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The Poison King by Adrienne Mayor Book Review by Philip Matyszak Two thousand years after his death, Mithridates VI of Pontus continues to generate strong feelings, and this will certainly continue to be the case for readers of Adrienne Mayor's latest book. I have a feeling that readers on this forum will either love it or hate it, but rather as with Mithridates himself, it’s hard to be neutral. To make my own position clear, I'm a fan, both of this book and of the man himself. But with both I have reservations. With Mithridates, it is impossible to completely admire a man who cold-bloodedly arranged the execution of 80,000 men, women and children in a single day. With the book, the text contains invention and occasional misstatements which could easily give an unwary reader the wrong impression... ...read the full review of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy p.s. Matyszak made an follow up interview with the author Adrienne Mayor, which we will post shortly...
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The Poison King by Adrienne Mayor Book Review by Philip Matyszak Two thousand years after his death, Mithridates VI of Pontus continues to generate strong feelings, and this will certainly continue to be the case for readers of Adrienne Mayor's latest book. I have a feeling that readers on this forum will either love it or hate it, but rather as with Mithridates himself, it
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For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet, dating from the 18th-17th centuries B.C.E in the Middle Bronze Age, that were found in Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeological excavations this summer at Hazor, south of Kiryat Shmonah, in northern Israel... ...read the full article at Israel National News
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Two months ago the headline "Roman Gladiator Cemetary Discovered" created some buzz around the world, (here the link in case you missed it.) This news story sparked a fascinating forum discussion, it is one of the best examples of how to have an engaging, passionate discussion without turning it into a flame fest, bravo to all participants, and now enjoy the discussion of Roman gladiator cemetery discovered
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This book comes in a pleasant little format, some 170 pages (plus notes and annexes) which claims to tell us all that is known about the murder of Regilla, a noble lady of ancient Rome, and wife of Herodes Atticus. A tall order indeed but something which promiment scholar Ms Pomeroy would seem be able to accomplish, well versed as she is in the study of women in the ancient world. I speak of the study of women rather than gender studies because she did not devote all of her career to the study of the status of women in general and took a larger approach in her work that is apparent in this book: in addition to status she attempted to study the life of women through different the sources ranging from archaeology to literature, and from ethnological-like comparisons to epigraphy... ...read the full book review of The Murder of Regilla: A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
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The Murder of Regilla by Sarah B. Pomeroy Book Review by Bryaxis Hecatee This book comes in a pleasant little format, some 170 pages (plus notes and annexes) which claims to tell us all that is known about the murder of Regilla, a noble lady of ancient Rome, and wife of Herodes Atticus. A tall order indeed but something which promiment scholar Ms Pomeroy would seem be able to accomplish, well versed as she is in the study of women in the ancient world. I speak of the study of women rather than gender studies because she did not devote all of her career to the study of the status of women in general and took a larger approach in her work that is apparent in this book: in addition to status she attempted to study the life of women through different the sources ranging from archaeology to literature, and from ethnological-like comparisons to epigraphy... ...read the full book review of The Murder of Regilla: A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
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Interesting questions from our Facebook page, that i want to forward here... I wonder how the ancient Romans handled the language barrier between them and those they conquered. asks Cliff Jones... ...any take on this how they manged? cheers viggen
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Alexander possibly killed by toxic bacteria
Viggen replied to okamido's topic in Archaeological News: The World
thanks for sharing, The research, which will be presented next week at the XII International Congress of Toxicology annual meetings in Barcelona, Spain, It is nice to see more and more interdisciplinary work is done.... -
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A University of Southampton researcher is part of a team which has just secured funding from Google to make the classics and other ancient texts easy to discover and access online. Leif Isaksen at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is working together with Dr Elton Barker at The Open University and Dr Eric Kansa of the University of California-Berkeley on the Google Ancient Places (GAP): Discovering historic geographical entities in the Google Books corpus project, which is one of 12 projects worldwide to receive funding as part of a new Digital Humanities Research Programme funded by Google. The GAP researchers will enable scholars and enthusiasts worldwide to search the Google Books corpus to find books related to a geographic location and within a particular time period. The results can then be visualised on GoogleMaps or in GoogleEarth. The project will run until September next year.... ...read the full article at Alpha Galileo
