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    http://www.unrv.com/about.php regards viggen
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    lol, ok
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    From own experience i can tell you the best way to learn a language is to get a boy/girlfriend from the country you want to speak the language Next best thing is an extensive language course in the country itself interacting with native speakers... After that there are a variety of courses and books that might help you, audio tapes/Cds are nice because you will hear the spoken word, which is of course a great help... Teach Yourself Greek Complete Course is a very good way to start! Of course if you want to learn the language to read and write (and not just have conversation, you might want to consider a proper course on a college... cheers viggen
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    Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Germanicus. The Last generation of the Roman republic is a great resource for anyone interested in this era of Roman history
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    how about getting mr. Iggulden on board to answer some questions? I might get him here if people would like to pick his brain cheers viggen
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    Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Furius Venator. This will never be a popular book and that is a great pity. There are several reasons for this lamentable truth, none of them good. It has no pictures to speak of, there is the odd diagram and an occasional sketch map but none of the rich illustrations that grace some other works, not least Goldsworthy
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    What's the philosophy in this here, 'we make and you take?' It's not that the French and British are not entitled to 'some' artifacts, but you can't take another nation's glory. I don't know it they should change the current approach of how to go about the treasures. However the whole system of taking another nation's goods for plunder without second thoughts is completely backwards. well, thats how the world worked the last what? yeah 10.000 years... cheers viggen
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    ok, now serious, what was illegal about french, british taking out those artifacts, did they happen against "THEN" any laws? Those countries were colonies and under british/french (whatever you want to pick) rule, so were was the illegal part? Of course if you say any country that takes over another one is illegal then we really have a problem, because as someone said before, when do we start? regards viggen
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    <sarcasm> i rather think this is bs... because then i please want my railroads back that austrian KuK monarchy made in the 19th century for eastern europre, (and please can i have south tyrol back?), then all of the english villas in india, please back to england, and what about all the asian hordes that took all the gold from rome back 1700 years ago, no defenitely kazakhztan must be searched for this... btw. todays egypt has as much to do with the ancient egyptians as the USa of about 500 years ago, oh right, there was no USA back then, so case closed... ...almost forgot, the whole of the wolrd has to be searched for ancient roman coins, they have to go back to Rome..</sarcasm> cheers viggen
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    Archaeologists studying an ancient mosaic found by workers laying cable south of Rome have been astonished to discover that it is an optical illusion. Viewed one way up it is a bald old man with a beard, but turned the other way round it is a beardless youth. Roberto Cereghino, a government archaeological official, told the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera that it was "a very beautiful work, of immense significance". He said it appeared to be a depiction of Bacchus. full article at the Guardian
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    Ancient figs found in an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley may represent one of the earliest forms of agriculture, scientists report. The carbonised fruits date between 11,200 and 11,400 years old. full article at BBC
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    This article was brought to us by forum member Honorius Flavius Iustinus Iunior Augustus was born in 520AD, his parents were Vigilantia sister of Justinian and Dulcissimus. At the age of 32 Justin was given the office of cura palatii by Justinian which meant master of the palace. He was noticed as an heir after his marriage to Sophia one of Theodora
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    Yeah Youtube is amazing (or illegal? LOL) I dont know any other place where you can find brit classics like Who are you by the Who (yup, in case you didnt know thats CSI`s theme song), clips of one of the most influential pop groups of the 20th century (not according to me but basically every music historian you will ask) Kraftwerk, just look at this at a time were there was hardly a computer around. Heck, you can even find a clip of my hometown icehockey team coach going ballistic in a live! interview on austrian television with about 30 times the word "F***" LOL, a crazy mix of german and english hehe, and yes he was upset... (nevertheless we became the same year austrian champion) cheers viggen
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    Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy The Sons of Caesar: Imperial Rome's First Dynasty by Philip Matyszak The Bankers of Puteoli: Financing Trade & Industry in the Roman World by David Francis Jones Terry Jones' Barbarians by Terry Jones, Alan Ereira Barbarian Tides: The Migration Age And the Later Roman Empire by Walter Goffart The Gothic History of Jordanes by Charles Christopher, Ph.D. Mierow Spartacus : The Myth and the Man by M.J. Trow Julia Augusti: The Emperor's Daughter by Elaine Fantham Historiography at the End of the Republic : Provincial Perspectives on Roman Rule by Liv Mariah Yarrow Roman Empire by Nigel Rodgers The bestselling books on Unrv.com for May you can find here
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    Greek and foreign experts have used cutting-edge technology to decode the Greek text of the world
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    Hey, thats cool... UK Wand'rin' Star - Lee Marvin US Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel ...and yes, i am old too cheers viggen
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    Another review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Ursus. Galinsky believes scholars and scholarship are the product of their times. Augustan scholarship was held captive in the 1930
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    Caesar By Goldsworthy

    Viggen replied to Viggen's topic in Libri

    I'd love to but can't get it till god knows when..What's the point of releasing it in the UK but not in the US...Do we not speak the same language? hehe, i know at least one in the States that gets the book earlier then the rest (right Favonius )
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    THEY have been called mystical, awe-inspiring, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But it is safe to say that in the 45 centuries the great pyramids of Giza have cast their formidable shadow over the desert, they have never before been described as a cuckoo clock. But that is what Jean-Pierre Houdin said as he lifted his tall lanky body up the steps into the pyramid of Cheops, the largest of the three pyramids high up on the Giza plateau overlooking this teeming, ancient city on the Nile. "This is not just a pile of rocks," he said, his words curled around a soft French accent. "This is a cuckoo clock." full article at the NYTimes (registering needed, but free)
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    Is it a royal Egyptian tomb, a glorified supply room for ancient embalmers, or something in between? A year after the discovery of a chamber that had lain hidden in the Valley of the Kings for millennia, archaeologists are still asking themselves exactly what they've found. full article at MSNBC
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    This article was brought to us by forum member Caldrail When Rome went to war an enemy fortress was nothing more than an obstacle to be overcome. Legions carried with them field artillery which meant they were well equipped to deal with opposing fortications. Their policy of having artisans and sappers in the ranks meant that any unit could build defenses and attack those of the enemy. It seems their greatest enemy was time. ...continue with the article on Roman Siegecraft
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    Paul of Tarsus (without him there wouldnt be christianity and no one but some scholars of jewish history would have heard of Jesus) cheers viggen
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    Happy Birthday

    Viggen commented on Spurius's blog entry in Conation of Spurius

    Welcome Marian Elizabeth ...and congrats to the parents!
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    Currently H&M`s summer collection is heavely advertised in german/austrian television (anywhere else too?), and it is a beautiful ad. Striking good looking women lying on the beach relaxing to the tune of a song that sounds just wonderful. This song is "Just cant get enough" from Depeche Mode, but in a very relaxing version of Nathan Larson. (you can download the mp3 version on the HM site just wait a bit scroll to the right and wait till download link appears.). Now i wanted to check out the original version from Depeche Mode on Youtube and indeed there it was. And i was thinking OMG; once i was dressed sort of like that too... Although it was like 100 years ago...
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