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    Check this and the links: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/home.html
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    Would one in the Colonies be able to see this via his computer?
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    Is this thread all a cunninge Brit plot?
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    Not today, not tomorrow, and CERTAINLY NOT YESTERDAY! Day after tomorrow? BTW Roman, my 'Hannibal is Rising.' Remember what happened to Hannibal!
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    I always thought that icons were never painted by one person, but rather by many hands. If you look at the right hand of Christ in the last picture, you will see the index and middle fingers fully extended. This represents the two Natures of Christ - Man and God. The thumb, ring and pinkie are enclosed on each other representing the Trinity.
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    I'm talking about the Roman influence on Germanic tribes as suggested in the topic title. I can't speak for everyone else though. Some of the people who have posted in this thread (I refuse to reveal their identities for fear of retribution) may or may not have been under the influence of mind-altering frankincense and granulated amber. P.P., you are correct (as usual) in all you say. However, WE all await your exposition on how these people bid each other Ta-Ta.
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    I am not really sure of what you mean by 'icons', but a good start would be UNRV's 'Roman Gallery'. That failing, I'll give you a few sites; or, do a google search for any particular one that you might like.
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    I am not sure that Masada, in and of itself, was of any great import to the Romans. It was subdued to teach other people a lesson - don't fool around with Rome! If I am not in error, the Israeli army no longer swears in its recruits on Masada. Perhaps the reason is that Masada is not a good example for soldiers.
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    First the glorious Yankees, now the wonderful Pats! What did do to the gods to deserve such horrors? :nopity: :mummy: , you are still going to get spanked!
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    Not all Moslems prohibit pictures of humans - even in their mosques and on their rugs. If they had the ability to strike Arabic ciphers, then they had the ability to strike humans - and did. As far as money lenders is concerned, that is easily overcome by using intermediaries - as is done today by the Saudis. A.D. is absolutely correct about the Maria Teresa. It was a Trade coin. I have one.
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    the Irish were coastal raiders. St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a slave at first. In one of Viggen's archaeological posts there is reference made to Roman artifacts being discovered in Ireland.
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    I think that the Roman name of the city was Colonia Aggripina. What I can't understand is how 50 feet of soil got on top of everything.
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    Don't know how this adds up: Some Roman coins were 'trade' coins. The Turks at first considered themselves successors to the Romans. Their country was called Rum. If they were re-struck, that should be easy enough to see.
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    , but anyway. Between 'Fawlty Towers', 'Black Adder' and 'Are You Being Served', they didn't miss casting aspersions on any person, place (especially Scotland) or thing. I don't think that anyone, even the Royal Family, could have taken offense. It all was done perfectly with that Brit genius and sang froid. The writers know how to use language. Quality! I finally realized that the Cap't Black Adder series is really an anti-war series. I ask any, and all, if there were only four Black Adder series?
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    N.N., I hope that Mr. O'Reiley isn't fixing up Viggen's place. Wish you guys lots of luck with your meeting. Difficult to pull it off in the USA because of the distances. Hope that all y'all have a secretary who will report the goings on to us unfortunates.
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    Heretics! :hang:
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    Gladius xx, you have to alert the Pope and sundry others!
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    Roman Bread

    Gaius Octavius commented on Pertinax's blog entry in The Triclinium

    :notworthy: Did I ever tell you that I :wub: you?
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    Roman Bread

    Gaius Octavius commented on Pertinax's blog entry in The Triclinium

    Ursus, give it a try. You won't regret it. Now, I go off topic, but maybe P :notworthy: can get a handle on this one. A Dutch bread called 'Farmer's Bread'. It is sold in their outdoor markets. It is a deep brown and very dense and moist. Has different grains in it. I understand that it is 'boiled' and not baked. One has to clean off the knife after every slicing. Slathered with butter it is out of this world. The alleged 'Farmers Bread' sold in stores (even in The Netherlands) is not even a reasonable facsimile of the real thing.
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    Tradition, childish or otherwise, is not to be disregarded, especially when other provable sources are absent.
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    I wonder if this is the same Kondratiev who is responsible for the 'Kondratiev Wave' theory in economics?
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    I am certain that you know what the 'Regia' is, but for we uninitiated: http://www.vroma.org/~forum/regia.html
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    I see that you are a devotee of my brother, Basil Fawlty! Actually a 'fence post' has more sense than that broad. Helps to keep proto- humanoids from falling off the edge of the Earth. I think that dumber than a bag of hammer heads is more appropriate.
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    I believe that at one time, during the Pax Romana, the Romans had an army of about 125,000 troopers, the largest minority of whom were stationed in Britain.
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    I wonder from where these folk get the original 'ceremonies' and whatever else the ancients did? Same for the Druid business.
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