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I just got a note from Steven today letting us know that he has finished his new epic novel "Roma" that will be released in March of 2007 and the paperback...
Perusing the many links, I found that a link to a French site displaying a rather nice model/miniature of Rome didn't connect. Going to the parent site, I...
I noticed today that Discovery Channel is offering a free download of Nefertiti Resurrected up on iTunes for those of you that might be interested. The...
Hello Folks, The attached list of titles have been posted for sale under the Recent Acquisitions link at out website, www.ancientworldbooks.com . There are...
In the lecture on Justinian, Dr. Daileader pointed out that in Procopius' Secret Histories, Procopius claimed that Justinian's head would sometimes disappear...
If you've ever read Procopius, you wouldn't ask this question. ;) Anyone that spends that much time describing in great detail all manner of sexual activities,...
I thoroughly recommend that everyone takes this quiz. You dont have to give your proper name or email to register, so you wont be spammed. Its a great quiz. By...
Awsome quiz it's fun and I encrouge the group to try it Wow I finally had some thing to say! vaughan jackson <vaughanjackson@...> wrote: I thoroughly...
Not a bad quiz indeed, especially because focussing on names gives it much more the nature of a general knowledge quiz than a specialist one. Indeed you're not...
Well the Huns lived in Central Asia all right but it's a matter of debate whether they were more closely related to the Mongols or to the Turks or even the...
Robert Graves, in his novel "Count Belisarius", apparently took up this storyline. The novel is written in the style of an apogryphal memoir, just like "I...
As far as I know, although Hungary is NAMED after the Huns -- as it was where that group settled after their eventual defeat and the death of Attila, modern...
It's been a long while since I read Procopius' Secret History, and I do not recall the shape shifting business. Procopius definitely regarded both Justinian...
hmmmm...I am mostly Hungarian descended on my mothers side, and never had I met a relative named Attila! So, was starting to doubt the claim. But, did a...
In The Scotsman from June 7th there is something about the "Antikythera Mechanism". I have heard about it before, but never read anything serious about it. Has...
Either the Discovery Channel or the History Channel did a show on it. I thought it was fascinating. Web search comes up with Modern Marvels... but I can't...
I've never met anyone in France named Vercingetorix but once read a scholarly article devoted to a French official involved in the Algerian war of independence...
"Antikythera Mechanism". My limited understanding is that (1) the device IS a genuine Classic period artifact (2) It appears to have been some time of...
<<frenchman named a son Vercingetorix >> WOuld not be very appropriate. Vercingetorix was a Celt not a Frank. The Franks moved into the area in the Late...
I see no reason why a Frenchman (or woman) with a bent for weird historical names wouldn't name his kid Vercingetorix. It's a Celtic name, but one that has...
Am Dienstag, 13. Juni 2006 03:40 schrieb Michael Mccarthy:
> <<frenchman named a son Vercingetorix >>
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> WOuld not be very appropriate. Vercingetorix was a...
Actually there are probably a few diminutives one could think of for such a lengthy name. There are of course quite a few Celtic names in use in modern France,...
Could someone tell me who is Procopius, when he lived???? First time I've seen his name and I thought I knew a bit more about Roman History!!! Regards, Lola ...
Could someone tell me who is Procopius, when he lived???? First time I've seen his name and I thought I knew a bit more about Roman History!!! Regards, Lola ...
I am continuing to listen to the fascinating lecture series on the early Middle Ages and have heard the unit on Viking raids. From what Dr. Daileader says, it...
It's a puzzling issue since I read a book by Pierre Riché, a leading Carolingian scholar, who did his thesis on the decline of educational standards on the...
