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When I was offered the chance to review this book I was at first surprised and honored. I thus began my reading immediately upon its arrival at my home, despite quite a busy schedule (moving place and all that). Its 177 pages of text (201 pages when one does include the various index and notes) were written in an easy, rather pleasing way. As for its content, let

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thanks everyone, i had a glass or two on all of you... cheers viggen

...yes we had to take the forum, blog and gallery offline but that was part of the upgrade, which is btw done, however due to the completely new look and feel system that the newest version has in its place, it will take a few more days till we have the newest forum version online and working, (which may result in a very very short downtime again), we are currently only updating the forum, blog and gallery has to wait till some denarii are floating in from somewhere... cheers viggen

Below are the newest releases for March.... The Secret History, with Related Texts Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World Why America Is Not a New Rome The Romans in the Age of Augustus Polybius' Histories (Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature) Year of the Passover: Jesus and the Early Christians in the Roman Empire Imperial Mines and Quarries in the Roman World Agricola and the Germania (Penguin Classics) The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization Augustus, First Roman Emperor: Power, Propaganda and the Politics of Survival I also updated the Bestselling in February page...

The Culture of the Roman Plebs by Nicholas Horsfall delves into the everyday life of the common man in Ancient Rome. What did he do for entertainment? What songs did he sing? What plays did he watch? What did he talk about at the tavern? These are but a few questions that the author proposes to answer. ...read the full review of The Culture of the Roman Plebs by Nicholas Horsfall

The Livii have now their own page Surnames of the Livii thanks Nephele for another great chapter of your Surnames... cheers viggen

...lol ice fishing, i think i would even participate.... tragic deadly accident at the luge competition Medal Count 13th of February 1. USA------------1 1 2 4 2. South Korea 1 1 - 2 3. Netherlands 1 - - 1 . Switzerland-----1 - - 1 . Slovakia 1 - - 1 6. Germany - 1 - 1 . Canada - 1 - 1 . Poland - 1 - 1 9. Austria - - 1 1 . France - - 1 1 . Russia - - 1 1

As Austrian, this is the most important sport event, (just two medals less then the mighty USA, not bad hey), and as this time it is in Canada, so American friendly time, which events are you going to watch? As for me anything with skies attached ( ), (clip from the most awesome Slalom race in the world the Schladming night race (50.000 along the track) and cheers viggen

I always thought that Adriano Celentano had something that i miss on most italians of today, the emperor look... , ---At 0:31 , Adriano looks like a Roman Emperor ...speaking of italian and emperor looks; watch Pavarotti at the last 10 seconds from 2:57 to end, i could imagine that this was how an emperor looked when he knew he has won the battle.... cheers viggen

As all at UNRV know, I`m more of a philhellene than a romanophile even though I did study both civilizations during my studies and had more courses on the latter than on the former. I did also concentrate on warfare, a topic which of course would lead to some cross-civilization studies, especially around the 2nd and 1st century B.C. In the book currently under review this experiences is quite helpful because it does examine, among other, fights which happened between the two cultures, be it the campaigns of Pyrrhos of Epeiros or the battles against the Macedonian and Seleucid forces... ...read the full review of Great Battles of the Hellenistic World by Pietrykowski Joseph

...now also on National Geographic...

Below are the newest releases for February.... A Companion to Roman Rhetoric A Companion to the Roman Republic Roman Homosexuality: Second Edition (Paperback) Roman Battle Tactics 390-110 BC The Ides: Caesar's Murder and the War for Rome The Lost Memoirs of Augustus The Lusitanian War: Viriathus the Iberian Against Rome The Spartacus War (Paperback) A.D. 381: Heretics, Pagans, and the Christian State (Paperback) Popular Culture in Ancient Rome (Paperback) Slavery: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Ancients & Moderns) (Paperback) The Urbanization of Etruria: Funerary Practices and Social Change, 700-600 BC Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook Italy and the West: Comparative Issues in Romanization Ways of Being Roman: Discourses of Identity in the Roman West Project Lessons from the Roman Empire: An Ancient Guide to Modern Project Management (Paperback) Lives behind the Laws: The World of the Codex Hermogenianus I also updated the Bestselling in January page...

Good Grief, this video was up till recent an official ad on the austrian armed forces website, till the press discovered it and an uproar made them remove it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJV6ziVZYDk ....so fear the austrian army, because we will steal your young girls, yeah and of course we make our enemies laugh to death....

Itching on my left index finger, scratching it, next day waking up with swollen finger plus blood infection ---> Result; doctor cut it open, giving me a huge bandage, getting sick leave and unable to do the simplest tasks without needing endless time...

A 2,221-year-old silver coin dug up as part of a hoard is the oldest piece of Roman money ever found in Britain. Dating from 211 BC and found near the Leicestershire village of Hallaton, the coin was uncovered with 5,000 other coins, a helmet and a decorated bowl. Unearthed in 2000 by a metal detectorist, staff at the nearby Harborough Museum have only just realised its significance... ...read the full article at the Daily Mail

In 79 CE, Vulcan pounded his forge beneath Vesuvius a little too harshly, and fiery destruction was rained down on several communities in its wake. Bad for the people living there, but good for us: Towns like Pompeii have yielded innumerable archaeological treasures about life in Roman towns in the first century. In Fires of Vesuvius, Mary Beard lends the latest voice of classical inquiry into this subject, furnishing a cautionary and skeptical account of the material remains of Pompeii and what we can conclude from them... ...read the full review of The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard

...god damm stock checking hehe, we had to do that last of last week, about 50.000 items in total (we have about 3.500 sqm sales floor), a whole saturday evening and a full sunday wasted on this age old bookkeeping must, i hate it with a passion....

Slate may show early colonist efforts to communicate with Indians. With the help of enhanced imagery and an expert in Elizabethan script, archaeologists are beginning to unravel the meaning of mysterious text and images etched into a rare 400-year-old slate tablet discovered this past summer at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America... ...full article at National Geographic

...oh no, that one isn`t from me, its from our local newspaper, i uploaded some i made though now....

Historians love to identify

This saturday i went to the first open air hockey game in austria (since well the old days), it took place in the soccer stadium of Klagenfurt in front of a capacity crowd of 30.500. It was magic, i never expected it to be so good. The atmosphere, the view, the game (my team won). You know, in my province hockey rulez, not soccer but hockey, always has been, so it was no surprise that despite the currently two worst teams in our league playing,tickets were sold out within 4 hours, and according to officials 90.000 requests for tickets came in.... I upload some more photos tonight...

thanks Nephele for another excellent piece on the surnames of the Republic, has now its own page... cheers viggen

Rosemary Sutcliff