{"id":220,"date":"2016-09-30T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220"},"modified":"2016-09-30T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T22:49:31","slug":"the-roman-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"The Roman Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSecundus, send seven scouts to gather intelligence about the positions of the barbarians!\u201d barked generalis Clavdius Maximus to his centurion Celerem Secundus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAve generalis, iam facta est.\u201d Celerem Secundus ran off to dispatch seven scouts into the thick woods.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026These barbarians are primitive rabble<\/em>. <em>These tribus Germanicus will never develop a civilization as technically advanced as ours.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Clavdius Maximus wondered how many scouts would reappear. Lately only six out of ten scouts had found their way back to report what they had seen. The barbarians were very clever at spotting Roman scouts and would dispatch them quickly.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026Would at least five of the seven return?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you figure is the probability of at least five of the seven scouts reporting back?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-220\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-220\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-220\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=220&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSecundus, send seven scouts to gather intelligence about the positions of the barbarians!\u201d barked generalis Clavdius Maximus to his centurion Celerem Secundus. \u201cAve generalis, iam facta est.\u201d Celerem Secundus ran off to dispatch seven scouts into the thick woods. \u2026These barbarians are primitive rabble. 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