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I found on the Oxford Blog an interview with Duane Roller who recently wrote a book about Cleopatra, thought that might be interesting for this discussion... Cleopatra Podcast Duane Roller answers the question: Who was the real Cleopatra? Duane Roller clears up Cleopatra
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English language scholarship tends to overlook Roman provinces - aside, of course, from Roman Britain. Anthony King attempts to partially correct that imbalance in Roman Gaul and Germany. Twenty years old and seemingly out of print, the book is worth an attempt to locate it from used vendors. It offers an interesting look into these two provinces, and perhaps a mixed review of Rome's efforts to civilize them. Dr. Anthony King has authored previous books on Roman history, archaeology, military, and religion. He served as senior lecturer in Roman history and archaeology at King Alfred's College, Winchester. King's entreating prose will prove endearing to most readers. His sources are thoughtfully notated in the end, and the book comes included with some choice photographs, illustrations and maps.... ...read the full book review of Roman Gaul and Germany by Anthony King
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Book Review by Ursus English language scholarship tends to overlook Roman provinces - aside, of course, from Roman Britain. Anthony King attempts to partially correct that imbalance in Roman Gaul and Germany. Twenty years old and seemingly out of print, the book is worth an attempt to locate it from used vendors. It offers an interesting look into these two provinces, and perhaps a mixed review of Rome's efforts to civilize them. Dr. Anthony King has authored previous books on Roman history, archaeology, military, and religion. He served as senior lecturer in Roman history and archaeology at King Alfred's College, Winchester. King's entreating prose will prove endearing to most readers. His sources are thoughtfully notated in the end, and the book comes included with some choice photographs, illustrations and maps.... ...read the full book review of Roman Gaul and Germany by Anthony King
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no problem at all Klingan, did anyone hear or read any updates on this stury?
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the greek character that doesnt show at point 4 you can see here as an image... ScreenShot014.bmp
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I contacted the author of that study Cesare Rossi, and he was so kind to authorize me to publish here on his behalf some of his points he made in the papers.... (thanks Cesare!) Dear Christian, tanks for the interest in my work. I am glad to tell you the main points of the contribution that I presented at the World Conference
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Did you know that Romans believed that goats breathed through their ears? Well, that is just the sort of priceless information you can find locked away in A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities. This is a book that takes a lighthearted romp through Roman history to collect some of the more obscure but colorful bits of information... ...read the full review of A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities by J.C. McKeown
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...anyone noticed that this article is from 2007?
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Historians claim to have finally located the site of King Arthur
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Scholars discovered the 100-yard-wide (90-metre-wide) canal at Portus, the ancient maritime port through which goods from all over the Empire were shipped to Rome for more than 400 years. The archaeologists, from the universities of Cambridge and Southampton and the British School at Rome, believe the canal connected Portus, on the coast at the mouth of the Tiber, with the nearby river port of Ostia, two miles away... ...read the full article at the Telegraph
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A tiny clay fragment
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An obscure language in Siberia has similarities to languages in North America, which might reshape history, writes Randy Boswell. A new book by leading linguists has bolstered a controversial theory that the language of Canada's Dene Nation is rooted in an ancient Asian tongue spoken today by only a few hundred people in Western Siberia. The landmark discovery, initially proposed two years ago by U.S. researcher Edward Vajda, represents the only known link between any Old World language and the hundreds of speech systems among First Nations in the Western Hemisphere... ...read the full article at the Ottawa Citizen
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Book Review by Ursus Did you know that Romans believed that goats breathed through their ears? Well, that is just the sort of priceless information you can find locked away in A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities. This is a book that takes a lighthearted romp through Roman history to collect some of the more obscure but colorful bits of information... ...read the full review of A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities by J.C. McKeown
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how much do you pay for shipping on amazon,as most Loeb books there are almost half the 50 AUD you mentioned... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url...amp;x=0&y=0 (little tip, often you see second hand in excellent condition, but they only ship witin the USA, just drop them a mail, very often they do ship it then, saved me lots of money cheers viggen