...: No, sir...

Thank YOU!!!!!

Bob
III; September 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Mike III said...: And thus we wait. And prepare.; September 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Anonymous said...: I've actually been on that road(and Mount Nebo as well) and seen that particular marker and several others that still exist on that road. It makes for a very interesting drive, 'cause the road is all of about one and a half cars wide with no guard rails...
emdfl; September 9, 2009 at 7:44 PM
CorbinKale said...: To Anon 3:51

The aquaduct?; September 9, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, apart for aquaducts, what have the Romans ever done for us...; September 11, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Mike, you're my start up page and have been for quite sometime. I am an Oath Keeper, but was a IIIper 1st! Semper Fi
devildog; September 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM

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I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air – that progress made under the shadow of the policeman's club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave. -- H.L. Mencken

"The Fate of Unborn Millions. . ."

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"We will not go gently . . ."

This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can't be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won't be done. The Founders' Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.

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