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Exellent Job Ursus ...made it to Headline News today!

i dont want to be nitpicking but behind the Hadrian Wall lived the Picts and it is not proven that those people were celtic... cheers viggen

Well i am aware that most people associate Celts with British Isles and Gaul, BUT, around 200 BC under the leadership of the naurici 13 celtic/illyric tribes formed with some influence by the romans the only celtic kingdom that ever existed (as far as i know) 8 tribes are known by name, Ambidraven, Ambilinen, Ambisonten, Helvetii, Laianken, Norici, Saevaten and Uperaken The celts (Taurisci, called Norici by the Romans) in Austria (Noricum) made already a pact of friendship in 170 BC with the romans (King Cincibilus) In 49 BC Voccio then King of the Norici even helped Julius Caesar against Pompey and were from BC 16 mostly peacefully incorporated into the roman empire and slowly assimilated by the romans but still had their own kings for a while... so not every celt hated the Romans!

Smart Paladin Valorous! Noble! Or possibly just a self-righteous jerk (but with the brains to keep you alive!)... You are a Smart Paladin! Paladins are holy warriors. They are valorous defenders of the light. Unfortunately, most of them are so ardent in their defense they tend to meet sticky ends faster than you can say "rampaging red dragon." Many people look up to Paladins, while others just consider them stuck up, overbearing, or self-righteous. Fortunately for you, unlike most Paladins, you're pretty smart. Which means that you're more likely to fall into the "admired" category, rather than the "obnoxious" or "dead" categories. Much like the crusades, you manage to combine violence and religion, though unlike the crusades, you add a healthy does of intelligence. You may be a staunch defender of the faith, a valorous champion of the weak, or the stuff that jihads are made of. Which ever one you are, just be happy that you

Italian police have smashed an art smuggling ring believed to have plundered an archaeological site near Rome and sold over 3,500 artefacts. The ring was allegedly headed by an 82-year-old Austrian guide, whose home in Linz has been described as a "museum" by a senior police official. full article at the BBC (side note)I read about it this morning in my local newspaper, the 82 year old claimed it is all bogus and he collected all artifacts on flea markets

Do you know these pages? I am not sure if they get you what you are looking for, but nevertheless interesting reading... http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nicea1.txt http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/nicaea.html and on this page (currently down for me, but google cache still working) it says Who Came to the Council of Nicaea? Judging from what little we know about the identity of those who attended, the council was overwhelming Eastern. Only six or seven bishops are recorded as having come from Western churches, among them were Ossius (or Hosius) of Cordoba, Caecilianus of Carthage, and two representatives from the church of Rome. The small number of bishops from the West reflected the general ignorance among Western churches of those theological issues that had embroiled the East. Of the bishops from the East, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), Syria, Palestine, and Egypt were best represented. Several came from Arabia, Persia, Libya, and Greece. One even came from Armenia [see p. 46]. Bishops from almost all of the oldest and major sees of the East were present: Alexander of Alexandria, Antiochus of Memphis (Egypt), Macarius of Jerusalem, Eusebius of Caesarea, Eustathius of Antioch (Syria), Magnus of Damascus, Januarius of Jericho, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Eutychius of Smyrna, Menophantes of Ephesus, Artemidorus of Sardis and, of course, Theognis of Nicaea. But the most esteemed personalities at the council were Paphnutius of Upper Thebes and Spyridon of Cyprus. Paphnutius was a confessor, having had his eyes put out for confessing the faith during the last persecution of Christians, and Spyridon was well known for his life of self-denial and miracle working. The emperor himself was said to have greeted them personally and sought their prayers.

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I agree with Ursus, there is obvious a need for people that want to market their products, and if it fits our theme why not have them a place to do so, (if we charge for that and people are willing to do so is another question though) cheers viggen

Prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs! ok, i think i have seen now everything lol He even won a price for it... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9615545/ cheers viggen

When the autumnal equinox peaks at 3:23 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, Sept. 22, a University of Oregon team working to reconstruct one of the world's most famous solar clocks will savor - and record - the moment by making another observation at a test site on campus. Historian John Nicols and physicist Robert Zimmerman have joined with architects James Tice and Virginia Cartwright to lead a group of scholars and students seeking to create a replica of the Horologium / Solarium of Augustus, a 60-foot granite obelisk erected at Heliopolis in the seventh century B.C. by Psammetichus II and brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 B.C. The obelisk was to be used as the "gnomon" (the staff against which the shadow is projected from the sun to the ground) of a new solar calendar and "clock." full article at PhysOrg

I was last year in Aguntum and made some photos of the Noric town... http://www.unrv.com/roman-events/aguntum-photos.php A bit outside is a very old christian church from the 5th century http://www.unrv.com/roman-events/early-christian-church.php cheers viggen

Hi GBaxter and welcome to unrv.com! Primus Pius cheers viggen

hi BDuncan, i believe http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/ is the only other one of note.. (they focus mainly on the roman army and Reenactment though...) cheers viggen

Archaic Roman "mythology", at least concerning the gods, was made up not of narratives, but rather of interlocking and complex interrelations between and among gods and humans. Gods were not personified, unlike in Ancient Greece. Romans also believed that every person, place or thing had their own genius (such as "Lares Familiares" - the family guardian spirits). Therefore the early Roman cult could be described as polydemonism instead of polytheism. via Wikipedia

read a little of Ghosts of Vesuvius... how is it going with the book? cheers viggen p.s. yeah i also want to know about the modeling! hehe

The remains of a lavish Byzantine mansion with pictorial mosaic flooring and a rare table with gold-encrusted glass platelets have been uncovered in the coastal city of Caesarea during an archaeological excavation, Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Monday. The 16 X 14.5 meter rectangular colorful mosaic -- part of the main central courtyard of the palace -- located just off the shorelines of the Mediterranean Sea, had been buried under sand dunes for the past 50 years, since 1950, when an Israeli army unit undergoing training in the area accidentally stumbled on a section of the impressive mosaic flooring when digging trenches, excavation director Dr. Yosef Porat said. full article at Jerusalem Post

The first cultivated potato was grown in what is now Peru, researchers say, and it originated only once, not several times, as some experts propose. The genetic study shows the first potato known to have been farmed is genetically closest to a species now found only in southern Peru, the US and UK researchers write online, ahead of print, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. full article at ABC.net.au

Fascinating Topic, I always wondered about that myself, i mean was there between (lets say) 200 BC and 200 AD any advancement at all? Like, did the way aqueducts were built change? Did the roads improve? Were there any improvement in healt? Any inventions? It seems the Romans took over all the knowledge from the greeks but did nothing much to invent anything themselves? as i said a facinating topic... cheers viggen

We are not talking about the smiley within a post, but the icon smiley on the forum list, for example here http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showforum=14 the first post is Armys Of The Houses and it has a moving black whatever, i say get rid of this (if moon manages it do it) cheers viggen

Yeah, we must get rid of them.... cheers viggen

AP chem, AP english... what does AP stand for? cheers viggen

Interesting entry! ...funerary inscriptions..., i wonder how many are forged or exaggerated or filled with false info too? cheers viggen

Well this is new to me, a virus for a handheld game console! The PSP (PlayStationPortable) has now its very own Virus/Trojan called Trojan.PSPBrick, which once installed deletes very important system files and won`t start again and is then as usefull as a brick hence the name of the Virus. More info about the Virus are availabe at Symantec

We simply call him that because he'll be the one screaming 'Oh Lord' as he gets thrown over the Tarpeian Rock. Hehe, my boys are risking a big lip, but only because they knew i was away for the week cheers viggen

unrv.com has pop up windows? thats new for me... cheers viggen