Knowing that the crew of a Roman trireme was approximately 170 rowers and 50 to 60 soldiers, a simple calculation allows us to see that to achieve the number of 3000 men the vessels of Augustus ' fleet would have to have held more combatants than an actual fleet.

Knowing that a ritual called " Carousel " is going to be held that night, Cartman asks Mark and Linda to go to Treasure Cove and retrieve a book for him.

Knowing full well of her husband's infidelity with her best friend Marie-Louise, Constance purposefully maintains the fiction held by her other friends, mother and sister that she has no idea of the affair.

Knowing she was severely ill, in 1878 Dorsey made over her will, leaving Beauvoir and her financial assets to Jefferson Davis and, in the case of his death, to his only surviving child, Winnie Davis.

He looks ill. Knowing his life is about to end, he mounts the scaffold with his lover and his daughter, and confesses publicly, exposing the mark supposedly seared into the flesh of his chest.

Knowing she is dying, Bernadette sends for Abbé Peyramale ( who in reality died a few years before Bernadette ) and tells him of her feelings of unworthiness and her concern that she will never see the lady again.

Knowing Judy cannot put up a good fight, Bobby points his hand at Beasely and encases him in a block of ice.

Knowing nothing about Rachel's theft, Jacob told Laban that whoever stole them should die and stood aside to let him search.

Knowing the Earth's velocity and the aberration angle, this enabled him to estimate the speed of light.

Knowing Luthor's role in the Army's attack against him, Superman confronts him and tells him that Metropolis doesn't belong to him: " You don't own us.

Knowing that Crusader forces were massed upon the frontier to intercept him, he took the desert route across the Sinai Peninsula to Ailah at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba.

Knowing that he is nearing the end of his life, Moses appoints Joshua his successor, bequeathing to him the mantle of leadership.

THX is consigned to another region of limbo, this one populated by a collection of other prisoners, including SEN. Knowing that THX filed the complaint against him, SEN nevertheless rallies him to join his undescribed cause.

Knowing of his design, the gods met him in full battle-array.

Knowing he cannot withstand Cuhullin, Finn asks his wife Oona to help him.

Knowing that such speculation, combined with Congressional grants of land sections to veterans of the Revolution, could result in a lucrative opportunity, Ebenezer Zane in 1796 petitioned the US Congress to grant him a contract to blaze a trail through Ohio, from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Limestone, Kentucky, ( near modern Maysville, Kentucky ) a distance of.

Knowing Gandhi's deep anguish regarding proposals of partition, Patel engaged him in frank discussion in private meetings over the perceived practical unworkability of any Congress-League coalition, the rising violence and the threat of civil war.

Knowing that the castle is too strong to take by force, Robin decides to use guile, visiting the bishop and " persuading " him to include Robin and his men, in disguise, in his entourage.

Knowing that choosing any of them would bring him the hatred of the other two, Zeus did not want to take part in the decision.

Knowing such a step could forever deprive him of power, Hitler decided to carry out his pact with the Reichswehr to suppress the SA.

Knowing that Thorfinn has more power and can easily overtake him, Brusi visits King Olaf to try to gain his support in helping him maintain his control over his share.

Knowing Sonic and Tails will try to track him down, and realizing he can use the Master Emerald to power the ship, Dr. Robotnik dupes Knuckles into believing Sonic is trying to steal his Emerald.

Knowing that Dior had created the sketches that morning and that the young man could not have seen them, de Brunhoff sent him to Dior, who hired him on the spot.

Knowing he is dying, Taylor ( after Zaius refuses to help him ) decides to stop the violence by detonating the bomb.

Knowing of Hamlet's jealousy of Laertes ' prowess with a sword, he proposes a fencing match between the two.

: Knowing the temper of the people through whom they must pass, still smarting from the barbarities of the war two years previous, and that the Paiutes, utterly destitute of everything, must subsist themselves on their route by pillage, I refused permission for them to depart.

He appeared as Glenn Ponder in the Alan Partridge TV show Knowing Me, Knowing You, and has worked extensively with Steve Coogan since, contributing to two UK tours, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon special and album, the title music to I'm Alan Partridge, and the song Raped In The Face for the film Hamlet 2.

Knowing this version was far too long, Stroheim cut out almost half the footage, reducing it to a six-hour version to be shown over two nights.

Knowing he himself could not stop the Phyrexians and the angels they subverted, the walker prepared a large force, consisting of the two dragons of Shiv, artifact warriors, and Weatherlight to transport them from Dominaria to Serra's realm.

Knowing that the cajón comes from slave musicians in the Spanish colonial Americas, there are two complementary origin theories for the instrument.

Knowing both angles at either end of the segment of fixed length ensures that the other two sides emanate with a uniquely determined trajectory, and thus will meet each other at a uniquely determined point ; thus ASA is valid.

Knowing nothing of their true origins or the destiny they were to fulfill, the Transformers eventually splintered into two factions-the politically dissident Decepticons, who waged war on the peaceful Autobots.

Knowing that a suicide will negate his daughter's inheritance, he contracts to have himself assassinated within two days ' time.

Knowing the personal history of Quiroga, the two novels feature some autobiographical components.

Knowing he can't defeat the scientist alone, Anya sends Cortez back in time a few minutes to when he first arrived in hopes of being able to double-team Crow with two Cortezes ( and R-110, who was never destroyed as a result of the time loop ).

Knowing their marriage would never be approved of, the two of them eloped a la Romeo and Juliet.

Knowing that he might not survive shooting the president, Hinckley wrote but did not mail a letter to Foster about two hours prior to the assassination attempt, saying that he hoped to impress her with the magnitude of his action and that he would " abandon the idea of getting Reagan in a second if I could only win your heart and live out the rest of my life with you.

: Knowing the plan, the Winnebago decided to use it to their advantage and devised a two pronged attack.

Knowing he is destitute, she pays him an " advance " of five hundred dollars and takes Henry back to her home where after pouring some drinks for the two of them, the two sleep together.

Knowing this, the geneticist may perform a complementation test on two separately obtained strains of pure-breeding white-eyed flies.

During 2009 at least two major Hollywood films, Knowing and District 9, were shot in 4K on the RED ONE camera, followed by The Social Network in 2010.

Knowing the Democrats ' chances were dimmed by having two candidates in the race, Powell arranged a meeting with Johnson, following which the latter withdrew his candidacy and pledged his support to Powell.

From 2006 to 2008 — the first two years of operation — the companies provided services on 18 films, including Twilight, Tropic Thunder, Knowing, Eagle Eye, Revolutionary Road and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

Knowing Zhang Shuo had been slain and the first line of defense was broken, Huang Zu used two of his largest vessels ( mengchongs ) to block the entrance at the choke point of Mian River, and sent his crossbowmen to station themselves there to fire at any approaching enemy forces.

Knowing little English, he failed the English language test, but tried again in 1950 and passed with some judicious help from two fellow test-takers.