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And here we are again, this time with the December releases! Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero Cataclysm 90 BC: The forgotten war that almost destroyed Rome Xerxes: King of Kings': The True Story Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel Life in Ancient Rome: People & Places Documents of Judean Exiles and West Semites in Babylonia in the Collection of David Sofer Rome Versus Carthage: The War at Sea An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt The Tombs of Pompeii: Organization, Space, and Society Ancient Corinth: A Guide to the Site and Museum Caesar's Heirs: Wolves in the Forum

There have been a couple of TV programmes recreating De Re Coquinaria. One was 'The Supersizers Eat Ancient Rome' (now available on youtube in 3 parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEbBDwM0I) The other was (predictably) Heston Blumenthal http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xty2fh_heston-s-feast-s01e04-roman-feast_webcam. If you're talking about Roman Bon Viveurs, I'm more of a Luculus man myself.

I, too, finished the sixth (and final) week of the course. I thought it was a fine review about the scholarship and research involving Hadrian's Wall. The final week initially dealt with Hadrian's Wall during the late fourth and fifth century. A video showed the commanding officer's residence in a fort along the Wall having been converted to a church during this period. The course then followed the fate of the Wall after the fall of the Roman Empire. It also described the research involved in the Wall's excavation and scholarship. Overall, it was a light, usually entertaining review of Hadrian's Wall. guy also known as gaius

Reminds me of a documentary where a black professor claimed that archaeologists were ignoring Sudan's cultural history because they were black. Nothing at all to do with an ongoing civil war and disorder that would threaten any expedition...... I don't believe in roman society black Africans would instantly be lower class, they are rather colour blind . Though having said that they did place slaves in positions by ethnicity - the fashion for Greek secretaries etc.