Klingan

I might be passing by Rome again next spring, but probably only for a few days and of so early in April. A meeting would be lovely though.

I have indeed taken all of the pictures myself. The museums are however very touchy when it comes to photos. Most Italian museums have a policy dictating that no photos are allowed at all (even if the Italian law makes it clear that it is allowed). The problem also touches publication and if blogging is publishing. I've never heard of one single museum that would allow you to publish a picture (in a book/official page and in theory even in lecture powerpoints) without their expressed permission. One horrible example is Pompeii, where the authorities demand 50

London 2014 it is.

Some of you may recall that I started a blog about 6 months ago while I was in Rome. My intention back then was to keep it alive until I came home and then take it down - copyright wasn't an issue at that stage. I however decided to keep it up after my return as I enjoyed working with it. Still, copyright wasn't a big issue as I had rather few visitors and most of then were personal friends. And I frankly enough assumed that no museum would get offended by not being mentioned, even though the thought struck me. Then again, mentioning a museum in every post would certainly draw unwanted attention to me. The nature of the problem has changed during the last 2 months, my closer friends now constitute a small group of the visitors and I frankly enough expect this trend to continue. I reckon that I should mention who owns the items (as most sites and museums are very protective when it come to photos), yet that might just lead the the attention I don't want. So the problem is basically: Would it be wise to give a reference to the museum/site that owns an item or would it simply make it worse? What are the pros/cons? Klingan

I can't download the file by some reason.

Crayz stuff. That rodent is a lot bigger than my cat!

One of my neighbors have placed it for a few months are among the top 50-60 or so. he's spending far too much time on the game though.

I couldn't agree more. The life and doings of the first emperors has been reported to us by authors who disliked the new system very much.

Greek terminology is a little different, but I reckon that hunting theater is the normal way to translate amphitheater? Anyway do you know any sources on what Amphitheatrum Statilii Tauri was called before it was destroyed? (Suetonius only mention it in the context of it's builder) I am curious, was it also referred to simply as amphiteatrum when it was the only one in Rome. We should perhaps consider the possibility that most amphitheaters was referred to that name, as there would be no need to be more specific normally. And where does the term The Flavian Amphitheater come from? (It might be time for a split thread)

Or like calling Augustus' family "the Julio-Claudian dynasty"; technical terms tend to be used by the historians, not the historic people. The difference is that the Flavian Amphitheater is used as if it was an ancient term. It is even directly stated that it is, in a book from my first course in ancient history.

That the Colosseum was called The Flavian Amphitheater. I have never seen it referred to anything but "Amphiteatrum" in ancient sources.

He would perhaps have a ship, or a number of ships, (depending on how wealthy he was) but I doubt that it/they would be used for slave transportation exclusively and certainly not for such a small group of slaves. I would stick to hitchhiking if possible. A good point no doubt. Paul was (presumably) appealing to the emperor (would that mater?) and he was given some freedom (much more than any new captured slave would have) to walk around on his own in the cities they passed, if we accept the account. Now I won't ever go into the source criticism of the bible, it's like a highly toxic minefield.

Great to see that you're on your way back to us! I'm afraid that my blog is still off site but everyone's still welcome to visit it.

I presume that this is the same find as these ones ("Roman Building, c. 1,800 Years Old, was Exposed in Israel" & "2nd or 3rd century Roman boxer?") Don't take this the wrong way, I very much enjoy all the news you've posted lately!

I reckon that I was still a rather insignificant member when you left the forum, but it's good to see you here again!

I cannot find a good way to formulate this, but I couldn't agree more. Tom is and will be missed for a long time.

I guess I was pretty vague, sorry. There will be a small number of slaves, traveling from Thebes to Rome. I am trying to track down some details to make the journey as authentic as possible. I put some more details in the above reply. Ok, I would say that a guardian of some kind, probably a freedman to the owner (and perhaps one or two guards) would take a ship from Greece to Rome. Whats important to remember here is that sailing was nothing like taking a ferry today. It was much more like hitchhiking on the sea, you took one ship that would get you closer to your destination, no matter where it sailed, then take another and another again. You will find a good example of this in the bible actually (Acts of the Apostles 27-28).

Haha congratulations Neph! I reckon that you're "birthday" here is based on when you joined, right?

There are menorahs depicted in Ostia as well.

The means of transportations would depend on the number and importance of the slaves. What do you have in mind?

Hyginus fabulae

Haha no way, I can't try that too! My blog is taking enough of my time!

The modern art is a temporary exchange from a recently constructed Japanese (?) temple, I doubt that it'll be there for long. They havve more information about it along the Via Apppia.

What's the source for that? I would love to take a look at it!

280 Bc I believe. It is most known for it's Francois tomb though.