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I have just read a very good book about the Borgias generally which appears to be very balanced. It doesn't whitwash them but does judge from the known facts...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Dec 1, 2002 8:39 am
I would agree that the odd human torch would not have caused cries of shock horror from the general populace. That is very much a modern attitude. Lets face it...
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Richard
gauiscaecilius
Dec 1, 2002 8:48 am
Welcome to the Imperial Rome group where we discuss anything to do with Rome (even if at the moment it seems we only discuss great Romans!) Please do join in...
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Mette
cornelia_coc...
Dec 1, 2002 9:57 am
Dear Jach, According to my English-dutch dictionary: depracity is translated with: verdorven handeling = corrupte daad verdorvenheid = corruptheid Deprave:...
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jachthondus
Dec 1, 2002 10:20 am
Dear Mette, Thanks a lot; how nice of you! I will certainly buy those dictionaires as soon as possible. The stupid thing is, that I do own lots of them in all...
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Mette
cornelia_coc...
Dec 1, 2002 10:47 am
Dear Ben, A long time ago you mentioned the Yezidi. I happened to read a bit about them in a detective story by Barbara Nadel, whos "hero" inspector Cetin...
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ianmcl2000
Dec 1, 2002 10:53 am
Many historians have criticised Constantine and Diocletian for their military reforms, I believe unfairly and probably by people with only a passing knowledge...
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domitio_corbulo
Dec 1, 2002 11:07 am
Hi just received in the e-mail. Great idea. I dare to propose my candidate: Lucius Domitius Aenobar (Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar), in other words:...
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domitio_corbulo
Dec 1, 2002 11:11 am
I completely agree.This is what admitted by scholars with high consensus nowadays. Christians might have been responsible, but most likely the fire could have...
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Mette
cornelia_coc...
Dec 1, 2002 12:01 pm
Dear Domition, Nero did not built a canal at Corinth. He did start one, however, after Caligula had the isthmus surveyed. The operations started in AD 67,...
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Mette
cornelia_coc...
Dec 1, 2002 12:07 pm
I forgot to check the web, and had forgotten that the "road" across the isthmus is called the Diolkos: ...
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jachthondus
Dec 1, 2002 1:29 pm
Hi Domitio, So good to see you again! Do correct me immediately when I'm writing "quatch" here, please: Wasn't it the "Domus-Transitoria";, (which Nero...
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jachthondus
Dec 1, 2002 2:33 pm
Hello Vibius, About "Ablabius";: Going partly from memory at the moment, as I can't consult my books and notes: He lived in the early part of the reign of...
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Inger E
inger_e.johansson@...
Dec 1, 2002 3:48 pm
jachthondus, Ablabius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great 4th not 5-6th century. Look up Eunapius and Zosimus and you will find two real...
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jachthondus
Dec 1, 2002 4:27 pm
Thanks Inger! So, there must have been 2-"Ablabiuses", at least... I will look it up as soon as possible! Greetings, Jach. ... 6th century. Look up Eunapius...
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Inger E
inger_e.johansson@...
Dec 1, 2002 5:28 pm
Jach. the most interesting thing is that Constantine the Great's Ablabius was halfgoth and that he also during part of his life had more influence than the...
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Quintus Lanius Paulinus
miguelkelly15
Dec 1, 2002 7:10 pm
... scholars who think Nero may have been given a bad rap by Tacitus. An ancient Egyptian prophesy embraced by Christians at the time foretold the destruction...
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Papus Tau,Mortoma Pa...
easternortho...
Dec 1, 2002 9:40 pm
... +Catholicose,of the"Morthoma Essene Orthodox Church",Grand Master & Imperator of the "Zionist Knights Templars of the Holy Grail",Grand Master & Imperator...
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me-in-@...
caesariensis
Dec 1, 2002 9:45 pm
... From : richard_roper <no_reply@...> ... Most of south-west Europe does in various dialects! ... Much of it was Roman inability to accomodate...
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me-in-@...
caesariensis
Dec 1, 2002 9:53 pm
... From : Richard <gauiscaecilius@...> ... From reports of the Great Fire of London, what citizens probably saw was Nero's men setting controlled...
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me-in-@...
caesariensis
Dec 1, 2002 9:58 pm
... From : ianmcl2000 <ianmclean7@...> Many historians have criticised Constantine and Diocletian for their ... The civil division into Diocese was...
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me-in-@...
caesariensis
Dec 1, 2002 10:09 pm
... From : Quintus Lanius Paulinus <mjk@...> ... I feel similarities to our own time suspecting every disaster as having a Mad Arab behind it and of...
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Mary Harrsch
presencefrom...
Dec 1, 2002 10:29 pm
Jach, and anyone else that may be interested, my latest web page of bird photos I took this spring are available for viewing at: ...
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richard_roper
Dec 1, 2002 11:46 pm
I was referring to Engaland. The Romance languages or dialects are no latin but dirivatives. This is not entirely true since many germans serving in the Roman...
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richard_roper
Dec 1, 2002 11:53 pm
People might like to try this site, which is one of the best I've seen;- http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/ROMARMY/contents.htm#mid...
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Ben McGarr
celteuskara
Dec 2, 2002 12:18 am
... Don't forget those Rumanins! Or the Vlachs and Aromanians and the recently disappearing tongue of the Dalmatians! The Latin speaking shepherds of the...
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Ben McGarr
celteuskara
Dec 2, 2002 12:51 am
Dear Mette, I haven't read much detail about them in any academic or theological sense, but what I have read was very interesting in a more intimate anecdotal...
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Ben McGarr
celteuskara
Dec 2, 2002 1:18 am
I had never heard of this Ablabius chap before, and he seems most interesting. What I'd like to ask is Is his name a Latinisation of a Gothic name whose...
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Quintus Lanius Paulinus
miguelkelly15
Dec 2, 2002 3:37 am
... Christian sect but again the theory of incenderes helping the fire is mere speculation without concrete proof. No skeletons wearing a fish medal or holding...
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Inger E
inger_e.johansson@...
Dec 2, 2002 4:27 am
Ben, Ablabius was mentioned by Jordanes who in the mid 6th century wrote about the Goths, as a source. Many scholars have looked for Ablabius. Ablabius own...
