Ave Gaius As an addendum to your post, the critical part of Murex processing to obtain the dye was to drastically injure the shellfish (puncturing it with...
Volker, has there been a mapping and dating of destruction layers from the excavations of larger Roman villas in Britain during the time of the Saxon...
As this thread appears to have nothing to do with the history of the Roman Empire, I am hereby declaring it closed. If you wish to exercise your freedom of...
... Send an email to: A. Tullia Scholastica flavia@... She is the magistra for the course and she should be able to tell you what the upcoming class...
Dear Group-members, we prepared our recent auctions at e-Bay, with some different classical and egyptian antiquities. There is especially one roman silver...
Hmmm... A tad commercial. And cross posted to boot. -- ... Tony Dah m Oderint dum metuant - Cicero Si vis pacem, para bellum - Vegetius ... Hmmm... A tad...
Are people familiar with this? (Not my field, so I don't know if this is a trivial question). Heard it on the radio the other night -- a two-hour program...
Yes, in fact, I used to own a bunch of the books ...and it is absolutely indespensible! The texts are printed in English on 1 side of the page, and the...
I love Loeb. Sometimes the English is a bit dated, even odd. The translation can be overly flowery, but I don't mind. I can translate the English easily...
<<"translate the English easily enough into American"... I never thought to hear an American actually say that :)>> ANy AMerican doing business with Britain...
I just got this gem in my newsalerts. A boat, a completely preserved shoe, and other goodness, but really, the best part is the archeologist's quote. Can we...
I believe there are several boards for learning Latin, both proper and otherwise. Perhaps you might try one of them. Try looking for "Latin" on Yahoo. ...
I lived in England for a bit over a year and learned about "spanners," the difference between "petrol" and "gas," not to mention you never, never refer to a...
I received a note today that HBO will be rebroadcasting their miniseries "Rome" beginning June 17. The complete first season on DVD is now being offered as a...
They're finally broadcasting it in Romania, where I live... I'm a fan, obviously. There are only 2 episodes left to go. I'm only sorry I couldn't see the show...
A couple of corrections/additions: The guest was Jeffrey HENDERSON, professor of classical studies at Boston University, and the present editor-in-chief of the...
I plan to order the series when it becomes available. My TiVO decided to condense its HD and erased all of the episodes I had previously recorded. Thank you...
... All of the HBO Rome episodes are available for download using emule: http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1 Titus Licinus Neuraleanus...
Which, they are, or purse size ...as I can attest, (smile). Shoshana, who absolutely loves the Loeb Library, and the Everyman Library, which is great for...
GRATIAS TIBI TITE (Thank you, Titus) Thanks for the link. Now those of us who weren't able to record all the episodes can use the link. Mary+cats ... From:...
Unfortunately, Titus, the files offered through emule are in violation of copyright. On the other hand, although the lawyers are still squabbling over it,...
Volker, I don't know whether you saw my other post asking you about any archaeological evidence that supports the new view of a less violent Saxon takeover of...
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Yes, I got your mail but I'm afraid I don't know very much specifically about Roman Britain. What I recall is that archeologists no longer automatically...
I've done some more digging and did find this interesting article by William Bakken: THE END OF ROMAN BRITAIN: ASSESSING THE ANGLO-SAXON INVASIONS OF THE...
I see that Heritage Malta is conducting another thematic heritage trail on Sunday 7th May with the focus on the Roman Domus in Rabat and the archaeological...
