Shades of the Dead - Roman Ghosts Roman ghosts were known by various names. Some were benevolent and some were malicious. They required propitiation at annual...
... "Pagans ... Age. A history ... ascribed to ... May I be bold enough to suggest alliteration as the motive? It is a common enough view that Classical...
As the Brits could not see the series as early as those across the pond,I consciously could not read the posts about it - that would have been just toooooo...
Am Mittwoch, 2. November 2005 23:59 schrieb octcocceius:
> As the Brits could not see the series as early as those across the
> pond,I consciously could not...
"Byzantium 1200 is a non-funded and non-profit project aimed at creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine Monuments located in Istanbul, TURKEY as of...
Thanks, Volker, I wondered about the whistles too when I watched the first episode. I also wanted to welcome you to our group. Since I am "across the pond"...
I've started uploading some photos from the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan exhibits at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology that I...
According to my friend, the classics scholar, "The Roman satirical epigramist Martial once wrote about a mortician who had formerly practiced as a physician,...
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I have a question. Thinking about making a woolen paenula and/or cucullus for myself, I am stumped about how to sew it. I think I have enough data on...
Hi fellow list members, I have been a lurker for some time now..Heaven only knows how long..I'm a 58 year old person, married and I love Roman History. I on ...
When I visited the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, I noticed that many of the artifacts in their Etruscan...
"Economy and the Fall of Rome Whether you prefer to say Rome fell or simply morphed into the Byzantine Empire and medieval feudalism, economic policies of the...
<<fell or simply morphed >> I have a serious problem with some of the revisionist historians. I can understand some of their points but I think that word...
Am Dienstag, 8. November 2005 18:52 schrieb michael mccarthy:
> <<fell or simply morphed >>
>
> I have a serious problem with some of the revisionist...
Have not read the work you cite but will watch for it. Have you read it? Can you give a "review"? <<But after the barbarians came, the bottom fell out of the...
Am Mittwoch, 9. November 2005 02:05 schrieb michael mccarthy:
> Have not read the work you cite but will watch for it. Have you read it? > Can you give a...
-Well, actually Romans had a less tax burden under the Goths. But the big blow was in the 500's when Justinian sent Belisarius and Narssius to reconquer Italy....
Welcome and I am glad you want to join in. I would say that having read that much that you have done quite a bit of the educating you refer to already. If you...
Hi everyone, There was some religious debate on our list in Nova Roma that started off civil enough but as usual, evolved into a more heated discussion....
Mary, from where did you get the audio book you mention? I'd love to know, so I can get it, and read it (grin). I'm currently listening to the Commentaries...
I mentioned this site to my brother and he was always bothered by a scatological question concerning how the roman army handed the call of nature during a...
Actually, the longbow is a somewhat *over* rated invention. It was by no means the "super weapon" English history books make out. Once you've covered Crecy,...
I am told that some experiments by US runners have proven that it is extremely unlikely that the Greek men ran the races nude. According to the article, it...
