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A review of the now "classic" film Gladiator starring Russel Crowe has been completed thanks to community member DecimusCaesar Gladiator, a film by veteran director Ridley Scott was released in the summer of 2000 to much critical acclaim. Audiences thrilled to his epic vision of Ancient Rome, an era ignored by moviemakers since the heyday of the peplum (epics set in the Classical World) had come to an end in the sixties. The film was a huge box-office success and has been hailed by cinema lovers as a classic ever since... ...read the full review of Gladiator DVD - Theatrical Version by Ridley Scott

Nine Neolithic-era buildings have been excavated in the Stonehenge world heritage site, according to a report in the journal British Archaeology. The structures, which appear to have been homes, date to 2,600-2,500 B.C. and were contemporary with the earliest stone settings at the site's famous megalith. They are the first house-like structures discovered there. Julian Thomas, who worked on the project and is chair of the archaeology department at Manchester University in England, said Stonehenge could have been a key gathering place at the Neolithic era's version of a housing development. full article at the Discovery Channel

The Antonine Wall, once the Roman Empire's northernmost frontier in Britain, has been put forward for World Heritage status - an accolade which could place it among the UK's most treasured attractions, including Stonehenge and the Tower of London. Spanning the narrowest strip of lowland Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, the 37-mile structure is one of the three nominations by the British government for the prestigious award. full article at the Scotsman

UK-led team is challenging cherished ideas on Greek mythology by proposing an alternative site for Ithaca. The island was said to be the home of Odysseus, whose 10-year journey back from the Trojan War is chronicled in Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. [/size]Most people think the modern-day Ionian island of Ithaki is the location. But geologists are this week sinking a borehole on nearby Kefalonia in an attempt to test whether its western peninsula of Paliki is the real site. full article at the BBC

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! smallbow? cheers viggen

is very interesting and this or similar techniques could have easily been used by the builders of stonehenge...

...to late i just interrupted.... ...actually PP i believe thats not correct, if you would (as said in the article), beamed to a different place far away from earth, you would still be around, just not on earth, hence, you could imagine earth without yourself... ...just like imagine Michigan without PP, just move to New York, the home of your beloved baseball team hometown, there ya go, no more PP in Michigan, and you can imagine that just fine... hows that! p.s. (he is going to kill me for that baseball remark, or argue chances are higher that he will be spirited away into a different galaxy then moving to the Yanks home)

Title says it all, how did the Romans usually spent their time between sunset and going to bed? I assume there was a big difference between upper and lower class... cheers viggen

here are some reviews that deal with emperors http://www.unrv.com/book-review/aurelian-a...ird-century.php http://www.unrv.com/book-review/life-of-a-colossus.php http://www.unrv.com/book-review/theodosius.php http://www.unrv.com/book-review/year-four-emperors.php http://www.unrv.com/book-review/augustan-culture.php cheers viggen

Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Lost Warrior. When I first saw this book on the "bargain shelf" I couldn't believe my good fortune. The Roman World: People and Places by Nigel Rodgers (with consultant Dr. Hazel Dodge) is beautifully put together with a sown binding and heavy pages. I was struck by the numerous glossy photos adorning each page and the wealth of information. The book is presumably part of a series, because I found a similar book on the same bargain shelf a couple of weeks later and of course had to take it home with me... ...read the full review of The Roman World - People and Places by Nigel Rodgers

Humans are undoubtedly the most dominant species the Earth has ever known. In just a few thousand years we have swallowed up more than a third of the planet's land for our cities, farmland and pastures. By some estimates, we now commandeer 40 per cent of all its productivity.... Now just suppose they got their wish. Imagine that all the people on Earth - all 6.5 billion of us and counting - could be spirited away tomorrow, transported to a re-education camp in a far-off galaxy. interesting article at the New Scientist

many emperor bios have been reviewed and those reviews can be read here http://www.unrv.com/book-review/review.php cheers viggen

oh well it is no longer true

...the period from Odoacer to Theodoric the Great was a period were at least in Noricum (according to Prof. Glaser an austrian expert on ostrogoths) not much changed for the individual citizens to before they appeared). Theoderic kept the status quo for many situations of normal life. The beureaucracy was the same, even with same (or very similar) laws. A good sign was that the settlements and towns were not deserted. Only once the slavs arrived around AD600 the "old system" collapsed, settlements were deserted... so according to my home, antiquity (in a sense of roman (classical) life) ended almost 200 years later then for example britains... , right?

