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Aquila non captat muscas... but thanks in any case... cheers viggen

Sensational archeological finding near the village of Vassil Levski, Karlovo region, central Bulgaria is expected to attract thousands of tourists. "The oldest Thracian city with a large royal residence dating back to over 2500 ago was discovered," said archeologist Kostadin Kissiov. He dates the site to the 5th century BC. It spreads on the vast for its time area of 2.5 ha. This is the oldest Thracian settlement ever found. full article at StandartNews

Our next "Meet the Author Interview" will be best selling author Simon Scarrow! We thought some of you (which we know are avid readers of his novels) might have some question of your own that you like us to ask... Please send me a pm or mail to admin(at)unrv.com if you have a question you like to have answered by Mr. Scarrow.... Simon Scarrow was has in the past run a Roman History programme taking parties of students to a number of ruins and museums across Britain. Having enjoyed the novels of Forester, Cornwell and O'Brian, and fired by the knowledge gleaned from his exploration of Roman sites, he decided to write what he wanted to read - a military page-turner set during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43AD. The Eagle Series The Eagle Series centres around two main characters, Quintus Licinius Cato and Lucius Cornelius Macro, who are both in the Second Legion. The first book starts in AD 42 Under the Eagle (2000) The Eagle's Conquest (2001) When the Eagle Hunts (2002) The Eagle and the Wolves (2003) The Eagle's Prey (2004) The Eagle's Prophecy (2005) The Eagle in the Sand (August 2006)

...and another small stepp towards completion... Lucius Verus and the Parthians

i have no clue what the hell you guys talking about lol...

For everyone that hasnt seen it The headbutt of the century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBV52GPhNjw

In the thirteen things that dont make sense, the universes infitiy is talked about. I thought it is a good idea to understand that there are more then 4 dimension and it is difficult to understand that concept of that. Now, here is a website that explains the various dimensions in an incredible simple way... (Use the animated Flash version, and i promise you will be smarter afterwards) http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php (at the left hand navigation click on "Imagining the 10 Dimensions) cheers viggen

Hold on a minute, in the study they showed that when they added morphine blocking substance the placebo effect did not happen, so there must be more to it.... cheers viggen

Yeah weired game, from the second half the Italians dissapeard from the field, it was like they had something bad to drink, France was dominating. Zidane? What a good game and then that, (I am lost for words...)

LOL, so Emperor Claudius would cheer today for Gallia, right?

uhmm, lol ok I personally would say "Screw the rules" (whoever set them) and welcome to the 21st century...

As Amazon UK manages regulary to ship my stuff without problems and even reasonably fast to South Africa, i assume they wont have a problem doing the same into Scandinavia, after all it is just across the north sea cheers viggen

Well, soon my friend, soon... USA on the 15th of August UK on the 24th of July! Germany on the 24th of July! enjoy...

In 1528, Italian cartographer Benedetto Bordone published Isolario, a hand-printed book featuring exquisite maps of the world's islands. It represented a significant milestone in map-making. Over the following decades

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fpfv8FsNQo Enjoy...

In 1872, so the story goes, workers digging a hole for a fence post near Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith found a lump of clay that seemed out of place. There was something inside -- a dark, odd-looking, egg-shaped stone with a variety of carvings, including a face, teepee, ear of corn and star-like circles. And there were lots of questions: Who made the stone and why? How old was it? How was it carved? To date, no one's been able to say for sure, and the item has come to be known as the "Mystery Stone." full article at Boston.com Image of the stone can be seen here http://www.nhhistory.org/museumexhibits/my...ysterystone.htm

A unique statue depicting a female figure, probably the finest the land of Thessaly has brought to light, was unearthed Thursday at Larissa's Ancient Theatre during restoration works. The headless statue depicts goddess Artemis and probably dates back to the mid-1st century BC. A short tunic is wrapped around the statue with an animals' skin on top, while the main body is richly decorated... full article at Ert.gr

Here is a list of thirteen things that doesn't make any scientific sense.... 1 The placebo effect DON'T try this at home. Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone. You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine with saline solution. Guess what? The saline takes the pain away... 2 The horizon problem OUR universe appears to be unfathomably uniform. Look across space from one edge of the visible universe to the other, and you'll see that the microwave background radiation filling the cosmos is at the same temperature everywhere. That may not seem surprising until you consider that the two edges are nearly 28 billion light years apart and our universe is only 14 billion years old ...the full list + more info at the NewScientist cheers viggen

ok, here some youtube gems... and plenty of Life of Brian stuff... cheers viggen

Italian archaeologists are working hard to unearth more of the largest Roman city ever uncovered, a colony that served as a bulwark against barbarian invasions before being destroyed by Attila the Hun . Aquileia in today's far north east, once the third-biggest city in Roman Italy, had been largely wiped off the map by foreign attacks and centuries of stone looting. But some of its ancient splendour remained in traces of its baths, temples, port, public buildings and private dwellings.. via Ansa.it

Lost words" are words that were removed from dictionary since they were assumed to be out-dated or unfit for modern English.Here's a comprehensive list of such words... http://phrontistery.info/clwdef.html can you find a word that you used recently? cheers viggen

Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia

Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Neos Dionysos. Theodosius reigned at perhaps the most crucial time in Rome's existance, from the days when Christianity finally took complete control over the empire, to the last division of East and West to the constant threats on the borders of Rome and immidiately after the destruction of a Roman Army at Adrianople. This book covers his years before his appointment as supreme commander of the armies of the East, (then quickly to co-Emperor), until the death of Stilicho in the West, who was Theodoisus' protege and one who carried on his ideals and policies... ...read the full review of Theodosius - Empire at Bay by Stephen Williams and Gerard Friel

lol give up Pertinax, you cant beat bad austrian music, trust me

ok Pertinax, you asked for it... I didnt want to do this to us, but now i have to Alf Poier with his song for Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB5QGWsffSQ&search=poier