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...the previous thread about this was here http://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/14422-to-be-ce-or-ad-that-is-the-question/ I don't think there would be a need to switch from one to the other, if you have decided for one format, that i would stick to it throughout the book....

Skeletons discovered by students at Bournemouth University could tell archaeologists for the first time who was living Roman villas in the 4th century AD as the Roman Empire began to decline. Dr Miles Russell, a senior lecturer in archaeology at Bournemouth University, said: "This find is hugely significant because there have been more than 700 Roman villas found in Britain but before now no-one has ever found their occupants... ...full story at the Telegraph

...i see, i dont know a company in London, but have a look at this site to the left. There are links to several manufactures, maybe one of them fits your needs http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/about.html

Dr. Mamdouh El Damaty, Minister of Antiquities and Heritage, announced the discovery of the remains of a Roman ancient city about 25 kilometres to the south of Rosetta in Behira governorate. The city discovered under massive layers of silt during archaeological survey done by the international team formed between the ministry and Italian universities of Siena and Padova. Prof. Cristina Mondin, director of the archaeological mission, along with Giorgia Marchiori and Dr Mohamed Kenawi... ...full story at Luxor Times

A tiny County Louth village has been confirmed as home to one of the most important Viking sites in the world. Carbon testing on trenches at a ‘virgin’ site in Annagassan have revealed that the small rural community once housed a Viking winter base, one of only two in Ireland.The other went on to become Dublin but the Annagassan site, 50 miles north of the capital, was believed to be the stuff of mythology and folklore until now. Geophysical tests funded by Dundalk’s County Museum have allowed scientists to make the big breakthrough.They have now confirmed that the Linn Duchaill site, beside the river Glyde and south of Dundalk Bay, was where the Vikings brought their long ships or longphorts to be repaired... ...full story at Irish Central

File Name: Cicero - Academia File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 02 Jul 2014 File Category: Free PDF's This volume contains a translation of the extant portions of Cicero's Academica. The translation is preceded by an introduction that surveys the historical and philosophical contexts of Cicero's work on Academic scepticism and discusses some of the special problems involved in translating Cicero's Latin into readable English for a philosophical audience. Click here to download this file

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...what kind of scale do you look for? Many manufactures stick to one scale... Usual sizes range from 6mm to 90mm, cheers viggen

File Name: Catullus - The Carmina of Catullus File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 01 Jul 2014 File Category: Free Classic Works in PDF Catullus's poems have been preserved in an anthology of 116 carmina (the actual number of poems may slightly vary in various editions), which can be divided into three parts according to their form: sixty short poems in varying meters, called polymetra, eight longer poems, and forty-eight epigrams. Click here to download this file

The stage walls and entrance of a Roman-era amphitheater in İzmir’s Kadifekale neighborhood, once covered by expropriated shanty houses, have been unearthed due to the efforts of the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. The municipality has issued an order of expropriation on a 12,900-squaremeter area to unearth the ruins of the amphitheater. So far, 137 title deeds covering an area of 11,115 square meters have been purchased and 175 buildings have been demolished. The judicial process for the expropriation of the last 15 buildings in the area is ongoing, municipal officials noted... ...full story at Hurriyet

An ancient burial containing chariots, gold artifacts and possible human sacrifices has been discovered by archaeologists in the country of Georgia, in the south Caucasus. The burial site, which would've been intended for a chief, dates back over 4,000 years to a time archaeologists call the Early Bronze Age, said Zurab Makharadze, head of the Centre of Archaeology at the Georgian National Museum... ...full story at LiveScience

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The Last Legionary: Life as a Roman Soldier in Britain AD400 by Paul Elliott Review by sonic In ‘The Last Legionary’, Paul Elliott has attempted in an introduction, eight chapters and a ‘post-script’ to describe the routine daily life of a Roman legionary based in Britain in the twilight of the Roman Empire. After the short introduction, each of the chapters focuses primarily on a single aspect of army life, including ‘Joining Up’, ‘Training’, ‘Perks of the Job’, ‘The Fort and Work’, ‘On the March’, ‘Belief’, ‘On Campaign’, and ‘To War!’. At first the read is a little difficult: the author’s method of interspersing a fictional account of a Roman soldier in Britain with an overview of historical events coupled with archaeological evidence and his own experience of being a re-enactor takes a little getting used to. However, once the reader crosses this hurdle it is possible to settle down to an interesting narrative which sees Gaius, the ‘hero’ of the story, at work in northern Britain – more specifically Yorkshire – in the years up to AD 400... ...read the full review of The Last Legionary: Life as a Roman Soldier in Britain AD400 by Paul Elliott