come on a country who`s presidents first name is Traian, that must be damm close to latin

Hello everyone, Indeed an intrusion into the forum software occured, however not at the rest of the site, (forum is database driven, so the inruder only got hold of the forum but not of the actual server). There was no post (as far as i can see) lost. While we try to make the site as safe as possible and do whatever it takes to keep the site secure (immediate updated from security patches, regular change of passwords, some restriction of things that are allowed on the forum), there is never a 100% guarantee. So, while we are at it, please do change your password immediately, while chances are remote one never knows for sure, and it is good practice to change ones password on a regular basis (and do have a combination of numbers special characters and letters) cheers viggen

The Oracle at Delphi in central Greece was a major religious center for more than 1000 years. Citizens and rulers alike made pilgrimages there to get advice on everything from mistresses to military conquests. The officiant at the oracle was always a woman, referred to as the Pythia, who perched on a tripod above a chasm in the bowels of the Temple of Apollo and inhaled fumes from the earth that would induce a prophetic, often crazed, trance during which she would relay the wisdom of the gods. full article at Science Now

There's a buzz of excitement among archeologists. In recent days, archeological digs in Jerusalem revealed a tunnel that, according to a number of estimates, leads to a pool used by King David. The digs, which have been underway for years, are located in David's City, west of the Wailing Wall. A year ago, archeologists discovered a pool from the days of the Second Temple that had been used by pilgrims to Jerusalem, to refresh them after their long journey. full article at Ynet

Lovers of Roman-era art and archaeology can thank the Vatican's parking problem for the discovery of one of the ancient world's best preserved necropolises - right inside the tiny city-state's walls. The necropolis was opened three years after it was unearthed by workers who were breaking ground for a new garage to ease the Vatican's dearth of parking space. One of the novelties of the necropolis, located along what was once the ancient Via Triumphalis (Triumphal Way) that Roman warriors used when returning from conquests, is that it offers a mixture of burial sites of both rich and middle class Romans. full article at SMH

A digger being used by workmen on a building site in Kent has unearthed 3,600 bronze Roman coins dating from AD330 to AD348. Archaeologists from Kent County Council (KCC) were called to the site in the Medway Valley after the digger arm overturned a pot containing the coins. full article at the BBC

Of course MPC you are right, however "Vikings Day" sounds so much better and i am sure most of Minnesota would agree cheers viggen

Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Ursus. Sandwiched between the end of the early empire and the beginning of the late empire is the often overlooked figure of Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, better known in English as Aurelian. Brief though his five-year reign was, Aurelian achieved the extraordinary feat of reuniting an empire torn by foreign invasion and internal fracture. To my knowledge, Watson's book is the only major treatment of Aurelian in the English language, and it is an overwhelmingly sympathetic view. It should not be mistaken for a biography in the traditional sense of the word. The author admonishes that there are too many gaps in the historical knowledge of Aurelian, and the information we do have is often biased or conflicting. Instead the book seeks to critically examine the literary and material evidence of Aurelian's reign and place it within the wider scope of Rome's Third Century... ...read the full review of Aurelian and the Third Century by Alaric Watson

A hair dye developed 2,000 years ago relied on nanotechnology to change the graying hair of people in ancient Greece and Rome into a youthful black color, scientists in France report. Philippe Walter and colleagues studied a hair-dyeing recipe first described in Greco-Roman times, which is the basis of modern hair dyes that gradually darken gray or white hair. full article at ScienceDaily

After months of negotiation, agreement was reached yesterday between the online auction site eBay, the British Museum, and the government's Museums, Libraries and Archives council, to control the booming trade in British antiquities on the site. full article at the Guardian

This little bugger confused my german brain for a while, in many english movies or books was a reference or mentioning of cupid(o). It took me forever to figure out you guys meant Amor, (thats how we (germans) call the nude winged boy armed with a bow and a quiver of arrows... ...well to get back to roman mythology, are those two the same, and why do some languages call him Cupid and some Amor? cheers viggen