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ME LIKEY! White Skull: The Roman Empire Victorious men walk thru' the land Shadows huddled in the groins into the maze Where are you chief? Your soldiers wait Once again the Romans want to extend its edge. Hard tiring days and sleepless nights Marchin'on thru' hasty lands and evil hill Rain of sharp spears fall upon them Once again it's time to attack the enemies Give them money and glory They will follow Caesar and threat the enemies just follow him painting from exitement don't turn down in anger Caesar change the world in the kingdom of Rome [Chorus] RISE The Roman Empire It's shining so bright

The whole article from the Archaeology Magazine about Dogs in the Ancient World is available online, Explore the roles dogs played in past cultures throughout the world and how ancient artists celebrated our oldest companions. http://www.archaeology.org/1009/dogs/index.html Constant Companions Sacrificial Dogs Dogs of Roman Britain Dogs as Food The Dog Catacomb Guardians of Souls

A wall painting (fresco) of Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune, was exposed during the 11th season of excavation at the Sussita site, on the east shore of the Sea of Galilee, which was conducted by researchers of the University of Haifa. Another female figure was found during this season, of a maenad, one of the companions of the wine god Dionysus.

...if it is not IE6 related then it must be maybe your operating system, which seems to be not up to date, or you have a virus , because i have tested it on my desktop computer that runs windows xp with firefox, IE8 and opera and never seen it, i also tested it with my laptop and windows vista with IE8, firefox and opera and also never seen it..., it clearly must be something on your system i fear that causes this message... cheers viggen

Yeah, unfortunately IE6 which many companies are still using is extremely bad and has all sorts of issues, apparently most companies dont care about their privacy.... sigh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6#Security_problems

...what kind of browser are you using? I dont see any of those self activating links, the only advertising i see on the article is Google Adsense and those are clearly marked as ads and you have to click to get to them, much more interesting in my opinion is however the fact that there might be a battle that we never heard of, right? cheers viggen

...the winner has been chosen and notified, thank you all for participating.... cheers viggen

The murderous reputation of one of Britain's best-known Roman towns has been raised by the discovery of a child's hastily buried skeleton under a barrack room floor. Archaeologists at Vindolanda fort near Hadrian's Wall are preparing for a repeat of a celebrated coroner's inquest in the 1930s that concluded two other corpses unearthed near the site were "victims of murder by persons unknown shortly before 367AD"... ...read the full article at the Guardian

New finds at a well-preserved ancient battlefield in the north of Germany are not only rewriting geo-political history, but also revealing some of the secrets of Rome's military success. Until only two years ago, northern Germany was believed to have been a no-go area for Roman troops after three legions were wiped out by German tribesmen in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9... ...read the full article at Monster and Critics

The basic story line involves his hero being sent to Britain immediately prior to both the murder of his family in Rome at the orders of the, newly sole, Emperor Commodus and an incipient rebellion by the native population. There are all the usual ingredients with agents of his enemies in Rome hunting for him and friends of his family acting to keep him hidden from discovery all in a teeth of a gathering storm which could sweep the Romans from Britain for ever. As the blurb says... ...read the full book review of Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches

i dont see this, does anyone else get it? cheers viggen

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...after watching it yesterday day, i must say i was moved, it was such a depressing moment when the christian mob destroyed the serapium, and somehow this whole religious fantastism and intolerance reminds me of Marx... "Religion is the opiate of the people" For me it was a very good movie, especially as it raised my awareness of a time period i am usually not so familiar with... cheers viggen

A celestial event seen by the ancient Greeks may be the earliest sighting of Halley's comet, new evidence suggests. According to ancient writers, a large meteorite smacked into northern Greece between 466BC and 467BC. The writers also described a comet in the sky at the time the meteorite fell to Earth, but this detail has received little attention, say the researchers. Comet Halley would have been visible for about 80 days in 466BC, researchers write in the Journal of Cosmology.... ...read the full article at BBC News

