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Win a free download of Legio XVII: Roman Legion at War. Comment or asks the author a question below and stand a chance to download it for free Legio XVII: Battle of Zama ###################################################################################### Author Thomas A. Timmes has agreed to give away three free copies of his latest eBook Legio XVII: Battle of Zama. All you have to do is ask the author a question in this forum. It may be a question about his Legio XVII book series, the 2nd Punic War, or about writing in general. The author will answer each question and then pick the three best questions and announce the winners on July 1, 2015. ####################################################################################### Thomas A. Timmes, a 28 year active duty veteran of the U.S. Army, holds the Bronze Star for Valor and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for combat in Vietnam. He served with the 3rd and 8th Mechanized Infantry Divisions in Germany during the Cold War as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Company Commander, and Battalion and Brigade Operations Officer. Tom has extensive experience with Military Psychological Operations as a Team Leader, an Executive Officer, and Battalion Commander of an airborne unit. Tom also served on the Department of the Army Staff and the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. After retiring as a Colonel, Tom joined the Office of the Secretary of Defense and was involved with the planning, deployment, and execution of numerous overseas military operations. He worked in the Department of Defense for 42 years including 24 years in the Pentagon. Tom earned military and civilian awards including the Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, holds a Master's Degree in History, and is a member of the National History Honor Society. In 2013, he was designated a Distinguished Member of the Psychological Operations Regiment. Tom is married and has five children and nine grandchildren.

The archaeological sites of the ancient Roman Empire constitute without rival the most prolific array of ancient architecture and artifacts that can be attributed to any single civilization or culture. Its remains pockmark the Old World landscape from North Africa and Egypt to Hadrian’s Wall in Britain. The artifacts populate museums the world over. But comparatively rarely does one find the preserved footprint of an ancient Roman citizen. That is why excavators and archaeologists got excited when, while digging at the site of Hippos-Sussita (an ancient Hellenistic-Roman site just east of the Sea of Galilee in Israel), they came across what appeared to be imprints of the soles of Roman soldiers’ footwear within the remains of a Roman defensive bastion structure. ...found at Popular Archaeology

Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of june 2015. Rome's Revolution: Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire by Richard Alston Who Made Early Christianity? by John G. Gager Jr. Barbarism and Religion: Volume 5, Religion: The First Triumph by J. G. A. Pocock The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman The Roman Wars In Spain: The Military Confrontation With Guerrilla Warfare by Daniel Varga The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide by Gilbert J. Gorski Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity by Lucy Grig The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855 by Hendrik W. Dey Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds by James Clackson Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity by Julia Hillner The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan by Kevin Butcher

Authorities hope to preserve some ancient Roman history with the restoration of a tunnel that runs from a gladiator training school to the Colosseum, where brutal gladiatorial bouts took place. Parts of the school are exposed to the air now and are littered with trash. The training school was called the Ludus Magnus or Great Gladiatorial Training School. It is near the Colosseum, between two busy roads. Thousands of people pass the site of the school's ruins every day and are able to look down on it. via Ancient Origins

Pompey, a general who was later defeated by Julius Caesar, laid on a spectacle in the first century BC in which 20 elephants, 600 lions and 410 leopards are said to have been killed. ...that must have been one hell of a logistical job

wow, i am jealous! Have fun and share your impressions from his show!

Spectacular 2,000-year-old treasures from the Roman empire and the Aksumite kingdom, which ruled parts of north-east Africa for several centuries before 940AD, have been discovered by British archaeologists in northern Ethiopia. Louise Schofield, a former British Museum curator, headed a major six-week excavation of the ancient city of Aksum where her team of 11 uncovered graves with “extraordinary” artefacts dating from the first and second centuries. They offer evidence that the Romans were trading there hundreds of years earlier than previously thought... via The Telegraph

The world’s largest ancient Roman rubbish dump is revealing intriguing details about the extent and sophistication of trade in the Mediterranean 2,000 years ago. Monte Testaccio is an artificial hill in the centre of Rome that is made up of an estimated 25 million shards of broken amphorae, many from as far afield as Spain and North Africa... via The Telegraph

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..thanks ahowl11 for keeping us up to date

