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Rome may not exactly be short of catacombs, but one discovered this week is more deserving of the name than the city's countless other subterranean burial chambers. For Mirko Curti stumbled into a 2,000-year-old tomb piled with bones while chasing a wayward moggy yards from his apartment building. Archaeologists called to the scene said the tomb probably dated from between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD. Given that niches were used to store ashes in urns, the bones had probably tumbled into the tomb from a separate burial space higher up inside the cliff. more at the Guardian

some developement in this story... The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" papyrus, which may or may not be a forgery, seems to be in limbo, as the Harvard Theological Review has pulled the scientific article describing the discovery from their January 2013 issue. This withdrawal, however, doesn't mean the journal will never publish the scientific paper by Harvard historian Karen King on the supposed lost Gospel. "Harvard Theological Review is planning to publish Professor King's paper after testing is concluded so that the results may be incorporated," Kit Dodgson, director of communications at Harvard Divinity School, wrote in an email to LiveScience. Even so, the announcement has garnered both anger and elation. via http://www.livescien...city-tests.html

here some info about how the game was http://www.redbedlam.com/case-studies/roma-victor/ I don`t think anyone except Primuspilus is still from that time, its a long time ago (2001 to 2003)... cheers viggen

...pretty exiting news, however i wonder how small their impact really must have been, otherwise there should have been much more stories from the natives in their oral history, right?

Roman Life and Times Series by Paul L. Anderson Review by R.S. Gompertz Paul L. Anderson wrote five books in the 1920

....many thanks for sharing!

...nice change from the usual EU bashing.... as being a small unit of the EU does that mean (theoratically) i am a winner too

They have found a concrete structure that the adoptive son of the General, killed in 44 BC, placed inside the Curia of Pompey to condemn his death. A concrete structure of three meters wide and over two meters high, placed by order of Augustus (adoptive son and successor of Julius Caesar) to condemn the assassination of his father, has given the key to the scientists. This finding confirms that the General was stabbed right at the bottom of the Curia of Pompey while he was presiding, sitting on a chair, over a meeting of the Senate. Currently, the remains of this building are located in the archaeological area of Torre Argentina, right in the historic centre of the Roman capital.... ...more at EurekAlert

Melvadius also did for the second part a review... http://www.unrv.com/book-review/arrows-of-fury.php

Below are the newest releases for October.. Civilization: The West and the Rest The Complete Roman Legions Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Medusa's Gaze: The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity (Oxford Handbooks) Lost World of the Golden King: In Search of Ancient Afghanistan (Hellenistic Culture and Society) The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC Greek Warfare: From the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea A Companion to Persius and Juvenal (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) Roman Slavery and Roman Material Culture The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths Greek and Roman Festivals: Content, Meaning, and Practice A History of the Roman World: 753 to 146 BC (Routledge Classics) Oxford Readings in Propertius (Oxford Readings in Classical Studies) Diana (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World) Romans and Romantics (Classical Presences) Galen and the World of Knowledge (Greek Culture in the Roman World) Roman Military Service: Ideologies of Discipline in the Late Republic and Early Principate The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection The Role of the Bishop in Late Antiquity: Conflict and Compromise Western Perspectives on the Mediterranean: Cultural Transfer in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 400-800 AD Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture: Ideology and Innovation Etruscans in Berlin Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in Italy Before the Roman Empire

are you there author of that book, ? I cannot see that this book can be purchased from your link...

...thanks for the kind words, pretty cool map indeed!

Who was Petellius Cerialis? Certainly not a household name, nor one that anyone outside of academic circles would have heard of. The Romans themselves wrote no stories about him, and aside from the odd mention in the sources we have left, he would seem a very insignificant character. Cerialis was however an important man in very significant times. From Rome's legendary origins in 753BC to the eventual destruction of the Roman state by Islamic Turks in the fifteenth century, it is only the two extraordinary centuries which saw the Republic conquered by Rome's first imperial dynasty who then destroyed themselves for the love of wealth and power that define our ideas of what Rome was... ...read the full review of Imperial General: The Remarkable Career Of Petellius Cerialis by Philip Matyszak

...I would like to point out that this study is from 2008, so not recent... ...anyone that has been in the northeast of Italy (i live 15 km from the border) and compare them with sicilians, will notice that they do not look even close to their friends in the south... Further i find it very hard to believe that austria and Italy share nothing, even more unbelievable is that former Yugoslavia and Italy share nothing. Considering that the Venetian Republic strechted far into todays Slovenia and Croatia, and that they have till today italian as second language...

I am a pisces myself, and Divus Iulius raises an interesting question...

happy birthday!

L'Esercito Romano: Armamento ed Organizzazione by Giuseppe Cascarino review by joe While many have already written about the Roman army, and I'm sure many will do so again, this highly researched piece provides an enormous wealth of knowledge. Although currently only available in the original Italian version, and more of a gathering of information than a provider of much new insight, it does what it sets out to do very well. Giuseppe Cascarinos experience in experimental archaeology and work with reenacters has given him a rare insight into the world of the Roman soldier... ...read the full review of L'Esercito Romano: Armamento ed Organizzazione by Giuseppe Cascarino

Adrian Murdoch posted a couple of days ago about the first Roman camp on what is now German soil - a camp in Hermeskeil in the Hunsr

Death and the Civil War. I just watched probably the most touching documentary i have ever seen. Amazing to think that at around the same time the Austro-Prussian War happened and barely any photographs and documents compared to the US civil war survived! 2 hours of quality TV you rarely see... http://www.pbs.org/w...s/death/player/

Would you buy a coin for 12 grand plus on ebay? PTOLEMY III Gold Coin

wow, thats highly interesting, thanks for sharing