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Rome is running here on Belgian public channel as well, i just saw the 5th episode i don't know if there edited or not? can someone explain what the editing in...
I find the series very entertaining. The characters are interesting and well developed, even if not exactly true or exactly typical. The plot is always...
Hi Phillip and everyone, I think we have been to used to movies on Rome from Ben Hur to Gladiator where the real filth, squaler, foul language, graphic sex and...
Verinus and Pullo were two historical figures (both Centurions) that Julius Ceasar comments on in "The Gallic War". He speaks of their one-upsmanship in a...
You were most fortunate to have such a fine history teacher in public school. Unfortunately, it has been my sad experience that most Americans do not get a...
Actually I had three Outstanding History Teachers Mr Butler in fifth grade, Emma Havens Young Middle School, Brick NJ who taught us not only classical Greek...
--Well, I know more Roman history than do Italians. For example in Venice one of them thought that the four emperor rulers created by Diocletian were...
It's weird but most of my knowledge of Roman history is self-taught as well even though I live in Europe. Back in the 1970s there were still some good ...
Khaki, I hope that Cinicetta Studios in Rome will not only keep the sets but develop a tour and "Roman experience" around them. They also have some of the...
Apparently, there isn't enough money in it for the studio bosses to open up the sets to the public. You may want to approach Cinicetta through an American...
Cinecitta is such a big name in the history of Cinema that it would be indeed quite nice to be able to visit parts of the studios when staying in Rome. I ...
There is evidence that ancient Roman children used a ring made of grapevines like a hula hoop, and ancient Greeks, creators of the Olympic Games, used...
I came across an interesting article about the use of asbestos in the ancient world. An excerpt: "The Romans mined or quarried asbestos from all over Europe...
Message I wonder if there are any scholars who think this is another factor in the fall of Rome? - Libitina Doubtless it was also hard on the work pool of...
MessageThis is the first time I have ever heard of asbestos use by the ancient Greeks or Romans. If it is true, then we have another reason the Romans weakened...
The question is also whether the lifespan of the population was sufficiently great to be so decisively impacted by the effects of asbestos, which I understand...
I noticed that the BBC is airing the infamous Cleopatra episode as this week's "Rome" installment. I hope those of you that are seeing it for the first time...
I've had a chance to post some extended articles about my trip to Pompeii last spring that includes a synopsis of my recent trip to the "Pompeii: Stories...
In one of the episodes of "Rome", there is a scene in a Roman hospital. It all looked rather dirty and crowded. I know that by the time of Galen in the...
I was researching my article on Hadrian's Villa and came across this terrific website featuring scrollable panoramas of many of Rome's most famous monuments! ...
In a message dated 12/9/2005 11:23:38 AM Mountain Standard Time, mharrsch@... writes: In one of the episodes of "Rome", there is a scene in a Roman ...
You are right about Roman military hospitals. As for civilian hospitals, wasn't there a big "medical center" in Greece at a temple to Apollo, or something? ...
In a message dated 12/9/2005 4:02:07 PM Mountain Standard Time, marys2cats@... writes: You are right about Roman military hospitals. As for civilian...
That was why I put "medical center" in quotation marks. I was referring to the magic thing you referred to in your e-mail. You are right about doctors in...
Many thanks, Mary, for sharing with us these wonderful photos and witty comments. I will probably never have a chance to go to Europe but your kindness is...
I think the medical/religious complex which you allude to is Epidaurus. Indeed hospital facilities were often linked to sanctuaries dedicated to healing ...
I think we all owe Mary a bit thank-you for sharing her many travels with those of us who are stuck here at home. Like you, Lola, I probably will never go to...
