I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your stay over there band noticed these interesting traits. I remember the Jules César Hotel because when we visite= d Arles...
Please forgive me if this is an inappropriate venue for this sort of post, but a friend of mine has finally cut loose with a few coins from his collection. He...
Greetings, ~ This Day in Ancient History ~ Coin Hoard from the Dead Sea ~ Alexander the Great Flick -- the Producer ~ Hot Dog! Another Anachronism ~ Vatican...
Since these coins are liable to be of interest to quite a few members I am quite happy for commercial items relevant to rome to be advertised provided the...
Having seen for myself the size of the rhone river both near its mouth at Arles and a long way in land at Lyon it reminds me that it was one of the principal...
I have widely heard the opinion that Roman roads were deliberatley set at a width sufficient to permit two chariots to pass. Now apart from the fact that...
Thanks for inviting me to join the forum. My interests lie in Rome and their military legions. I belong to the Legio XIIII GMV re- enactment group and am...
Richard, I am sure you are aware of this, but why is it, that, starting and ending with Hollywierd, people seem to think that the ancient Romans used chariots ...
Which is why it suprises me that it would be used as a measure for road width. ... ending ... chariots ... racing car. ... also, a ... a man ... by the ... ...
Thanks, Richard! The question about the Severan hair style has begun nagging at me already. It had never occured to me before I had been asked to photograph...
After posing my question about whether or not "barbarous" coinage arose because the staff of the Rome mint could not replicate the great style of one or more...
Welcome to the Imperial Rome group where we discuss just about anything that relates to Rome, Constantinople and the cultures that surround them. I hope that...
The most famous instance of scythe chariots being used was by the Persians at the battle of Gaugamela. I suspect that like war elephants, these would be quite...
I definitely think that the axle-width were of a standard lenght - just think about the space between stepping stones in Pompeii or worn areas from wagons in...
The more I read about the Roman ideas of their traditional pantheon (as opposed to imported cults like Mithras) the more I see a disparity between their...
Greetings, ~ This Day in Ancient History ~ Felix Dies Natalis rogueclassicism! ~ Some Recent Finds in Italy ~ Classics Threatened at MSU??? ~ Torlonia Marbles...
Whilst we have discussed something similar before I would be interested in your collective views about Romes greatest victories and defeats both in military...
Another disparity one can observe is that the Greeks very definitely identified particular places of worship to specific gods. They built sanctuaries and ...
Salvete, omnes! I am T. Aurelius Ursus Felix, but you can just call me Urs. I've been interested in Roma Antiqua for a long long time, and am majoring in...
"The Torlonia Statues, regarded as one of the world's greatest private collections of ancient Roman sculpture, will go on display again after 40 years in...
I remember that wagon when I visited the museum a number of years ago. However, and I will have to fish out my daughter's DVD of the movie to be sure, that...
Welcome to the group. In view of your interest you may find some of our photos interesting. In the folder marked Roman Provence you can see a statue of Antonia...
Probably your daughter likes watching Gladiator for the same reason I watched Raider oof the Lost Arc on TV last night, rubbish but very entertaining rubbish....
This is only tangentially relevant, but I don't remember the war wagon in Gladiator, when in the movie did it appear? ... Probably your daughter likes watching...
The wagon appeared in the battle scene of the movie. Inside were Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, and his sister. Mary+cats ... From: nheck8226@... ...
Welcome to histmaj2001, nikool21, fabruwil, daviim, titusiberius, jsmithcsa, khazarkaganat & gregrlawson78. We discuss just about anything to do with Rome,...
Hello everyone, this is to let you know that I've started 2 new groups: 1. ninjahistory This group is to discuss the origin and history of the Shinobi/Ninja,...
