Hello. Yes, I'm back at it again, systematically attacking the record of the ridiculously over-rated emperor, Julian. I am amazed as I search the internet as...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 2, 2009 1:52 am
To put it a little more succinctly: Julian was so rubbish that he didn't even last 2 years as emperor before getting himself killed. Barry...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Feb 3, 2009 12:19 am
<<The Roman Emperors Caligula, Titus, Hadrian , Cracalla, Geta and Didius Julianus were all said to have performed in the arena.>> ???????????? Famous...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 3, 2009 8:51 am
... the last to die was Diocletian in 312CE. So he actually outlived all of his juniors - Maximian died (committed suicide) in 310CE, Galerius died in 311CE...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 3, 2009 10:56 am
Hello Group. I have a question that maybe somebody could help me with... Sometime between 337 and 340, coins of a 'Flavia Maximiana Theodora' were minted at...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 3, 2009 2:16 pm
Sounds like a party . . . Zeus Cult Sacrificed Animals on Mountaintop Altar Discovery News, Jan. 26, 2009 Burnt animal bones, petrified lightning and a bronze...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 3, 2009 9:36 pm
Israeli dig finds rare Roman bust BBC, 27 January 2009 Israeli archaeologists say they have unearthed a rare Roman-era marble statuette in Jerusalem. The...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Feb 4, 2009 8:17 am
The Life of Ancient Rome Address: http://romanlife.webwisesearch.co.uk/index.htm...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 5, 2009 2:33 am
Hello Group. I'm currently looking at the Battle of Mursa Major between Constanius II and Magnentius that took place in 351CE. In particular, I'm trying to...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Feb 5, 2009 8:04 am
Can anyone tell me anything about this group of 20 men? What their function was? Etc.....
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Feb 5, 2009 12:25 pm
... You mean the vigintivirate that stands at the beginning of the senatorial cursus? The term actually describes a number of different (junior) elective...
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Brent
brentwadesmith
Feb 6, 2009 7:21 pm
Julian's reign and the Empire's--and Republic's--history as a whole show the underlying strengths of the Romans. That Rome could endure so many setbacks, and...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Feb 6, 2009 8:21 pm
Thank-you so much for explaining the XX Viri to me....
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 6, 2009 9:44 pm
More on: Earliest Chemical Warfare Felled Roman Fort Discovery News, Jan. 30, 2009 A cramped tunnel beneath a Middle Eastern fort might have produced the ...
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vaughan jackson
vaughanjackson
Feb 7, 2009 12:24 am
... Dear Peter, You are actually correct. I trained as a lawyer. There are a few on here, Rory, Cordus, etc. Anyway, Latin is recognised as a lingua legis...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 7, 2009 5:41 pm
Divers plunder Greece's sunken treasure troves The Guardian [UK], 30 January 2009 For centuries they have lain forgotten and untouched in the murky depths of...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 8, 2009 2:22 am
VIDEO: Ancient Roman Tiny "Boxer" Found National Geographic News, January 28, 2009 Unearthed from the ruins of a 1,500-year-old, earthquake-hit Jerusalem ...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 8, 2009 7:36 am
... there were certainly a few emperors who were much worse than him (a lot of the Byzantines). The worst would have to be Honorius (the only reason why the...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 8, 2009 7:54 am
Hello. I've been looking at the individual Roman (excluding the Byzantines) emperors lately, and it's interesting that even those considered 'bad emperors'...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 8, 2009 1:32 pm
Hello. I've been looking at the Byzantine emperors (those after the 'fall of the West, so pretty much Zeno onward), and I'm finding it a bit difficult to find...
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Brent
brentwadesmith
Feb 8, 2009 7:56 pm
State continuity in whatever guise is a characteristic of the Roman social order, arguably all the way up to 1453--one can argue that the Byzantines were only...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 9, 2009 1:18 am
Hello. Yes, in fact, the very word 'Byzantine' is one created by the western Europeans to attempt to discredit the claim of the Eastern Roman empire being a...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 9, 2009 4:20 am
From McDonald's to museums: Italy's new culture tsar Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2009 With a background in Big Macs and designer handbags, Mario Resca...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 10, 2009 3:45 am
Pagan Cult Mosaic Found Under Cathedral Discovery News, Feb. 3, 2009 A Roman mosaic floor filled with scenes depicting pagan rites and oriental gods has...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 10, 2009 9:20 am
Found this site today: http://nauplion.net/CP-John-Pisanello.html And thought some people might be interested. On it are drawings made by John Pisanello of the...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 10, 2009 2:00 pm
Cinema fire reveals historic Roman wall Hurriyet Daily News [Turkey], February 07, 2009 A fire in a cinema in Izmir has unveiled a historical wall that can be ...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 11, 2009 1:44 am
Hello. Here is a question that I am wondering if someone can help me with... How do Modern Greeks (and/or the government of Greece) view the Byzantine Empire? ...
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postumusagrippa
Feb 11, 2009 12:51 pm
Hello Group. Last time it was John VIII Palaeologus, the penultimate Roman/Byzantine emperor, now it's his youngest brother's turn... Thomas Palaeologus was...
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rb2717
Feb 11, 2009 9:52 pm
"Before I go, I am aware that this has the potential to become a fairly incendiary topic, but I am hopeful that nothing bad will come of it." GOSH!!! RB,...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Feb 11, 2009 10:10 pm
Excavations in Arcadia supports theory of the "birth of Zeus" on Mt. Lykaion University of Pennsylvania Press Release, 2-Feb-2009 In the third century BCE, the...
