Its not just histoprical films that have glaring inaccuracies. I haven't seen it but the film "I Robot" supposedly based on Asmov's stories and featuring one...
Ordinary jobs weren't barred to non-slaves, freedman but getting in was a signiigant problem. As for the publicani (the tax collectors) I suspect they were...
What a helpful chap Lucius Junius Melissus was. Melissus painted his name on his wine amphora. Since he was known to export from Spain it was very useful to...
One should also not that entry into the professions must have been highly regulated by guiilds, like in the Middle Ages a little later on. And as part of ...
<<regulated by guiilds, like in the Middle Ages >> From my readings I do not believe this to be true. The Romans had something like burial societies/social...
The NY Times had an op-ed piece that says exactly that... the movie's just an adventure story -- and has basically taken away the books' underlying premise. ...
Asimov's underlying arguments are quite sophisticated which is why upto now Hollywood has left him alone. Asimov got quite irritated with the way robots and...
Salvete I volunteer with a educational non profit - Ancient Coins for Education http://www.bitsofhistory.com/ace/ - and our aim is to make students in the...
Yeah, what I read was that it was originally written as a Will Smith vehicle with a robot theme, under a different name, then someone noticed that they could...
I've actually done a research paper on this... Some collegia of the Roman period were based on profession, and in a way functioned similarly to unions today,...
Great plot, horrible accuracy. The Romans evacuated the field army in Britain between 407-410, but in the movie they're still there in 467. Also, the Romans'...
Another thing, the Picts didn't fight with Arthur, they fought with the Saxons, as did the Scots (who didn't appear in the film.) Also, Arthur only led his...
Hi Jack, so did the lavratories in the public baths have seperate toilet seat rooms, one for men and one for women? If not, in the time of Hadrian did they? ...
Could a person rinse and use his/her sponge several times if once with the sponge wasn't enough to clean himself/herself? -Michael ... unisex. ... and ... The...
Oh no Mel Gibson is producing it, I hope he doesn't put leather lorica segmentata on some of the Romans like he did in The Passion. And I hope he doesn't...
So, is Mel Gibson's film the one that will be in theaters, the other 3 being just for tv. Certainly they won't have 4 Boudicca movies in theaters? Or are all...
Indeed. Asimov *hated* what he called the Frankenstein syndrome, endlessly repeated in stories about robots - man makes intelligent robot - Robot rebels and...
Welcome to the Imperial Rome group where we discuss just about anything to do with Rome, Constantinople and the cultures that surround them. I hope that you...
Looking at a famous latrine in Philippi in Northern Greece - famous due to the good preservation - you will see that there is a drain in front of the latrine...
I know that in Roman Gaul, they did have guilds which were locally very powerful, for instance the boatmen at Lutetia and also at Lugdunum, since they...
Certainly this is a worthwhile project but I have a feeling you may have a difficult time obtaining what wou want. I suspect that proffesionals probably dont...
It would be very suprising if at least in some places the Roman didn't have organisations with some of the attributes of medieval guilds. Within any profession...
"People could find day labor if it was needed, or enlist in the army," Until the military reforms of Gaius Marius Rome had accepted only soldiers of means,...
Hi all, I am a new member of the group. I have a small collection of Roman artefacts, and thought I might introduce myself by posting a picture of one of these...
It should be noted that even after the Marian reforms the Roman Army still adhered to the dictum that its regulars were composed of Roman citizens of means....
August 2 was the traditional day of the battle of Cannae and would be regarded as a bad omen day in the Roman calendar. The anniversary of the battle of the...
Brian, I particularly liked the realism of the Theseus fresco. Did you take these pictures yourself? They are very good. Where are these frescoes located?...
I have actually seen almost all of these in person, back in '67 when I was 17, I had the privelege of spending a month in Italy on an educational tour...
