It is totally on topic to wish you a happy new year. That is provding we choose the date correctly setting to when Julius Caesar first made his changes. As...
As far as I remember, the New Year date, when the new consuls assumed their office, was moved from March to January in the 2nd. century BC. The reason was that...
Not Roman but I notice coming to the I/Net caff that my neighbours upstairs appear to be having a party. Last night, all was quiet. Since they are all East ...
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In a message dated 1/3/2005 10:18:13 AM Central Standard Time, ... Dear Ming, Rome did indeed have a great deal of trade with Asia, including the Far East. ...
Thor Heyedahl writing about the Maldives mentions on of the Plinys saying Rome should take the Bengal trade over because their hulled shipping was three times ...
Ioan Gruffudd (he played Lancelot in the King Arthur movie, and is best known as Horatio Hornblower), without the goatee, has the mop of chocolate curls that I...
I think Orlando Bloom would be the best choice exactly because he is too pretty. I mean, Antinous is supposed to be too pretty, right? But I don't think...
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In a message dated 1/4/2005 7:16:29 AM Central Standard Time, haroon.t@... via Kushanas writes: > I have acquired (over the years) a number of Roman, ......
In Roman times, what is Malaysia and Indonesia today was known to the Greeks and Romans under the name of "Golden Chersonesus", so as not to be confused with...
The problem was they new these nations existed but they were beyond the known world. The question was how far beyond was it a few hundred or much more. ... the...
I have just finished a very nice bit of my version of the old clove- stuck bacon. (I do it with black treacle, finding the traditional brown sugar a bit too...
In a message dated 1/4/2005 7:20:57 PM Central Standard Time, ... In a message dated 1/4/2005 7:20:57 PM Central Standard Time, wynhill@... writes: ...
I was watching a programme on the Golden House of Nero last night. I was interested that it said that it was possible that it was quite possibly literaaly...
Here's a summary of my suggested "Pictish Scenario." Were the Picts settlers from across the sea or was Picti a Roman collective designation for northern ...
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In a message dated 1/4/2005 10:17:23 PM Central Standard Time, wynhill@... writes:> ... In a message dated 1/4/2005 10:17:23 PM Central Standard Time,...