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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...
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carlton_bach
Nov 2, 2005 2:01 pm
... "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...
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octcocceius
Nov 2, 2005 11:00 pm
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...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Nov 3, 2005 8:29 am
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...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Nov 4, 2005 12:15 am
"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...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Nov 4, 2005 12:35 am
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"...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Nov 4, 2005 10:46 pm
"Owing to their understanding of human anatomy through plying their trade, undertakers frequently moonlighted as torturers." -...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Nov 5, 2005 12:23 am
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...
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eponafiatlux
Nov 5, 2005 2:21 pm
... Etruscan ... the ... as a ... educational ... Maximus...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Nov 5, 2005 9:33 pm
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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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Nov 6, 2005 11:08 am
Salve
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...
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peckerduff
Nov 7, 2005 6:59 am
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 ...
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greg carroll
gregcarroll_...
Nov 7, 2005 5:38 pm
Welcome peckerduff <peckerduff@...> wrote:Hi fellow list members, I have been a lurker for some time now..Heaven only knows how long..I'm a 58 year...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Nov 7, 2005 11:45 pm
When I visited the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, I noticed that many of the artifacts in their Etruscan...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Nov 8, 2005 2:02 pm
"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...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Nov 8, 2005 5:56 pm
<<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...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Nov 8, 2005 7:42 pm
Am Dienstag, 8. November 2005 18:52 schrieb michael mccarthy:
> <<fell or simply morphed >>
>
> I have a serious problem with some of the revisionist...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Nov 9, 2005 1:05 am
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...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Nov 9, 2005 6:17 am
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...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Nov 9, 2005 4:44 pm
Found the book on Amazon and ordered it. Thanks for the tip....
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cinnacor
Nov 10, 2005 2:52 am
-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....
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Nov 10, 2005 7:37 pm
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...
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Quintus Suetonius Pau...
miguelkelly15
Nov 10, 2005 9:23 pm
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...
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tfcsd
phyock
Nov 12, 2005 5:01 am
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...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Nov 12, 2005 6:07 am
Why did the ancient Greeks participate in the Olympics naked? Answer: http://www.youronlinetools.com/ans/11-12nk/...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Nov 12, 2005 8:30 am
Am Samstag, 12. November 2005 07:07 schrieb robert-blau@...:
> Why did the ancient Greeks participate in the Olympics naked?
>
> Answer:
>...
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Mr Steven Lowe
egfroth
Nov 12, 2005 11:10 am
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,...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Nov 12, 2005 6:33 pm
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...
