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A Roman fort which has been discovered in Cornwall is challenging previous historical views about the South West. Pottery and pieces of slag have been found at the undisclosed location near St Austell, suggesting an ironworks. Experts said the discovery challenges previous thinking about the region's history as it had been thought Romans did not settle much beyond Exeter. John Smith, from Cornwall Historic Environment Service, said: "This is a major discovery, no question about it. Mr Smith said: "For Roman Britain it's an important and quite crucial discovery because it tells us a lot about Roman occupation in the South West that was hitherto completely unexpected. "The other Roman sites we know about [in Cornwall] have occupation in the 1st Century AD, of about 50 AD to 80 AD, and that fits in with what we know about Exeter. "In finding the pottery and glass, it's saying the occupation is much longer and goes from 60 AD up to about 250 AD, which turns the whole thing on its head... ...read the full article at the BBC

...from their Q&A Can I use my NOOK while traveling abroad? Yes, when you travel abroad, you can read any files that are already on your NOOK. You can connect to Wi-Fi

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We did a review of this book a while back, defenitely worth a look http://www.unrv.com/book-review/beginnings-of-rome.php cheers viggen

A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that, in contrast to traditional scholarly claims, Dionysian cultic activities may very well have occurred in archaic Rome in the decades around 500 BC. A strong scholarly tradition rooted in the 19th century denies the presence of Dionysian ecstatic rites, cults, and satyr plays in Roman society. Although people in nearby societies evidently engaged in such behaviour around the same time in history, the Romans simply did not, according to early scholars. British scholars often stressed how much their people had in common with the Romans, not least as statesmen and colonists... ...read the full article at Alpha Gallileo ...his thesis can be downloaded here http://gupea.ub.gu.se/bitstream/2077/22099...077_22099_1.pdf

added Dio Cassisus Rome Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 1 of 6 diocassiusromevol1.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 2 of 6 diocassiusromevol2.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 3 of 6 diocassiusromevol3.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 4 of 6 diocassiusromevol4.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 5 of 6 diocassiusromevol5.pdf Dio Cassius Roman History Vol 6 of 6 diocassiusromevol6.pdf

...so the romans invented rugby?

...they are just as bad as the rest of the favourites (exept argentina) but that is for me the indication that they are particular dangerous then hehe here the nice overview from Fifa http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/standings/index.html

yeah most of the so called favourites are not so really awesome hehe... usually when that happens Italy becomes world champion...

And what was the Teotoberg forest? Any link where we can read up more on it? Here some infos on Arminius and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest cheers viggen

Alistair Forrest first novel, Libertas, is now available as an e-book at just under five dollars.. ...but for a limited time (offer ends Tuesday June 22) he is offering it for free to our members!!! If you are interested visit Smashbooks (free registration at their site) click add to cart and then enter the code QZ87V (not case sensitive) at checkout for a free copy. The download is then available in formats like, HTML, PDF, MOBI (for Kindle) and many more... Libertas is based on the Battle of Munda (BCE45) when Julius Caesar crushed the sons of Pompey in southern Spain. This what author Douglas Jackson (Caligula and Claudius) had to say: "Alistair Forrest's Libertas is a fast-moving tale of fortitude, survival and eventual retribution told against the background of Rome's bloody civil war. Forrest vividly recreates the epic battle that gave Caesar the prize he sought so avidly." ...don`t forget to visit his blog, Who am I? Where am I? it has a Fun Quiz which currently features excerpts from Robert Harris's Imperium and Colleen McCullough's Antony and Cleopatra. cheers viggen

...interesting, i found the link for the research lab in vienna, i am not a nuclear physicist, so maybe you find the answer there you were looking for http://isotopenforschung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=1570

I think you have to see that in context, i mean if the average roman had 48 then the average non roman had probably even much less, so in a world surrounded by 38s you rule (according to this effect) with 48 , apart from measuring intelligence via IQ tests is heavily disputet by several scientists...

For several thousands of years, ancient Egypt dominated the Mediterranean world

added several more works from Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero Cato Maior de Senectute cicerocatomaior.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero History of famous Orators cicerobrutus.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero`s Tusculan Disputations cicerotusculan.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream cicerodeamicitia.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 cicerolettersvol1.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero cicerotheorations.pdf Marcus Tullius Cicero Treatises on Friendship and Old Age cicerotreatises.pdf

Opera Omnia, if you have some spare cash... Does anyone know more about this book?

