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No, and its actually the quality of the posts and not the number of posts that count! (to become citizen member and qualify for your own blog and permission to upload images in the gallery) regards viggen

hehe, i cant believe no one is using skype? it saved me so much on telephone costs... cheers viggen

A fossil of a diminutive human nicknamed "the Hobbit" does indeed represent a previously unrecognised species of early Man, according to a new technique that suggests it was a cultured little fellow. Sceptics had argued that the Hobbit, discovered in Indonesia and first announced last year, could have been an individual who suffered from microcephalya, a disorder that limits brain growth. full article at The Telegraph

One of my favourite latin quotes is from Cicero "To err is human"... I seen two versions of it (errare humanum est and humanum est errare)and wonder which one is correct (or maybe both?) cheers viggen

hi Crysnia, the other person is Judith Tarr, I havent read the book, but on Amazon the critics are very positive about it... regards viggen

hi Iulia Cassia Vegetia, interesting idea, what does other members think about it? is there enough interest for a marketplace at unrv.com? cheers viggen

Would viggen run for president? you americans are lucky that i am not a US citizen! btw. looks like Arnie is ready to run again for governour...

please no animated avatars, they get highly irritating after a while... regards viggen

Hello and Welcome to all the newcomers! (@Imperator Marzullius; the Forum Guidelines can be found here) regards viggen

very nice, i hope your book (and your site) will be a total success! cheers viggen

Congrats to the English i never thought to actually see that happening, Australia was too damm dominant the last couple of years....

A joint Japanese-Bolivian research team has completed the first stage of a three-year investigation that aims to shed light on a little-known high culture that existed in the present-day Bolivian Amazon. The investigation, named "Project Mojos," is headed by Katsuyoshi Sanematsu, a professor of anthropology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. In an interview Wednesday, Sanematsu, 56, told Kyodo News that the team, composed of four Japanese researchers and four Bolivian researchers, succeeded in finding hundreds of archaeological artifacts during a monthlong excavation that ended earlier this month. full article at Asia.News

Using satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth, an Italian computer programmer has stumbled upon the remains of an ancient villa. Luca Mori was studying maps of the region around his town of Sorbolo, near Parma, when he noticed a prominent, oval, shaded form more than 500 metres long. It was the meander of an ancient river, visible because former watercourses absorb different amounts of moisture from the air than their surroundings do. full article at Nature

The ruins of the largest on the Balkans area amphitheatre emerged from beneath the ground in Sofia making Bulgaria's capital the third in Europe perched on such ancient building. So far, only Madrid and Paris have had large amphitheatres within the city's boundaries. full article at Novinite

The country's most important archaeological site is this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of its museum and Roman house. Augusta Raurica, the first Roman colony to be built on the Rhine, receives 140,000 visitors every year and offers fascinating insights into the way the Romans lived. full article at Swissinfo

Rome had a lasting impact on our legal system... regards viggen

Just stumbled upon this article by Josehp McCab... I thought this essay is rather interesting and should open up some discussion... Some points he raises i know this essay is quite old and i dont really know much about this writer, however i thought it makes an interesting read... Whats your opinion? regards viggen

Not sure how authorative this site is, however some nice info on dogs and celts! http://www.clannada.org/animals_dogs.php regards viggen

unfortunately those people of Oracle changed all links and nothing is working the way it was anymore regards viggen

Nice post DanM, I cant really give you an answer (maybe Ursus can, he is our in-house religous expert), however i can give others a chance to understand what Monophysitism actually means (i didnt know either at first), so here it goes ---> Monophysite regards viggen

hmm, not sure which one too choose from, however there is a nice list of Roman Re-enactment groups, so maybe someone knows some of them? http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Living_History/.../Roman_Legions/ regards viggen

Theodoric was technically only a viceroy for the emperor in Constantinople. In reality, he was able to avoid imperial supervision, and dealings between the emperor and Theodoric were as equals. However, unlike Odoacer, Theodoric respected the agreement he had made and allowed Roman citizens within his kingdom to be subject to Roman law and the Roman judicial system. The Goths, meanwhile, lived under their own laws and customs. I spoke with Professor Glaser last year (austrian authority on ostrogoths) about this period of time, he was absolutely convinced that for the average roman citizen nothing changed as far as daily life was concerend, he was most probably considered a relief to most romans at it was a time of prosperity under his rule... Professor Glaser excavated in Globasnitz (only an hours drive from my hometown) an ostrogoth cemetary with over 200 graves. He could also prove for the first time ostrogoth military presence in austria. There was an article on it in our local newspaper from 2002 The article is in German, so here a short summary: The recently excavated grave of a young Gothic warrior shows that he had died from a head injury. Also, his skull had been artificially deformed (elongated) during childhood. The Goths had adopted this practice from Huns, Alans and Sarmatians. In the 170 graves, that are excavated so far, 3 men and 1 woman have been found with artificial skull deformation. The text states that this is not enough to constitute a 'fashion'. Thus, other reasons like chamanism may have let people to persue this practice. The archaeologists also uncovered the oulines of Gothic leather shoes, from a grave where the shoes have been placed next to the dead body. regards viggen

seems like it is working now, did you change anything at the settings that it is only showing now? cheers viggen

Rafael Scott's second novel, Beyond Mali, is slated to be published in the winter of 2005. (unfortunately not about the roman empire this time) His second novel tells the true story of Abubakari the Second, a 14th century African king who forsakes everything to fulfill his lifelong dream of finding lands across the Great Westward Sea (Atlantic). Betrayal runs rampant, as his perilous struggle sends him clashing with his least expected adversary