Hello Group. This is sort of Roman, sort of not. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any situation in the various European kingdoms whereby a young girl was...
I don't know their ages off hand but weren't the four wives of King Ferninand VII much youger than he? The purpose was to provide a Spanish heir(ess). The...
Roman wall escapes archaeologists' trowels Gloucester Citizen [UK], March 26, 2009 MEDIEVAL recyclers may have helped themselves to parts of Gloucester's Roman...
Actually, I've got a transcript of a Roman menu somewhere, and if I can find it, I'll post it so that everyone can see. Off the top of my head they had SUGAR. ...
Quid? Tantum saccharum. I think that you're mistaken concerning sugar and the romans. Yes, the romans did know of sugar, Phiny (the elder or the younger, I'm...
Oooh, I think you've misread me. I never said they 'added' lots of sugar (I assume you're thinking of crystallised sugar). Sugar is naturally occurring in...
Ugh, that last response was a bit snotty. ... Sorry about that, bad day yesterday. I probably should have been clearer on what I meant by 'sugar'. Barry...
THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL BYZANTINE STUDIES CONFERENCE ***LAST CALL FOR PAPERS*** Deadline for abstracts: Friday, April 20, 2009 The 35th Annual Byzantine...
No Latin lovers: UK councils ban dead language iht.com Nov 3, 2008 Story Timeline: 157 days It's a bona fide scandal. Britain's Greek and Latin aficionados...
A while back some mob had a competition or some such created in an attempt to find someone who looked like Hadrian. Did it work? Did they find someone? Barry...
Be the first kid on your block. I think one of these would look GREAT in my living room. What the heck, I think I'll get SEVERAL to give as gifts . . . From:...
The city of Zenobia, said to have been founded by Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, and refortified by Justinian, is now in mortal danger from plans for a new dam on...
Amicas, I've been thinking the same thing. The news announcers keep pointing out that patrolling millions of square miles of Indian Ocean is not practical....
Well...assassin. I don't think you could exactly call her a serial killer in the modern sense. And either, way, not the first by a long shot. ... From:...
... I don't understand how that's very unusual, in fact. I am currently in the middle of a broad-scale geographical and literature survey of dedications as...
Who minted the coins of Theodora, the second wife of Constantius I? And if it was one of Constantine's sons, why would they mint coins of their paternal...
I belong to the History Book Club. I got their fliers today. Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World:Amazon:Books Address: ...