Viggen

ok you guys asked for it, here it is the ultimate next big thing (in german, but i assume at this level language doesnt really matter anymore) ahhahhaah, i warned you, are you sure you want to listen to this?

If you are still interested i found an online bookstore that "only" charges 200 dollar for a new copy...

The book is now no available for purchasing... ...i do hope someone will make a review of it... cheers viggen

....and now it is reviewed http://www.unrv.com/book-review/sand-of-the-arena.php cheers viggen

Yeah, Italy made it just, 2 more minutes and Italy would have been doomed (Germany never lost a penalty shoot out at the world Cup (4/4) and Italy never has won won (3/3) lol The most amazing part are the fans, in Berlin 1 Million fans gathered in the city, and tens of thausands in each town across germany, the so called fan miles that were made in each town are incredible and something never be seen before... (dont cry Germany, France will kick the Italians butt) (or maybe not, i dont really care, all i want is three more nervewrecking games and in 2 years the European Championships are in Austria (one stadium is just a 40 minutes drive away from were i live)

Weeds with stone-splitting roots. Relentless traffic belching pollution. Tourists trampling across the once palatial residences of emperors. Earthquakes and terrorism waiting to happen. From the imposing stone bulk of the Colosseum to the romantic ruins of imperial luxury atop the Palatine Hill, the Eternal City's monuments, once pillaged by foreign conquerors, today face an array of perils old and new. Rome's fragile ruins have the urgent attention of teams of monument "doctors," armed with such high-tech instruments as micro-cameras probing for weak spots. via Forbes

A team of Texas archaeologists believe they may have located the remains of Noah's Ark in Iran's Elburz mountain range. "I can't imagine what it could be if it is not the Ark," said Arch Bonnema of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (B.A.S.E) Institute, a Christian archeology organization dedicated to looking for biblical artifacts. full article at ABC News

Digging on a remote hilltop in Italy, a Florida State University classics professor and her students have unearthed artifacts that dramatically reshape our knowledge of the religious practices of an ancient people, the Etruscans. "We are excavating a monumental Etruscan building evidently dating to the final years of Etruscan civilization," said Nancy Thomson de Grummond, the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics at FSU and director of the university's archaeology programs in Italy. Within the building, de Grummond's team located in early June what appears to be a sacrificial pit and a sanctuary -- finds remarkable for the wealth of items they are yielding that appear to have been used in religious rituals. full article at Eurekalert

Well with books that are already published there is always a way to save money.... For example The Mirror of the Self is 45 dollar at Amazon, but if you go to Half and then type in 0226038351 (thats the ISBN number) you will see that you can get a copy for 17 bucks (+ shipping)... cheers viggen

The Mirror of the Self : Sexuality, Self-Knowledge, and the Gaze in the Early Roman Empire by Shadi Bartsch Barbarian Tides: The Migration Age And the Later Roman Empire by Walter Goffart The Christian Catacombs of Rome by V. F. Nicolai Caesar in Gaul and Rome : War in Words by Andrew M. Riggsby The Chronicle of Theophanes by Theophanes, Harry Turtledove Companion to the Roman Republic by Michael Alexander,William Batstone,Edward Bispham, Anthony Corbeill, Jean-Michel David, Luuk De Ligt, Elisabeth Deniaux, Arthur Eckstein, Paul Erdkamp, Daniel Gargola The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization by Graham Shipley, John Vanderspoel, David Mattingly, Lin Foxhall Roman Manliness : "Virtus" and the Roman Republic by Myles McDonnell A History of Exile in the Roman Republic by Gordon P. Kelly and of course our very "own" Mr. Dalby`s Rediscovering Homer: Inside the Origins of the Epic The bestselling books on Unrv.com for June you can find here

The list was updated today! If you think we missed a contribution and should be on this list, reply in this thread... cheers viggen

This article was brought to us by forum member Sean Higgins (Pantagathus) Of all defiant characters who took up arms against Rome during her rise to dominate the ancient world, few have left such an admirable and virtuous impression on the history books as the Lusitanian guerrilla leader named Viriathus. As Theodor Mommsen so fittingly put it:

