House of the Telephus Relief: raising the roof on Roman real estate The Guardian [UK], 23 July 2012 For almost two millennia, the piles of wood lay undisturbed...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 3, 2012 5:17 pm
The kind of stuff they wrote about in "The Grass Crown" . . . Rome 1st Century B.C. Chronology The first century B.C. in Rome corresponds with the last decades...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 3, 2012 5:21 pm
[about.com] Roman Bikini A recent news article on bras and corsets in what I look at as the modern era (since Shakespeare) has elicited some interest in this...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 3, 2012 10:42 pm
I'm a member of the History Book Club and this book is among the current selections. Rome: An Empire's Story:Amazon:Books Address: ...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 9, 2012 5:11 pm
I hate when that happens . . . ... [Then there's always the Yellowstone caldera] I hate when that happens . . . > > ‘Super volcano’ could kill millions...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 12, 2012 12:41 am
I know Metellus was given the name Pius because of devotion to his father. And the Emperor Antoninus Pius got it because of his care for his father-in-law. ...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Aug 12, 2012 4:50 am
The Kleiner Pauly says for much the same reason: his effort to rehabilitate his father. He was very concerned about the memory of Pompey even...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 12, 2012 6:16 pm
Thank-you for your input on why Pompey's younger son Sextus was called "Pius". Maybe Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius Neptuni Filius could be considerd the last...
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Volker Bach
carlton_bach
Aug 12, 2012 9:20 pm
... For a given value of "republican", I guess. Sulla might have tolerated someone like Pompey the Great, whom Sextus admired and tried to rehabilitate, but I...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 13, 2012 12:47 am
Rather than Lepidus maybe Octavian and Antony ought to have chosen Sextus for the Triumvirate?...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 19, 2012 5:29 pm
43 B.C. - Octavian, also known as Augustus Caesar, convinces Senate to elect him Consul. (Don't forget to tell your friends)...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 27, 2012 2:49 am
'Village' which may pre-date Romans discovered at Ipplepen Herald Express [UK], August 23, 2012 ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging for evidence of Romans in South Devon...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 30, 2012 2:41 am
This link says that the Pompeian password was "Apollo". But I was just reading Appian who says that it was "Hercules Invictus". Can someone tell me which was...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 1, 2012 4:13 pm
The Emperor Domitian renamed the month of September "Germanicus" and October "Domitianus". In English as Julius morphed into July and Augustus into August I'm ...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 4, 2012 3:57 am
Gn Pompeius Magnus has recently become one of my heroes. Pliny compares him to Alexander, Hercules and Liber (Bacchus) Cicero compares him to Scipio...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 4, 2012 4:29 am
31 August besides being the birthday of Caligula is also the birthday of Commodus. Commodus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wikipedia Mobile Address: ...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 5, 2012 12:33 am
It's in Plutarch's "Pompey" part 13 that tells of Sulla giving Pompey the title of "Magnus"....
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 5, 2012 4:23 am
When Pompey the Great dedicated his theater complex he exhibited an Indian rhinoceros. The unicorn legend ultimately derives from stories about the Indian ...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 7, 2012 4:53 am
Review: 'Rome: An Empire's Story' Many of those interested in the history of Rome and late antiquity will love Rome: An Empire's Story, by Greg Woolf, a...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 7, 2012 4:57 am
I just recently got that book....
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 7, 2012 9:08 pm
What do you think?...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 7, 2012 9:12 pm
I've not had a chance to have a real look at it yet. These last several months I've beeing on a book buying spree. I must have got @100 books!...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 9, 2012 12:15 am
Someone was asking about this book. I got a copy recently and yesterday began to read it. It's good and I really like when I find out something new! The author...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 9, 2012 3:50 am
Gee, they must look good on your shelf. When do you plan to read them all? Also, hope you have enough money left for food. Posted by: "David /...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 9, 2012 4:01 am
I find history books to be a quick read. Unlike fiction one does not have to begin on page one and read to the end....
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 9, 2012 8:11 pm
I feel the same way about Kritik der reinen Vernunft...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Sep 9, 2012 8:37 pm
I've never read Kant....
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 10, 2012 5:24 pm
Historic stadium found in Ayd¹n Hürriyet Daily News [Turkey], September/04/2012 During excavation in the ancient city of Magnesia, located in the Ortaklar...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Sep 11, 2012 4:25 am
Ale, Caesar! Romans and Caledonian tribes went to pub together The Scotsman, 8 September 2012 ARCHAEOLOGISTS surveying the world's most northerly Roman fort...
