... 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 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 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 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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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 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 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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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 3:29 am
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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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 1, 2012 4:28 pm
The Emperors Claudius, Pertinax, Justinian...
28411
Robert Blau
rb2717
Aug 1, 2012 4:14 am
Ancient bones found in archaeological dig at village school The East Anglian Daily Times [UK], July 28, 2012 ARCHAEOLOGISTS working in west Suffolk have...
28410
Robert Blau
rb2717
Jul 31, 2012 3:42 am
Ancient wrecks found off Athens coast Independent Online News [South Africa], July 27 2012 Archaeologists have discovered six ancient wrecks off the Athens...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Jul 27, 2012 11:35 pm
I was hoping that Claudius' elephant would have been portrayed in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games but alas that's not to be....
And I forgot to get him a card . . . About Ancient History: Great Caesar's Ghost - It's His Birthday, Again From N.S. Gill, your Guide to Ancient History ...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Jul 11, 2012 4:57 pm
X-rays reveal secrets of roman coins. Like magic . . ....
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Jul 11, 2012 3:35 pm
I read that Metellus Pius and Pompey the Great received a joint triumph for the Sertorian War. I wonder what the logistics were? Did they ride in the same...
The History Blog » Blog Archive » Confirmed:Capitoline Wolf is Medieval, not Etruscan Address: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/17774...
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Jun 26, 2012 10:07 am
Roman and Celtic coin hoard worth up to £10m found in Jersey BBC World Service 26 June 2012 Last updated at 03:55 ET One of Europe's largest hoards of Iron...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Jun 25, 2012 10:04 pm
Someone was asking about science fiction books set in Roman times. I'm remembering one from maybe 20 years ago. Unsure of the tile now. Maybe something with...
28400
Robert Blau
rb2717
Jun 25, 2012 5:31 pm
Remarkable . . . Roman jewelry found in Kyoto tomb http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120624a9.html...
22 June 168 BC - Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated Perseus of Macedonia. Battle began at 3PM and lasted less than an hour. The Romans even had elephants!...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Jun 16, 2012 8:54 pm
History And Other Thoughts: Clothing In Ancient Rome Address: http://historyandotherthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/06/clothing-in-ancient-rome.html...
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David / Amicus
alexiuscomnenus
Jun 8, 2012 10:27 pm
I got this book today. Should be a good read. The Romans Who Shaped Britain:Amazon:Books Address: ...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Jun 8, 2012 4:19 am
Italian police impound 18,000 illegally excavated artifacts Agence France-Presse, May 29, 2012 Italian police said Wednesday they had reported five people to ...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Jun 8, 2012 4:15 am
Continuity down through the ages: Proof of a thousand years' use of a Sicilian farmland estate PhysOrg.com [USA], May 29, 2012 Archaeological excavations have...
28393
Robert Blau
rb2717
Jun 7, 2012 3:12 am
Coin from 32 BC oldest in Beau Street Hoard BBC, 31 May 2012 The oldest Roman coin in a hoard discovered in Bath dates back more than 200 years earlier than...
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Robert Blau
rb2717
Jun 4, 2012 7:04 pm
Greek experts find Roman wrecks nearly a mile deep PhysOrg.com [USA], May 29, 2012 Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek...
