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    This 361 page book arose from the authors interests in folk lore and as the acknowledgement states being an independent researcher of classical legends about natural history. It is split into six main chapters and contains two appendices, seven maps, 77 illustrations, 19 pages of end notes and 22 pages of works cited (bibliography). This reprint of the 2000 edition contains a new thirteen page introduction by the author in which she cites some of the changes which have occurred since this book was originally published...

     

    ...read the full review of First Fossil Hunters by Adrienne Mayor

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    The last instalment in The Forgotten Legion trilogy continues as friends and comrades-in-arms Romulus and Tarquinius seek to return to Italy. The action opens in Alexandria amid the riots against the Roman presence in the city in 48 BC. Having been forced to join the besieged Roman Army, the two friends find themselves in the midst of street clashes between Alexandrian troops and Julius Caesar`s depleted legions, and must once again fight for their lives...
     
    ...read the full review of The Road to Rome by Ben Kane
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    In the days when Stalinism ruled Albania it was not uncommon to see official photographs in public buildings with faces scratched out. If you asked who the person was Albanians knew to respond 'who? I don't see anyone there'. So it was in Roman times. In this important study Harriet L. Flower explores the ways in which the Romans treated the persona non-grata in life and death. Harriet L. Flower is professor of classics at Princeton University where she currently introduces graduate students to current methods and debates in Roman history and historiography...
     
    ...read the full review of The Art of Forgetting by Harriet I. Flower
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    The origins of Rome have never really caught the public imagination in the same way as the our preconceptions of the imperial period. Not without reason have the ideas of decadent excesses and crumbling empire inspired a century of Hollywood feature films. You might suspect this was purely out of ignorance, since the founding of Rome is not exactly the first thing we think of or read about. Yet so besotted are we with the idea that the Romans were somehow a mirror image of ourselves, modern people dressed in toga's, that we fail to remember that the Romans sprang from a primitive origin. They really did start from scratch...
     
    ...read the full review of Rome - Day One by Andrea Carandini
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    In preparing this new translation Matthew Fox has been ably assisted by his collaborator Ethan Adams. Together they have taken one of the classics of Roman literature and given it both a modern translation and extensive supplementary material which complement and expand on that available through existing works. It should also interest anyone wishing to learn more about two of the pivotal periods in Roman history; firstly the Civil War between Pompey and Caear during the late Republic and secondly the tensions found in the Court of Nero in the early Principate...
     
    ...continue to read the review of Civil War (Penguin Ancient Classics) by Lucan
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    Spartacus: Gods of the Arena diverts from its titular lead character, and instead charts the social rise and moral fall of the House of Batiatus several years prior to the first season. Contained within six episodes are enough gore, sex and slow-motion special effects to assault the senses into submission. Despite what might be perceived as excess in that regard, this prequel nonetheless weaves some of our favorite supporting characters into an enjoyable tale of ambition, vengeance and passion....
     
    ...read the full review of http://www.unrv.com/book-review/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena.php'>Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena [DVD] (2011)
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    Two of the most famous names in English history are Hengist and Horsa, the brothers who, according to Bede, were amongst the first of the "Anglo-Saxon" invaders of England to make a settlement in Kent: "The first commanders are said to have been the two brothers Hengist and Horsa. Of these Horsa was afterwards slain in battle by the Britons, and a monument, bearing his name, is still in existence in the eastern parts of Kent" (Bede, 15). Their names and the stories told by Bede have been taught as factual history to British school children for generations. In her book Britain After Rome Robin Fleming turns away from Bede and the other major sources (Gildas and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), instead attempting to use archaeology as the basis for analysis of Britain immediately after the Romans had "left"...
     
    ...read the full review of Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070 by Robin Fleming
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    The King's Gambit (SPQR I)

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    Ancient Rome shines with tales of intrigue, wealth, power, and avarice in the John Maddox Roberts mystery series SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus or Senate and the People of Rome). The first book, The King’s Gambit, is set in 70 B.C., the time of the Republic. Pompey and Crassus are the ruling Consuls and the victorious Roman General Lucullus holds the command in Asia...
     
    ...read the full review of The King's Gambit (SPQR I) by John Maddox Roberts
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    In the long history of the Roman Empire there are few, if any, women whose lives can compare with the drama, intrigue, romance and success of Galla Placidia (GP). Daughter of Theodosius I and sister of the Western emperor Honorius, she spent most of her early years in the household of her sister-by-adoption Serena and Serena`s husband Stilicho. After Stilicho`s death she allegedly supported the Senate`s decision to execute Serena, before being captured by Alaric and becoming a hostage with the Goths following the sack of Rome in 410. Married to the Gothic leader Athaulf in 414, she bore Athaulf a son, named Theodosius, who died in infancy...
     
    ...read the full review of Galla Placidia: The Last Roman Empress by Hagith Sivan
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    Have you noticed that a drink tastes better when it matches what you are drinking it from? Instant coffee seems natural enough in a plastic disposable cup, but its practically sacrilege to drink Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee that way. Likewise, to be fully appreciated, fine whisky and wines need a correspondingly fine drinking vessel. In our household this philosophy has led to the death of much expensive crystal , since alcohol and fragile glassware are not an ideal combination.
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    Well, an outfit called Calix Imperium has sent me the answer. Calix is the Latin for "cup", from which we get the English "chalice". While the Greek kylix from which the word ultimately derives was a broad, shallow pottery vessel, the Calix Imperium offering is tall, deep, and made of sturdy pewter...
     
    ...read the full review of the Roma Victrix Beaker
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