Baby Bones Found Scattered in Ancient Italian Village LiveScience [USA], 07 January 2013 The death of an infant may not have been an occasion for mourning in ...
Archaeologists discover Augustan-era sculptures near Rome Gazzetta Del Sud [Italy], 08/01/2013 Archaeologists say they've uncovered an "exceptional" group of ...
Titus took the table for shewbread and the menorah to Rome. I read tonight that he placed one of cherubs upon an arch in Antioch. Does anyone know what...
I was reading that it was dedicated in AD80 and games / events lasted for 100 days. But I can not find what was the opening date - month & day. Can anyone...
I know later in life he was balding. But last night Caesar was introduced on the mini-series "Spartacus" and the actor playing Caesar has a full head of blond...
It would not suprise me as "Civilisation" is over-riding natural selection. I strongly suspect that a similar thing happened in Ancient Rome though not so...
Why not eugenics with a heart? Humanity seems to reel to and fro between extremes. We tend to overreact to the previous excess thus ensuring another round of ...
I thought it was named to honor Marc Antony. However I'm reading "Josephus a Jew Among the Romans" and in it the author Frederic Raphael says it was named...
On 17/02/2013 1:01 PM David / Amicus wrote: I thought it was named to honor Marc Antony. However I'm reading "Josephus a Jew Among the Romans" and in it the...
By chance, a Graeco-Roman cemetery has been discovered in Al-Qabari district in Alexandria Al-Ahram [Egypt], 14 Feb 2013 During routine archaeological survey...
Thanks very much for the news! ________________________________ From: Robert Blau <robert-blau@...> To: dis <ancient_discoveries@yahoogroups.com>; rome...
I got this book today. Maybe the greatest Julio-Claudian female! Daughter of Marc Antony. Niece of Augustus, sister-in-law to Tiberius, mother of Claudius, ...
I'm intrigued, both by the two-story tombs and the previous discovery, from the Ahram article, of the "more than 37 tombs, among which a very distinguished...
Hii Theresa Two-storey Roman tombs (sometimes two-stories above ground, sometimes a cellar/basement with one or two stories above ground) are more common...
Buried under a Jaffa street, a 1,500-year-old industrial site Haaretz [Israel], Feb.20, 2013 A 1,500-year-old industrial site has recently been discovered...
Your hypothesis is quite interesting. consider that it may not be "Civilization" as such that is causing the "decline" in humanity, but the nature of said...
Tiberius is said to have used that title. ... From: David / Amicus <amicus@...> Subject: [Imperial Rome] Pannonicus To: julioclaudian@yahoogroups.com,...
I believe Tiberius was for his campaigning in 6 CE. Â I think Augustus himself received a similar title as well. ________________________________ From: Marius...
Learn more: The Lod Mosaic http://www.lodmosaic.org/         Posted by: "David / Amicus" amicus@... alexiuscomnenus  Date: Wed Feb 27, 2013...
Eros mosaic found in southern Turkish city Hürriyet Daily News [Turkey], February/20/2013 A mosaic featuring an Eros figure fishing on horse has been found in...
Robert, The Hippocampus is wonderful to see. Â Thanks once again for sending these posts along. Rob Caverly-Paxton ________________________________ From:...
Covers the early growth of Christianity in Asia Minor. Includes relationships with the Roman Empire, Constantine and Comstantinople, development of Eastern...
From http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/06/roman-numerals.html courtesy of Kimus Noyesus . . . The Classic Roman Numeral Mistake On the face of it, IL and IC...
When archaeologists were called to a site in the City of London where an ugly office block and a bar once stood, they were sceptical that it held any...