Vive la France... oh no, France was waaay better, and they deserved to win, Brazil was sluggish like the whole tournament, and it was just a matter of time till they drop out once they face a real competitor... Zidane made an incredible game, he stole every single brazilian the show and was the man of the match.... England loosing in a penalty shoot out, well nothing new there... (sorry to say) It should be Italy vs. France, but Germany playing at home it could be Germany vs. France (sorrry Portugal, but there is no way you gonna pass France in its current form)....

actually at Amazon you can get it for new, not from amazon direct but via the marketplace (people tend to forget that marketplace doesnt really mean used, third party dealers approved by amazon can sell their books there too... History of Rome brand new via Amazon Marketplace cheers viggen

hello, ok spyware can be a real pain in the ass, i had to deal with one a couple of weeks ago and it took me half a day to get rid of it (and i am by no means a novice when it comes to those things...) First, to what page are you redirected when you try to go to your forum? Remember the name and search for this name in Google, see if other had a similar problem with this particular site.... Spybot is by far the best removal tool, here the thread what you should do in a case of malware infection http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288 cheers and good luck viggen

The spirit of Indiana Jones is alive and well in the Carpathians. Twenty centuries after the invading Roman legions robbed all the gold they could find in the ancient kingdom of Dacia, treasure hunters using state-of-the art technologies are hot on the trail of the fabulous treasure trove King Decebalus hid in 106 AD and the Romans never found. The French archaeologist Jerome Carcopino, a world-renowned Dacian expert, has estimated that Decebalus's hidden treasure amounted to 165,000kg of gold and 350,000kg of silver. The value of the treasure has made it worth the risk for some to undertake illegal digs near Sarmizegetusa, the ancient Dacian capital in Romania's Orastiei Mountains. full article at Sunday Herald

A rare silver coin celebrating the most famous murder of antiquity was handed over on Tuesday to Culture Ministry officials in Athens, after a groundbreaking deal that allowed its repatriation from Britain. The tiny coin, a denarius issued in 42 B.C. by Brutus, the chief assassin of Julius Caesar, is one of only 58 in the world. full article at Fox News

The secrets of life in Second Temple-era Jerusalem can be found in a trash heap. Two discs made of bone, which apparently served as buttons, are among the objects found in the municipal dump that served Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple era. These buttons were intended to be not only practical, but decorative as well. In addition the dump has yielded a handful of glass fragments, which testify to the use of prestigious objects. full article at Haaretz

Chinese archaeologists have discovered the remains of what may prove to be the country's first foreign worker -- an early European who labored on the mausoleum of China's first emperor. The discovery was made after DNA tests on human remains from one of the laborers' tombs surrounding the mausoleum of Qingshihuang, in northwestern Shaanxi Province, which was built more than 2,200 years ago. full article at Xinhuanet

yeah happy happy birthday, many more to come...

Nah, no sensitive issue for me at all, from the 12th March 1939 on (annexation) Austria was a german province and was so till the end of the War.

Ever since prehistoric man first scraped a seashell across his cheek so prehistoric woman would let him dance cheek-to-cheek, shaving has been a part of the male experience. But even with today's high-tech razors, lots of men still get nicks, cuts, and razor burn. Today's Tech Editor Corey Greenberg is here with the latest trend in male grooming that promises a better shave by going back to the old school. ...proper shaving has become a lost art. Shaving is one of those glorious male traditions that used to be passed down from father to son, but somewhere along the line, when shaving became more about cheap, disposable razors than a nice, precision-made metal tool in your hand, it became a brainless routine to rush through in the morning without even thinking about it. A dull disposable razor dragged across a layer of foam or gel on your cheeks is a step backward from the past, not an improvement. A must read for every man (and woman too)

Here we have a post card from a P.O.W Camp in Halstead Essex, the Camps name is Hasford Lodge. It must be a friend (comrade?) from my grandpa that is still a P.O.W in England while my grandpa is already at home (he was a P.O.W in the USA). The postal system must be fairly ok at the time, because at the back it says, "got your letter from the 18th September" and this one is dated 29th of September... Other then that he only asks if he (my grandpa) already got married... This letter was a bit surprising, because i wasn

thanks for all the feedback, i will indeed keep on posting more then...cheersviggen