File Name: Caius Julius Caesar - De Bello Gallico File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 27 Jun 2014 File Category: Free PDF's "De Bello Gallico" & other Commentaries: of Caius Julius Caesar is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting local armies in Gaul that opposed Roman domination. Click here to download this file

File Name: Apicius File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 26 Jun 2014 File Category: Free PDF's APICIUS - COOKERY AND DINING IN IMPERIAL ROME A Bibliography, Critical Review and Translation of the Ancient Book known as Apicius de re Coquinaria by Joseph Dommers Vehling Click here to download this file

pretty interesting... Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey is a classic adventure filled with shipwrecks, feuds, obstacles, mythical creatures, and divine interventions. But how to visualize the thrilling voyage? more at OUP Blog Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey is a classic adventure filled with shipwrecks, feuds, obstacles, mythical creatures, and divine interventions. But how to visualize the thrilling voyage? - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2014/06/map-odysseus-journey/#sthash.PNbncbae.dpuf

File Name: Lucius Apuleius File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 26 Jun 2014 File Category: Free PDF's The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura FOR the purposes of this translation I have used Helm's text of the Apologia, and Van der Vliet's text of the Florida. Both texts are published by the firm of Teubner, to whom I am indebted for permission to use their publications as the basis of this work. Divergences from the text are indicated in the footnotes, and I have made a few, perhaps unnecessary, expurgations. For the elucidation of the magical portions of the Apologia I am specially indebted to Abt's commentary (Apologie des Apuleius, Giessen, 1906). I also owe much to the articles on Apuleius in Schanz's Geschichte der römischen Litteratur, and in Pauly-Wissowa's Real-Encyclopädie, and to Hildebrand's commentary on the works of Apuleius (Leipzig, 1842). H.E. BUTLER Click here to download this file

File Name: Ammianus Marcellinus File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 25 Jun 2014 File Category: Free PDF's The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus during the reigns of the emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian and Valens. Click here to download this file

Most ancient cultures believed in astrology – the notion that changes observed in the heavens above were strongly linked to events on earth below. Along with the reassuringly predictable motions of the stars and planets, more troubling things sometimes appeared in the sky. Rare and unpredictable, comets and meteors were particularly potent symbols, and their appearance on a few ancient coins has sparked the interest of historians and astronomers as well as numismatists. Great article on Coins Week,

It is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of all times: the disappearance of a Persian army of 50,000 men in the Egyptian desert around 524 BC. The Leiden Professor Olaf Kaper unearthed a cover-up affair and solved the riddle. It must have been a sand storm, writes the Greek historian Herodotus. He tells the story of the Persian King Cambyses, who entered the Egyptian desert near Luxor (then Thebes) with 50,000 men. The troops supposedly never returned; they were swallowed by a sand dune. A fantastic tale that was long the subject of many debates. Egyptologist Olaf Kaper never believed it: 'Since the 19th century, people have been looking for this army: amateurs, but also professional archaeologists. Some expect to find somewhere under the ground an entire army, fully equipped. However, experience has long shown that you cannot die from a sand storm, let alone have an entire army disappear.' ...full story at PhysOrg

Russian underwater excavators working in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria have found a collection of sunken French artillery on the northern side of Pharos Island, near the city's eastern harbour and Qaitbay Citadel. The find includes a collection of guns, pistols and cannons that were once onboard a French boat named Le Patriot, part of Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet during the French expedition to Egypt in 1798, said Egypt's Minister of Antiquities and Heritage Mamdouh El-Damaty. The discovery at Alexandria's eastern harbour sheds more light on the importance of the location in ancient times... ...more at Ahram

Scientists from Greece and Switzerland will take part in the PlanetSolar 2014 expedition in the Argolic Gulf , Greece in an effort to discover the most ancient submerged village in Europe. This new expedition called TerraSubmersa is organized by the Laténium in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the Greek Ephorate of Underwater Antiqui­ties, the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. It aims to explore the prehistoric landscapes sub­merged in the Argolic Gulf in Greece, in an attempt to find traces of human activity... ....more at the Greek Reporter

This book explores an intriguing thesis. Basically author Judy Gaughan argues that the basic object of criminal legislation in the Roman Republic was to protect the state. Because one of the most important elements of the state was the family bloc based on the paterfamilias, some deeds – such as murder – were not subject to criminal sanctions, because resolving the issue was in the power of the paterfamilias and not of the state. Indeed, for the state to get involved in trying cases of murder would undermine the power of the family, and thus weaken the state itself... ...continue to the full review of Murder Was Not a Crime: Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic by Judy E. Gaughan