I know this is unrelated to the subject matter of this group, but I was interested in some academic feedback after coming across this article. I apologize that...
I wonder... There is nothing in the OCD about kalumnia, nor calumnia. Lewis & Short, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin, has a lot of...
The programme appeared on Australian TV on Sunday evening - a review appears at http://abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200607/programs/ZY7819A001D2072006T193000.htm ...
... Yes, that is the thing about reading Cicero.....he was vain and conceited, so we see everything only through his refracted glass (as often no other records...
That may not have been wrong: Remember that this was Cicero's first trial, so he was quite young at the time. This was in 80 BC, and Cicero was born around 106...
P.S. There are JSTOR links in my previous post which I had not planned to be in it; JSTOR access is limited. I am lucky inasmuch my local library gives me...
Today, I found some free software that provides live chat capability on any web page. I had used something like it called "Human click" years ago but the free...
I may try that at some point, just to see if it is compatible with my adaptive software. If it's Java based, it won't be, but we'll see (grin). Shoshana...
My friend, the classics scholar, comments: "I never heard of this type of branding among the ancient Romans. Maybe it was so, but I would defer judgment until...
Am Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2006 04:27 schrieb robert-blau@...:
> Believe it or not . . .
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> http://www.internationalliving.com/italy/free/09-15-05.html
Oh,...
Hello Folks, Time's running out on our auctions at Ebay. We have many books on Roman and Greek History (as well as Medieval History) ending soon. Please take a...
A comment from one of my panel of classics consultants: "A bikini is basically a woman's swim suit. No Latin dictionary that I know of has the word swim suit...
I would be a little careful of semantics. In the pictures I saw none of the women were swimming. The mosaics themselves were in a bath complex and the...
Am Freitag, 7. Juli 2006 00:54 schrieb robert-blau@...:
> Did the Romans use this technique for cooking?:
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13487675/
Yes...
What is the Largest Obelisk in the World? Answer: The "skewer" of Tuthmosis III was first brought from Egypt in A.D. 357, and was repositioned in the Piazza...
ok I am working on a Roman clothing pattern and the darn thing says to do 2 3/7 units plus the waist of the person.... ok some one tell me what a unit is in...
Is anyone planning to participate in the opening bike run on the new Hadrian's Cycleway? Bike For All <http://www.bikeforall.net/news.php?articleshow=247> .:...
For those of you who might think cycling along Hadrian's Wall might be a bit too tame, you can always retrace Hannibal's trip across the Alps with this ...
... Am I guessing correctly that someone is making a toga from Lillian Wilson's book (the large Imperial toga)? If so, quote: "The unit referred to in the...
I find it interesting that a good portion (perhaps the majority) of Roman Emperors from Augustus to Commodus were fair-haired and often light-eyed (according...
I have also noticed this trait. Perhaps there was a Gallic infusion of blood into the Julio-Claudians and later noble families. It may have been arranged...
Am Samstag, 8. Juli 2006 23:50 schrieb Mary Asatruar:
> I have also noticed this trait. Perhaps there was a Gallic infusion of
> blood into the Julio-Claudians...
Michael, sorry for a late response to this interesting post. I'm afraid I have not visited Spain yet so I don't know if this sarcophagus is still exhibited at...
Steven, this dramatic trial was the centerpiece for Steven Saylor's first Gordianus novel, "Roman Blood". Was the program presented in Australia a simple...
