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You need to have 10 posts to be able to edit your profile! (and you do have that now) welcome to the plebes cheers viggen

Thanks for the explanation guy, however after just finished again A Short History of Nearly Everything (which is btw. the by far best armchair science book i ever read), i have to ask you in the spirit of this book, "how do we know its the first gold coin from Rome? cheers viggen

thanks for sharing this is very interesting, i cant add to the pig, but i have a question on my own, it says Rom on the reverse, (and in the description it says Roma), did the "A" dissapear or was it common to just write Rom? cheers viggen

Mary Beard muses about death... Death is the one subject we shy away from, and in our frantic obsession with prolonging our lives, the notion of 'a good death' seems to have lost its relevance. Yet 'the art of dying' has been a defining notion throughout history. Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge, explains how the Romans and Greeks approached death and asks whether scenes of showmanship, famous last words, and stoical endings really can help us when we come to face our own inevitable demise. ...listen to it at the BBC

"In the latter days of Rome, the economy was crumbling, the emperor

...to show our appreciatioin to our site contributors (Patricii and Legati), every month one random selected contributor to UNRV.com will receive a small thank you in various shapes and forms. The July winner has been established, after a long and and exciting journey, Nephele was the lucky recepient of this months "thank you" a year subscription of the Archaeology Magazine! Congratulations from UNRV.com and good luck to all the other contributers for August. For those of you who aren't a "premium contributer" yet... just submit a review of a Roman related book or an original article related to our site, and once published on Unrv.com, we'll happily add you to those that are already in 'the club'. cheers viggen

Unfortunately there is no abstract in the conference programme but Prof Rossi also seems to have brought out a book with his theories which is obviously one crying out for some interested party to hunt out and write a review on for UNVR - but you can probably count me out on that option Hehe, that book The Genius of Archimedes... is 230 dollars, not sure those kind of books are dished out freely for reviews.... cheers viggen

thats the best part of the whole story.... Mr Crisp reported the find to the authorities, allowing archaeologists to excavate the site. and follow up at The Australian British treasure trove a link to rogue Roman emperor Carausius

oh Germany was outplayed totally, and you know what Centurion-Marco? If Spain wins on Sunday then New Zealand is the only team in the tournament that has not lost one game, hows that!

The two winner have been chosen, congrats to Dave and Brett! ...if you haven`t signed up at our new list, you can still do that HERE ...and while we at it, our Facebook Page would welcome you all to become a FAN, 15 to go for 200! cheers viggen

Remains of an early Neanderthal with a super strong arm suggest that Neanderthal fellows were heavily pumped up on male hormones, possessing a hormonal status unlike anything that exists in humans today, according to a recent paper. Neanderthal males probably evolved their ultra macho ways due to lifestyle, genes, climate and diet factors, suggests the study, published in the journal Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia... ...read the full article at Discovery News

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Herwig Wolfram`s (University of Vienna) The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples is often refered as must read on that topic.... ...and going through the Duckworths catalogue, this title is not exactly what you are looking for but maybe something (as you have interest in paganism) that might interest you... Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons (Studies in Early Medieval History) cheers viggen

Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial Rome by Ray Laurence Book Review by Ursus Ray Laurence is a Strategic Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and is co-author of Pompeii: The Living City. In his introduction, Laurence states that while attending lectures and working on his PhD thesis, a professor fostered in him an interest in "the history of pleasure." Where cultural studies on pleasure exist, they tend to view the perspective from a utilitarian standpoint - i.e., what was useful to society. Laurence became intrigued by the notion of pleasure as an individual choice; that is to say, Laurence wanted to divorce the study of pleasure from the structural paradigms so loved by professional academics, and instead focus on what people enjoyed doing simply for the sheer hell of it... ...read the full review of Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial Rome by Ray Laurence

The contents of a long-illegible letter written by famed 19th century explorer David Livingstone have finally been deciphered, a British university said Friday, nearly 140 years after he wrote of his despair at ever leaving Africa alive. Researchers say that the letter

yeah, Medusa you should know when I (Austrian) cheers for Germany then something must be wrong hehe, but it is by far the most fun to watch german team ever... I love the Bild Headline Schland Gottes hahaha good luck for the rest of the tournament...

...and that contesting comes from the senior project manager of the dig (Robin Jackson), so basically the BBC reporter needs a gentle slap on his wrist hehe, but as already been stated earlier, female gladiator headlines sell...

yeah, early goal helped them, but i am amazed how the germans are so good especially how they always find space in the middle, very impressive so far... considering that the average age of that team is way below 25, it`s frightning to think how strong they will play at the next world cup

Archaeologists in Herefordshire have uncovered the remains of what could possibly be a female gladiator. Amongst the evidence of a Roman suburb in Credenhill, they have found the grave of a massive, muscular woman. She was found in an elaborate wooden coffin, reinforced with iron straps and copper strips, which indicate her importance. Her remains were found in a crouched position, in what could be a suburb of the nearby Roman town of Kenchester... ...read the full article at the BBC

Legends allege that the last queen of Egypt died from a snakebite. But a new study could rewrite history. Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, died from swallowing a lethal drug cocktail and not from a snake bite, a new study claims. According to Christoph Sch

around 100 AD in southern Noricum, I could have had a roman lifestyle and kept celtic traditions at the same time, i would be far away from all the troublesome borders and enjoy life

wow, Brazil just lost 2:1 against The Netherlands.... didnt expect that...

Below are the newest releases for July.... Mons Graupius AD 83: Rome's battle at the edge of the world The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome Between Rome and Carthage: Southern Italy during the Second Punic War Slavery in the Roman World (Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization) The Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135: A Military Analysis Pompeii (Duckworth Archaeological Histories) Fasti Romani: The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Justin II (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) (Volume 1) Livy on the Hannibalic War [Hardcover] Roman Historiography (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) [Hardcover] Ways of Being Roman: Discourses of Identity in the Roman West [Paperback] The Carlisle Millennium Project: Excavations in Carlisle, 1998-2001, Volume 2: The Finds (Lancaster Imprints) [Hardcover] The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction? [Hardcover] Greek and Roman Aesthetics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) [Hardcover] The Roman Watermills and Settlement at Ickham, Kent (Archaeology of Canterbury) [Hardcover] Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered [Hardcover] Borkowski's Textbook on Roman Law [Paperback] Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom [Paperback] Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra Under Roman Control [Paperback] Passions and Moral Progress in Greco-roman Thought [Paperback] Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era [Paperback] Cult Places and Cultural Change in Republican Italy: A Contextual Approach to Religious Aspects of Rural Society after the Roman Conquest Roman Christianity and Roman Stoicism: A Comparative Study of Ancient Morality [Hardcover] I also updated the Bestselling in June page...

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A new system that took a couple hours to decipher much of the ancient language Ugaritic could help improve online translation software. In his 2002 book Lost Languages, Andrew Robinson, then the literary editor of the London Times