Ursus

Having read an advance review of Goldsworthy's book, I may have to get a copy. The Strauss book also looks interesting and is fairly cheap.

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Hail, Nephele! An excellent article in observance of the Ides. I just want to mention a Julian of the imperial era, whom I found interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Julius_Ursus_Servianus

North America suffers from a severe lack of Roman battlefields and monuments .... so, no, I can't say i have.

Howdy, Aurelia. Welcome aboard.

Yuengling and its variants is a decent enough beer if you cant find anything else. At least I think so. Dogfish head makes some good craft beers ..... I like their Indian Brown Ale.

Yes, I had been drinking. [hic!] I second Moon. Outmeal stouts are very good.

Wow. A woman who looks like Guinness. You're a rare and welcome breed. The stuff in the bottle doesn't compare to draft. Just keep that in mind.

While the Julii did not spawn quite as many magistrates during the era of Rome's Republic as did at least a dozen other notable gentes, the Julii nevertheless were one of the earliest and most distinguished families of ancient Rome. Livy (1.3) tells us how the Julii descended from and took their nomen gentilicium from Iulus, an alternate name of Ascanius, who was the son of the Trojan chief Aeneas. As legend told that Aeneas was the son of Anchises and the goddess Venus, the Julii thereafter claimed divine descent from Venus -- an extraordinary claim which C. Julius Caesar (five times consul, 59, 48, 46, 45, and 44 BCE) was by no means reticent to use often and to his advantage for impressing both civilians and troops.... Read the full article here.

Best wishes, Chris. I hope you make it a good one.

I'm sure thats the same attitude many Germans had during the holocaust. You're free to take the next ticket to Darfur and stand up for humanity (or whatever), rather than make obnoxious posts on an internet forum about socially aware you are.

God Bless America.

Hail!

Salve, Prisce. I was on SVR briefly years ago, and enjoyed it. Be welcome here and feel free to jump into discussions.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=101551114

Excellent. Thank you, both.

I voted "I don't care." There will always be lunacy and violence in some part of the world, whether well-known or remote. If people want to scream at the top of their lungs about it and proclaim themselves good humanitarians because of said knowledge, that is their affair. But I don't consider it a benchmark of an educated mind. I imagine there is a lot of lunacy and violence in the streets of Chicago your classmates could just as equally worry about. And since it is closer to home, they'd be in a better position to do something about it if they feel so inclined.

"Chronicling the life of Mithridates has been a fascinating experience, and I strongly suspect that, even after two millenia, the defiant Pontic battle king will still attract new followers," opines doctor Philip "Maty" Matyszak. If this prediction is borne out, it will be due to nothing less than the author's meticulous scholarship and enchanting prose, both of which vividly animate an unforgettable yet heretofore largely unknown persona in Roman history. With the grand politics of the late Republic, enthralling military clashes, and larger than life personalities sketched by an eloquent pen, this could very well be the book of the year for Romanophiles..." Read the full review here .... Read the related interview here ....

http://www.unrv.com/book-review/assasination.php

Seems to be a month for birthdays, ne?

All of which certainly describes Charisma.

Happy Birthday

May I suggest to Maty he make a sequel to this on Alexandria-by-Egypt? That would be very interesting.

As one might expect, the book is similar in scope to Matyszak's Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day. Rather than the standard dry academic format, the book's conceit is that is written from the perspective of a narrator who serves as tour guide to a living, breathing ancient city. The time frame is a generation after the Persian Wars and just prior to the start of the wars with Sparta, though the omniscient narrator has knowledge of events in both the near and distant futures. The period was chosen because it offered a glimpse of Athenian culture near the height of its golden era, but before (as the author states) a "certain innocence was lost" through the later greed and depravations of an empire destined to be overthrown... Read the full review here .....

Fourth Level of Hell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just before the river Styx is the Fourth Level of Hell. Here, the prodigal and the avaricious suffer their punishment, as they roll weights back and forth against one another. You will share eternal damnation with others who either wasted and lived greedily and insatiably, or who stockpiled their fortunes, hoarding everything and sharing nothing. Plutus, the wolf-like demon of wealth, dwells here.