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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4351917, member: 51347"]Nice article, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Very cool stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was always interested in the Tripod styles. I feel it is an effective means of strength and support. For some reason, I gravitate to '3' as a favorite number, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was very impressed visiting various museums in China when I was on business during the 80's and onwards til today. Their ancient civilization relied heavily on Tripods for their cooking vessels and ceremonial / worship pieces. They have found earthen ware tripods dating back to the Neolithic Age to 3500 BCE. As China moved into the Bronze Age, they created cast Tripods, still unmatched today in the level of sophistication of the casting process. They are some of my favorite artforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101321[/ATTACH]</p><p>Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the reason that I got this Tripod Coin... Greek mysticism of the Snake and the effective Tripod design. LOL, forget the dopey Emperor. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101324[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire (Bozo Era)</p><p>Ancient Roman Provincial Coin</p><p>Bronze (AE18) of Elagabalus, A.D. 218-222</p><p>Thrace, Philippolis</p><p>Moushmov 5423. 18 mm, 4.3 g.</p><p>Obverse: AVT K MAYP ANTΩNINOC.</p><p>Reverse: [ΦIΛIΠ]ΠOΛITΩN NEΩKOPΩ[N] - Serpent entwined tripod (celebrating the Neokorus of the city along with a festival of Pythia)</p><p>Raised to be a priest of the Elagabalus (Baal) cult, Antoninus, known to history as Elagabalus, was 14 years old when he was brought to Rome by his grandmother to be emperor. His exotic Eastern influences and his flamboyant sexual escapades proved to be too much for conservative Roman society, and he was executed about the time of his eighteenth birthday.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But, according to one of our threads, I think we should consider the Tripods in Human History based upon a species of Pierson's Puppeteers by Larry Niven...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson%27s_Puppeteers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson%27s_Puppeteers" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson's_Puppeteers</a></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4351917, member: 51347"]Nice article, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Very cool stuff. I was always interested in the Tripod styles. I feel it is an effective means of strength and support. For some reason, I gravitate to '3' as a favorite number, etc. I was very impressed visiting various museums in China when I was on business during the 80's and onwards til today. Their ancient civilization relied heavily on Tripods for their cooking vessels and ceremonial / worship pieces. They have found earthen ware tripods dating back to the Neolithic Age to 3500 BCE. As China moved into the Bronze Age, they created cast Tripods, still unmatched today in the level of sophistication of the casting process. They are some of my favorite artforms. [ATTACH=full]1101321[/ATTACH] Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BCE [ATTACH=full]1101323[/ATTACH] This was the reason that I got this Tripod Coin... Greek mysticism of the Snake and the effective Tripod design. LOL, forget the dopey Emperor. :) [ATTACH=full]1101324[/ATTACH] Roman Empire (Bozo Era) Ancient Roman Provincial Coin Bronze (AE18) of Elagabalus, A.D. 218-222 Thrace, Philippolis Moushmov 5423. 18 mm, 4.3 g. Obverse: AVT K MAYP ANTΩNINOC. Reverse: [ΦIΛIΠ]ΠOΛITΩN NEΩKOPΩ[N] - Serpent entwined tripod (celebrating the Neokorus of the city along with a festival of Pythia) Raised to be a priest of the Elagabalus (Baal) cult, Antoninus, known to history as Elagabalus, was 14 years old when he was brought to Rome by his grandmother to be emperor. His exotic Eastern influences and his flamboyant sexual escapades proved to be too much for conservative Roman society, and he was executed about the time of his eighteenth birthday. But, according to one of our threads, I think we should consider the Tripods in Human History based upon a species of Pierson's Puppeteers by Larry Niven... [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson%27s_Puppeteers']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierson's_Puppeteers[/URL] :D :D :D[/QUOTE]
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