I like these emails and the site, very much. and I think you're just having bad hair days. calm doon ! you're all brilliant and teach me a lot. Mary in...
Standing next to me, Alan Cameron, a British-born Columbia professor of Greek and Latin, said, ''I'd write a shorter letter." No one likes to admit it, but...
Costas Kantouris (AP) - Komotini, Greece Archaeologists excavating along the ancient Via Egnatia are revealing the secrets of the ancient Romans' equivalent of...
Tony Perrottet wrote an interesting account of his journey that retraced the "Grand Tour" a wealthy Roman might have taken in the first century. Some of the...
This is EXACTLY like the AAA guide. One diamond, two... etc. to rate the various motels on the way. Some other guides use stars, and if the place where you...
I see that the new Dino DeLaurentis film "The Last Legion" is set to begin filming in Tunisia August 5. "The Last Legion is an epic adventure based on...
Thanks so much, Lucius, for posting this fascinating article about Libya's Roman heritage. I have been considering a special academic tour that includes...
It was mention here about G Gracchus supplying soldiers thru the public fund. I think while G Gracchus changed the property qualifcations it was later when...
Historically one of man's most feared diseases, rabies was described by the ancient Greeks as lyssa, meaning "frenzy." The Romans gave us its present name by...
I see Touchtone has announced the Empire miniseries will be released on DVD on November 29. "The epic TV mini-series EMPIRE, a captivating story set in ancient...
I understand the Romans initiated "The Great" designation to identify exceptional individuals. Augustus called Alexander "The Great". Was this the first time...
-- Well, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was probably the first to be called the Great by the Romans. He got that title from the dictator Sulla around 79 or so B.C....
I understand that the most celebrated Roman wine was Falernian. Several years ago, when I was traveling in Italy, I tasted a contemporary wine that was...
Falerno is a popular wine, red & white, marketed on this basis, though I can't tell you how close it might be to what Horace enjoyed. John Isles Hanover,...
Speaking of Gladiator, why in the world does the lorica segmentata armor and the imperial gallic helmets in the opening battle scene look so bad? It looks...
Well, for starters, it's a movie, not a documentary. It's designed to be entertaining, not historically accurate. Will On 4 Aug 2005 13:31:04 -0000,...
Dear John, I have e-mailed David Meadows, the producer of Rogueclassicism, and he has told me he has left ImperialRome2, and will not return unless you ...
Vaughan, He mistook my point and posted two extremely uncouth messages on the list, calling me and another member bastards. I think he was drunk, and it's he...
--That's a fact. The ending wasn't too bad for changing the facts around. Octavius and Antony have their little minor battle at Mutina. I should reread the...
Well some do come close, ie Alexander. However, Budget does determine a great deal of the authenticity, this stuff costs alot when you are dealing with a cast...
I think that one of the reasons movies seem to continuously get things wrong in historical period films is that the production companies are bound by iron-clad...
This should be taken off-list (and this will be my last post to the group on the subject). If the suggestions to David were sent to him privately, he may not...
Thank you cinnacor for your input regarding Pompey. I believe that the title was given in jest. I wonder why Augustus did not give the title "the Great" to...
Hi Isles called David Meadows work spam and then more or less denied he had. I know how hard David works to do this, and to have his work called spam.... Doug...
Today, I've uploaded some additional images from my visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art including Iranian metalwork from Iron Age I and II, the ...
