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Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus was the son of Rome's short-lived emperor Macrinus (AD 217-218). The boy died at the age of ten after enjoying the rank of Caesar for less than three months. His death presaged the murderous succession struggles of the third century crisis which properly began a generation after his death; a crisis in which family members were treated no less severely than the fallen emperors and pretenders themselves. It is generally assumed that Diadumenian got his name because he was born with a caul - which is when the amniotic membrane which encloses a fetus thereafter covers the newborn's head and face when he emerges from the womb. In the case of Diadumenian this membrane had wrapped itself tightly around the child's forehead so that it resembled a diadem... ...continue to the full article about Caesar Diadumenian

Hello AurunciSidicini and welcome to UNRV an earlier interessting disucussion about genetics and make up of early italians... http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/3381-early-italian-appearance/ p.s. it would help to have some paragraphs in your post, it would be easier to read... cheers viggen

...for everyone who missed it, he did a long time ago an interview with us http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/4025-conn-iggulden/

...well in that case your publisher has some explaining to do, i can see on the cover clearly a THE at the beginning!

The bestselling historian talks Islam, Twitter storms and the lurid world of the Roman empire Tom Holland is, excitably, showing me his latest acquisition, in his high-ceilinged study in south London. Ten shelves of books soar up above us, from tomes on sexual practice in the ancient world to Fred Donner’s Narratives of Islamic Origins. Above his desk is a reproduction of a lovely 15th-century fresco of the young Cicero reading, and laid here and there are reproduction military helmets (one, in the Roman style, elaborately plumed), a shield and a cricket bat. The last relates to Holland’s second obsession, aside from history: he is an ardent member of the Authors XI, and is much pained to have missed a recent match against the Thespian Thunderers... ....to the Interview at the Guardian

Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of September 2015. Catalaunian Fields AD 451: Rome's last great battle by Simon MacDowall Augustus: The Biography by Jochen Bleicken Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC by Raffaele D'Amato Brutus: Caesar's Assassin by Kirsty Corrigan Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West by Emily Hemelrijk Sacred Founders: Women, Men, and Gods in the Discourse of Imperial Founding by Diliana N. Angelova The Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator by John S McHugh Arabs and Empire Before Islam by Greg Fisher People under Power: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to the Roman Power Empire by Michael Labahn Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity by A. D. Lee Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Robert C. Gregg Art of Empire: The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple by Michael Jones Civic Monuments and the Augustales in Roman Italy by Margaret L. Laird Rome and the Spirit of Caesar: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by Jan H. Blits The Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire by Ian Hughes

Five years ago the news broke that 300 producers Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton had picked up the rights to Conn Iggulden's Emperor novels, about the rise and fall of Julius Caesar. The rest was silence, but the story has finally come back around, with the epic project now finding a home at Hunger Games studio Lionsgate. Iggulden began his Emperor series with The Gates Of Rome back in 2003, and it currently stretches to five novels. The saga begins with Caesar and Marcus Brutus as boys, and follows their rise through the Roman Empire and the machinations that lead to "Et tu, Brute?" and the endgame at the Senate. The fifth book, The Blood Of Gods, published several years after the others in 2013, deals with Mark Antony and Gaius Octavius' revenge on Caesar's assassins. The first film in the projected franchise stays with Julius and Marcus long enough to see them making waves and regarded as threats within the Roman political establishment. The screenplay is currently credited to Burr Steers (Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Igby Goes Down), executive producer William Broyles Jr. (Cast Away, Apollo 13), Ian MacKenzie Jeffers (The Grey) and TV writer Stephen Harrigan. Nigel Sinclair and Guy East (Rush, End Of Watch) are also producing under their White Horse Pictures banner, along with Matt Jackson. ...via Empire Online

fantastic! many congratulations and from a time period where do you go from here? (further down the timeline, or something completely different?)

Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World by Ralph W. Mathisen Book Review by Ian Hughes "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”.* Nowhere does this oft-quoted opening line apply more than to Late Antiquity. For many years modern historians attempted to view the events surrounding the ‘Fall of Rome’ within the context of their own times, and in the twentieth century drew comparisons with the collapse of the European empires that had dominated the world. Yet the complex nature of the Fall and the bias of the historians resulted in many erroneous conclusions being drawn. Over the past 20-30 years historians have been slowly unravelling many of these mistakes – a factor made more difficult by the fact that many of these had become accepted as truth. Yet, as usual, popular acceptance of these debates has lagged behind academic theory. Part of the difficulty has been that new work is almost always published in ‘academic’ texts and journals that are hard to access by anybody without access to a University library... ...continue with the review of Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World by Ralph W. Mathisen

...interesting... ...what would have the population numbers been in Ireland at that time? I dont think it was very populated...

one fragment has been dated to 578-671 AD (Arizona Lab) two framents that have been tested in Lyon (France) one to 543-643 and the other to 433-599. http://de.scribd.com/doc/130854520/The-codex-of-a-companion-of-the-Prophet-SAW-Benham-Sadeghi-Bergmann#scribd

well its during lifetime of Mohammed, that fact alone is amazing. Imagine we could find a fragment of the new testament from eyewitness times (during Jesus life there was no written piece as far as i know?) p.s. didnt know that Oxford professors still have to make a name for themselves..

Fragments of the world's oldest Koran which was found in Birmingham last month could predate the Prophet Muhammad, according to scholars.The pages were discovered bound within the pages of another Koran from the late seventh century at the library of the University of Birmingham. Written in ink in an early form of Arabic script on parchment made from animal skin, the pages contain parts of the Suras, or chapters, 18 to 20, which may have been written by someone who actually knew the Prophet Muhammad who founded the Islamic faith. It is believed that the Birmingham Koran was produced between 568AD and 645AD, while the dates usually given for Muhammed are between 570AD and 632AD. The Prophet Muhammad is thought to have founded Islam sometime after 610AD and the first Muslim community was founded in Medina in 622AD. The final authoritative written form was not completed until 650AD under the third leader Caliph Uthman. ...via Daily Mail

In 1908 workmen excavating foundations for a house in Fetter Lane (City of London) found 46 coins in a pot. The Rev’d FD Ringrose purchased the hoard and published an account in 1911 but focussed on describing the coins rather than the circumstances of the find. By the time the coins were bequeathed to the British Museum in 1914, there was no trace of the pot and no description of it either. There is no full account of exactly how the hoard was found and whilst Roman hoards are often uncovered in Britain (for example the Didcot, Hoxne and Beau Street hoards), the Fetter Lane hoard remains something of a mystery... ...via the British Museum

fantastic feedback on our ROMAN MAP from a college teacher in Manchester UK, she uses it for her class room

...hehe, yeah my email (are you still alive), sorry about that, my newsletter software had an update and not for the better, i did as always and voila the message was sent to everyone instead of only those who havent opened an email in 2 years... but in any case hello Pyra Gorgon and welcome to UNRV

Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius by R. Malcolm Errington Book Review by Ian Hughes In 395 the Roman Empire was divided between the brothers Arcadius in the East and Honorius in the West. It was never reunited in anything but the loosest sense. Until the late-twentieth century historians used the date of 395 as the major cut off point in the history of the Empire: understandably, as after 395 the West went into terminal decline and within three generations had disappeared. This was the accepted analysis until historians such as R. Malcolm Errington published an alternative chronology for the division. In addition, there was debate as to whether the Empire and the Emperor simply reacted to events rather than attempting to influence them by proactive policies, either at home or abroad... ...continue with the review of Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius by R. Malcolm Errington

I think we can!

...second part of the emperor Macrinus article enjoy! http://www.unrv.com/decline-of-empire/emperor-macrinus.php

what on earth are you talking about? Zero tolerance fo this kind of silliness on my forum, you sir are done on this site.... for good

thats so sad and makes you so angry

Given our 21st century understanding of medicine, in which scientists can grow or 3D print new organs, the ancient Romans may seem fantastically clueless about human anatomy and disease. But until Anders Vesalius revolutionized the study of anatomy in the 16th century, Western medicine was dominated by the thoughts of Greek physicians like Hippocrates and Galen, whose work was amplified by Roman historians such as Pliny the Elder... my favourite; Male corpses float on their backs but female corpses float on their faces as though nature were preserving their modesty even in death. — Pliny, Natural History, 7.77 via Forbes