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    The 300 is the best movie ever fashioned by human hands. It is a spiritual experience that elevates the soul into the realm of the empyrean. Beneath the blood and gore of gaudy special effects lies a powerful message, the likes of which we will never see again in our lifetime. There are those who say the movie is not historical. Speak not to me of history! What is history but the lies of old men who seek to legitimize the warlords who stole a civilization by force of arms...?

     

    ...read the full review of The 300 (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition) (2007)

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    Running the Roman Home

    By Viggen, in News,

    Alexandra Croom is not only Keeper of Archaeology at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museum but she has also been involved with the re-enactment group Cohors V Gallorum for several years. It is obvious in several areas that she has put both sets of knowledge to excellent use in writing this book.
     
    In the introduction the author notes how books on everyday life of the Romans usually describes more specialised events like going to the baths, amphitheatre and evening parties but rarely describes the typical activities of any household such as doing the washing up or taking out the rubbish...
     
    ...read the full review of Running the Roman Home by Alexandra Croom
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    Roman Life and Times Series

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    Paul L. Anderson wrote five books in the 1920s / 1930s known as The Roman Life and Times Series that are hard to find but worth the search. The original audience for these novels appears to have been high school and college students, but these solid adventure stories work well for adults. Anyone who likes historical fiction, adventure, and the waning years of the Roman Republic before Caesar crossed the Rubicon will enjoy Anderson's books
     
    The struggle between Rome and Gaul in 54 BC is well worn territory, and a source of many excellent books starting with Julius Caesars own Conquest of Gaul. Andersons With the Eagles and For Freedom and For Gaul would make a wonderful companion read to Caesars memoir...
     
    ...read the full review of Roman Life and Times Series by Paul L. Anderson
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    Who was Petellius Cerialis? Certainly not a household name, nor one that anyone outside of academic circles would have heard of. The Romans themselves wrote no stories about him, and aside from the odd mention in the sources we have left, he would seem a very insignificant character.
     
    Cerialis was however an important man in very significant times. From Rome's legendary origins in 753BC to the eventual destruction of the Roman state by Islamic Turks in the fifteenth century, it is only the two extraordinary centuries which saw the Republic conquered by Rome's first imperial dynasty who then destroyed themselves for the love of wealth and power that define our ideas of what Rome was...
     
    ...read the full review of Imperial General: The Remarkable Career Of Petellius Cerialis by Philip Matyszak
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    While many have already written about the Roman army, and I'm sure many will do so again, this highly researched piece provides an enormous wealth of knowledge. Although currently only available in the original Italian version, and more of a gathering of information than a provider of much new insight, it does what it sets out to do very well. Giuseppe Cascarinos experience in experimental archaeology and work with reenacters has given him a rare insight into the world of the Roman soldier...
     
    ...read the full review of L'Esercito Romano: Armamento ed Organizzazione, Volume 1-3 by Giuseppe Cascarino
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    In recent years there has been a growing interest in the Late Roman Empire. Fuelled to a large degree by an ever-increasing number of translations of primary sources, anybody interested in Late Antiquity is close to being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of scholarly publications being published. Furthermore, interest is not limited solely to aspects of Roman history. John F Drinkwater has contributed to this outpouring with a book focused on one of Rome`s "Germanic" enemies, the Alamanni...
     
    ...read the full review of The Alamanni and Rome 213-496: Caracalla to Clovis by John F. Drinkwater
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    This book is a study of a man often overshadowed by the fame of his son. A man whose life was longer than his son`s, and much more difficult, who lived with permanent danger, a danger which finally manifested itself under the guise of a murderer. A man in fact who left little trace of his thoughts and actions except in the words of his quite eloquent enemies, Demosthenes being foremost amongst them. The aim of this book is the rehabilitation of Philip`s memory and an attempt to paint the picture of a man of exceptional abilities, far from the drunk one might remember from the movie Alexander or the translation of the Philipics...
     
    ...read the full review of Philip II of Macedonia: Greater than Alexander by Richard A. Gabriel
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    Caesar Augustus is a pivotal figure in the epic story of the Roman Empire, but one who is difficult to assess today. Some see him as a ruthless faction leader, others as a military dictator - a prototype Fuehrer - while yet others see him as a benign tyrant, or a patron of Rome's rebuilding, both of its political system and its artistic culture. Even ancient historians wrestled with how best to explain all aspects of his rule since his victory at Actium in 31 BCE...
     
    ...read the full review of Augustus (Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World) edited by Jonathan Edmondson
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    Win a Roma Victrix Beaker

    By Viggen, in News,

    We are very excited to announce that we are giving away one Roma Victrix Beaker made by Calix Imperium Ltd". This is due to the company celebrating its first anniversary and the fact that they have been excepted as suppliers to the British museum prestigious Grenville room shop, after passing the curators stringent examinations....
     
    ...continue to read how to Win a Roma Victrix Beaker
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    The jacket blurb describes this as a "long awaited and strikingly illustrated new work [which] brings our understanding of the Romans in modern-day Gloucestershire up to date, incorporating the many recent developments in fieldwork and excavation, and showcasing the latest discoveries of sites and artefacts." I therefore looked forward to seeing how these various elements would be blended together in Tim Copeland’s Roman Gloucestershire...
     
    ...read the full review of Roman Gloucestershire by Tim Copeland
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