The Defeat Of Rome In The East by Gareth C. Sampson Book Review by caldrail The age of the Late Roman Republic is stained with the reputation of conquest. To the casual observer SPQR expands relentlessly at the sharp edge of a sword as the Roman military machine tramples or sweeps aside anyone who opposes their ambition. That concept of military glory is difficult for us to set aside. There is a struggle to be objective about this era because many of us dearly want those images to be true. Yet the truth, largely forgotten or conveniently ignored, is that the much vaunted Roman legions lost battles almost as often as anyone else... ...continue to the full review of The Defeat Of Rome In The East by Gareth C. Sampson

Did headhunters stalk Roman Britain? Excavations for London's Crossrail project have unearthed some disturbing clues. Of all the discoveries an archaeologist could make, this has to be one of the more gruesome. Twenty feet beneath Liverpool Street, in the heart of the City of London, excavators recently uncovered a human skeleton deprived of its head. The skull had been placed between the victim's legs. The mysterious remains, which date from the Roman period, were dug up as part of the Crossrail project, a £15 billion scheme to establish a 26-mile rail network across the capital. And they are just one of several grim artefacts that are challenging long-held beliefs about Roman Britain, shedding light on ancient Celtic practices and terrifying Roman customs. via The Telegraph

Archaeologists in Rome discover, at one end of the Circus Maximus chariot racing arena, the foundations of a huge triumphal arch built for the Emperor Titus. Authorities in Rome now hope to reconstruct the imposing, 17-metre-wide, 15-metre-long marble arch, in a project that would cost at least €1 million (£718,000). They have already starting building a detailed digital image of what the monument probably looked like, based on their findings. The remains of the arch were found at a depth of around 10ft below ground at the eastern end of the Circus Maximus, which is located between the Colosseum and the Tiber River. Its existence had been known only from historical records from the medieval period – it is thought to have disappeared from sight 800 years ago, after its stone was pilfered for other buildings and its foundations sank beneath the ground... ...via The Telegraph

Archaeology in Bulgaria reports that rescue excavations in the ancient city of Durostorum, the headquarters of the elite Roman 11th Legion, have revealed a fortress wall thought to have been built in the beginning of the fourth century A.D. According to archaeologist Georgi Atanasov of the Silistra Regional Museum of History, the well-preserved wall was held together with very strong red mortar... ....via Archaeology.org

Congratulations to Asko from Finland! Your signed copy is on its way

...thanks for that! Pretty amazing

working fine for me, do you copy and paste via mouse or keyboard?

...are you having a bád day? I asked a simple innocent question and you attack me of questioning your credibility, which i cant as I havent even read anything other than the headline and a few sentences and was curious who the person is behind that paper (as there was nothing on academia other than a name) and even offered it to upload it to our download section... ...at least i know now that you seem to have an explosive temper ..in any case, welcome to the forum!

Hello monad, thanks for that, could you tell us a bit about your background, there is not much info on academia, btw. if you like i could upload your file to our download section too http://www.unrv.com/forum/files/category/3-scientific-papers/

I think the US has way bigger problems than 22 guys running after a ball, so not sure why you are so worried, and fact is 300 million like your football the rest of the world the football that is actually played with the foot, get over it...

For five days only, from Friday, May 29 through Tuesday June 2, Alex Johnston is offering a free Amazon download of his new book Caesar's Not Here: The Inauguration of Pompey's Theater. To download the book for no charge from Amazon, please click on one of the following links: US link: Caesar’s Not Here UK link: Caesar’s Not Here If for some reason the links don’t work for you, just search Amazon.com for Caesar’s Not Here, by Alex Johnston. From The Author: Caesar’s Not Here is the fifth book in his Marcus Mettius series. Well-grounded in the history of the late Roman Republic, the books celebrate the largely fictional exploits of the eponymous bit player mentioned in Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. He envisions Marcus as a smart, funny, and savvy operator, who hobnobs with the elite of his day. I hope you like his portrayal of him! And if you need to catch up on earlier volumes in the series, please visit his author page on Amazon, where all of the books in the series are offered: http://amazon.com/author/alexjohnston If you are on Facebook you can like him there https://www.facebook.com/AJohnstonAuthor Below you will find the link to the interview we did with him a few months ago: Interview with Alex Johnston Enjoy!

I really like this, very happy for you and hope you sell millions of copies

why do you care?