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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...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2004 8:01 am
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...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2004 8:08 am
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...
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khakiberetman
Aug 1, 2004 2:41 pm
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 ...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Aug 1, 2004 5:08 pm
<<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...
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nancy in chicago
nljfs
Aug 1, 2004 5:18 pm
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. ...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 1, 2004 7:44 pm
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...
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Souzana
hauslohn
Aug 1, 2004 8:18 pm
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...
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Christopher L. Wood
ambrosius_sl...
Aug 1, 2004 11:20 pm
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...
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Christopher L. Wood
ambrosius_sl...
Aug 1, 2004 11:20 pm
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,...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:12 am
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'...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:14 am
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...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:22 am
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? ...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:26 am
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...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:44 am
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...
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Michael Smith
stumpe22
Aug 2, 2004 1:49 am
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...
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Mr Steven Lowe
egfroth
Aug 2, 2004 6:07 am
Indeed. Asimov *hated* what he called the Frankenstein syndrome, endlessly repeated in stories about robots - man makes intelligent robot - Robot rebels and...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 2, 2004 6:25 am
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...
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Mette
cornelia_coc...
Aug 2, 2004 6:55 am
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...
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khakiberetman
Aug 2, 2004 10:29 am
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...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 2, 2004 11:31 am
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...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 2, 2004 12:08 pm
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...
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wasplank
Aug 2, 2004 12:51 pm
"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,...
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wasplank
Aug 2, 2004 1:14 pm
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...
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khakiberetman
Aug 2, 2004 4:34 pm
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....
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khakiberetman
Aug 2, 2004 4:38 pm
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...
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Brian Holly
bholly72
Aug 2, 2004 5:06 pm
I've posted some of my favorite pictures of Roman frescos in an album called Roman Wall Painting. Hope you enjoy. - Brian...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Aug 2, 2004 5:25 pm
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?...
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Brian Holly
bholly72
Aug 2, 2004 6:24 pm
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...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Aug 2, 2004 6:49 pm
Welcome to the group. I am impressed by the condition of your ring I have a ring of similar design but the engraving does not survive. ... of...