Austria's national library said Tuesday it has struck a 30-million-euro deal with US Internet giant Google to digitise 400,000 copyright-free books, a vast collection spanning 400 years of European history. Johanna Rachinger, the head of the ONB library, hailed what she called an "important step," arguing at a news conference that "there are few projects on such a scale elsewhere in Europe." The Austrian library project concerns one of the world's five biggest collections of 16th- to 19th-century literature, totalling some 120 million pages, the ONB said in a statement.... ...via AFP I guess the scare of a couple of years ago where the library almost burned down made the decision easier to preserve the works. The Austrian National Library has some very very interesting works like the Vienna Discurides

Bones offer insight into the royal life of Eadgyth, who was married off to a German king in 929 by her brother Athelstan. Analysis of remains found in a German cathedral have not only confirm they belonged to the granddaughter of the English king Alfred the Great but also given an insight into the life and times of a Saxon princess. Eadgyth (roughly pronounced Edith) was packed off by her brother as a diplomatic gift to Otto, the king of Saxony, more than 1,000 years ago. She died aged 36 and her remains were thought to have been lost forever until body parts were found wrapped in silk in a lead coffin two years ago... ...read the full article at the Guardian

in case someone wants to follow up on this story and the Gabii project, here are some official links, Official Flickr Official blog cheers viggen

wasn`t the fact to show a living persons head on a coin alone inconsistent with the usual republican tradition? in anycase here is another fine one in silver ... M JUNIUS BRUTUS AR-Denarius, 3,59 g. Mint moving with Brutus. summer 42 Bc.. Obv.: L PLAET CEST / BRVT IMP Head of Brutus r. Rev.: EID MAR Pileus between two daggers. *A classical author, Dio Cassius Extremely rare and the finest known specimen! FDC Beautiful tone. Swiss private collection http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=7671

LOL, Spain looses against Switzerland, History repeats itself, they just dont manage to get a efficient team going at the world cups...

In the Hebrew bible (Yisheyah 14:12), though, your Lucifer is called "Heylel ben Shachar" ("shining son of the morning"). And I believe the reference is to Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon -- not to any Roman deity. (I'm not a bible scholar, either, but I am familiar with the Jewish bible. ) ...interesting explanation how lucifer the light bearer turned into the prince of darkness... In the original Hebrew text, the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah is not about a fallen angel, but about a fallen Babylonian king, who during his lifetime had persecuted the children of Israel. It contains no mention of Satan, either by name or reference. The Hebrew scholar could only speculate that some early Christian scribes, writing in the Latin tongue used by the Church, had decided for themselves that they wanted the story to be about a fallen angel, a creature not even mentioned in the original Hebrew text, and to whom they gave the name "Lucifer." Why Lucifer? In Roman astronomy, Lucifer was the name given to the morning star (the star we now know by another Roman name, Venus). The morning star appears in the heavens just before dawn, heralding the rising sun. The name derives from the Latin term lucem ferre, bringer, or bearer, of light." In the Hebrew text the expression used to describe the Babylonian king before his death is Helal, son of Shahar, which can best be translated as "Day star, son of the Dawn." The name evokes the golden glitter of a proud king's dress and court (much as his personal splendor earned for King Louis XIV of France the appellation, "The Sun King"). The scholars authorized by ... King James I to translate the Bible into current English did not use the original Hebrew texts, but used versions translated ... largely by St. Jerome in the fourth century. Jerome had mistranslated the Hebraic metaphor, "Day star, son of the Dawn," as "Lucifer," and over the centuries a metamorphosis took place. Lucifer the morning star became a disobedient angel, cast out of heaven to rule eternally in hell. Theologians, writers, and poets interwove the myth with the doctrine of the Fall, and in Christian tradition Lucifer is now the same as Satan, the Devil, and --- ironically --- the Prince of Darkness. via LDS Mormon

Sorry, what exactly do you mean by that? cheers viggen

...yeah congrats to the All Whites.... oh and later on Brazil just got barely past North Korea, haven`t seen such a disciplined defensive job in a while, therefore no Samba from the yellow and blue, exept that magic shot to 1:0 that defied physics hehe