China-Germany alliance has helped keep the glow on warriors' cheeks. Ma Lie reports from Xi'an.The earth in the ancient city of Xi'an continues to astound archaeologists.When excavation work to find more terracotta relics restarted for the third time last year in Xi'an, archaeologists admitted they did not expect to make any groundbreaking discoveries. Along with the more than 114 broken figures unearthed since digging resumed in June last year, the discovery of three "suitcases" made of a silk-like fabric has offered clues on the textile industry during the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC).Arguably the starkest images to come from the dig, though, have been those of archaeologists dusting off the painted faces of newly discovered terracotta warriors.... ...read the full article at the China Daily

Until now, the Capito Baths in Miletus, built during the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD), were considered the oldest known Roman bathing complex in Asia Minor. This summer, however, in addition to the previously unearthed Imperial Baths (ca. 120-165 AD -- with a surface area of more than 5,000 square metres), a second bathing complex was discovered in Sagalassos, below the remains of the Imperial Baths. It is much older and smaller than the Imperial Baths and is dated to 10-30 AD, though it was probably built somewhat earlier, during the reign of Augustus or Tiberius.... ....read the full article at Science Daily

Archeologists have unearthed the tablets of first written trade agreement in Anatolia. Professor Cahit Gunbatti of Ankara University's Faculty of Letters, History and Geography said the first written trade agreement in Anatolia was made 4,000 years ago. "We have discovered the cuneiform-script tablets in Kultepe-Karum excavations in (the Central Anatolian province of) Kayseri," Gunbatti told AA correspondent. Archeologists have been carrying out excavations in Karum hamlet near Kultepe tumulus, where Assyrians used to live, since 1948. They have unearthed some 23,000 cuneiform-script tablets so far. "Around 4,500 tablets have been smuggled abroad since 1948," Gunbatti said. Gunbatti said Assyrian tradesmen who settled in the region 4,000 years ago sold the tin and fabrics they brought from Mesopotamia. The two tablets indicated that the oldest trade agreement in Anatolia was made 4,000 years ago, Gunbatti said... ...read the full article at WorldBulletin

Today Stephen Dando-Collins` long anticipated new novel The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City is finally available! To celebrate this day, we are giving away one copy! If you would like to win, just answer the following question; "How many pages does Stephen Dando-Collins new novel have? (Hint: You can find the answer here) a] 119 pages b] 288 pages c] 354 pages and send the correct answer to newsletter@unrv.com The winner will be chosen randomly from all correct replies, deadline is the 12th of September 2010 Good Luck!

The papyrus in the lining of the Egyptian-style leather cover of the 1,200-year-old manuscript, "potentially represents the first tangible connection between early Irish Christianity and the Middle Eastern Coptic Church", the Museum said. "It is a finding that asks many questions and has confounded some of the accepted theories about the history of early Christianity in Ireland.".... ...read the full article at Physorg

...thanks to Fulvia we have another look at Sam Wilkinsons Caligula... Crazy. Insane. Out of control. Egotistical. Blood-thirsty. Psychotic. This is just a sample of adjectives stereotypically ascribed to many of the Roman emperors, but were the emperors really as mad as common, popular belief teaches us they were? Were they honestly as looney, messed up and deranged as befitting a perfectly wild addition to a morbid rendition of "Alice in Wonderland"? ...read the full review of Caligula by Sam Wilkinson

German archeologists have discovered 1,200-year-old silver coins of Arabic origin buried in a northern German field, bearing evidence that the Slavs who inhabited the land were part of an ancient global trade route, academics said on Sunday. Coin treasures from this period are exceedingly rare, and in this volume it is one of the most significant (finds)," said archaeologist Michael Schirren. The oldest coin is from around the year 610. The most recent coin has been dated back to roughly 820 AD. "The discovery of Arabic coins at the coast of the Baltic sea proves that there was global trade more than 1,200 years ago," said Greifswald historian Fred Ruchhoeft. ...read the full article at Earthtimes and more at The Local.de