Gaius Paulinus Maximus

Maybe the female was worshiped in the begining because they were the one's that gave life to man and maybe the early men believed that because of this amazing feat the mother deserved to be worshipped but as time moved on and they all evolved, man came to realise that he was the strongest, the hunter gatherer and that maybe he deserved to be worshipped above the weaker female??? Who knows???

Lets cut all the conspiracy theory rubbish and just face facts that there are people in the world today who are willing to die for the cause and don't care how many innocent people die with them just as long as the world know's that they mean business

wow what a fantastic site! it's pretty awe inspiring to see what it looked like in all it's glory Cheers P.C

The Manda Scott 'Boudica' series of books is pretty good, although it's probably about 60% fiction it has all the timescales, battles, all the major characters involved, Boudica, prasutagas, caratacus, Decianus Catus, Paulllinus, Nero etc, it gives a bit of an insight into what these people may have been like. Yes ok it is only a novel and should not be taken for historical fact but after reading it , it made me want to know a little bit more about the truth of it so i did a bit of research and now i'm a bit more clued up on that period of history So i think it just go's to show that even if it's not accurate, if it sets you on the right tracks to finding out the truth in the long run then it's a good place to start

Click here for an exellent tribal map. And what an excellent map it is too, a very good find

I'm still waiting for the perfect Caesar to come along, i guess i've made my own mind up about what he was like and nobody as yet got him right, but i must admit Hinds was pretty good

well im glad thats sorted out

I personally think London is just too big where as York has everything that we would require all within walking distance of each other making the whole thing easier to arrange, but i'm pretty easy so what ever the majority decides is good with me

Lets put ourselves in Octavian's shoes, who given the chances he had would not have done the same, he had the opportunity to take total control of the most powerful city in the world, make himself rich, secure his family's future and also play a major part in Romes future, it would be pretty had to turn that sort of opportunity down dont you think? Also if Octavian had not have gone down that road he would probably have been murdered due to his connection to Caesar so i think his options were pretty limited anyway and besides if Octavian hadn't done it then who?? Marc Antony? would he have been half as good an emperor as Augustus? i very much doubt it

Welcome Jasmine and enjoy!

Looks pretty good to me but only you can decide, let us know how you get on

All you need to time travel is a flux capacitor, doc Emmit Brown perfected it with a little help from Marty Mcfly

prove it

I think Crassus felt like he was the lesser of the other triumvirs and although he was probably the richest man in Rome he'd had no real success on the battlefield where as Caesar and Pompey were already accomplished generals, no matter how rich you were the people of Rome would always love a war hero above everyone else and although he had the status of wealth he never really had the love of the people

Ok we've had favourite historical film now lets find out what everbody's fovourite historical book is fact or fiction? my favourite fiction book is probably Eagle in the snow by Wallace Breem, Simon Scarrow's eagle series of books are also up there, another favourite is the Roma sub rosa series about Gordianus the finder by Steven Saylor. Fact books- Michael Grant's history of Rome takes some beating it's got pretty much everything you need to know about the rise and fall of Rome Ok guys whats yours??

yep that's the one, it's one of those books that you just dont want to put down, if the film is half as good as the book it should be pretty good

York would be my first choice because its pretty close to home and has an excellent choice of public houses , secondly i'd go for chester, i think london is just too big and would turn out to be a very expensive trip

Im after a bit of help and advice from you guys, I would like to improve my knowledge of ancient history mainly ancient rome, although i read many books on the subject i still feel this isn't enough and after listening to some of the people in this forum i realise that my knowledge is pretty limited so i would like to do a course of some sort to help me along. I work full time and have a family so a full time course is out of the question, im looking for something in the evenings or even online. does anyone have any suggestions? thanks Maximus

Bigus Digus does it for me every time!!

Can anybody possibly be that stupid????????? Blonde or not that really takes the biscuit!(sorry couldn't resist)

Hello all, sounds like a great idea, im all for it, should be pretty interesting to see you all in person, i'm northern too but can travel so anywhere's good for me(as long as there's a couple of beers involved)

my top 5 would have to go something like this 1. Braveheart 2. Gladiator 3 Last samurai 4. Sparticus 5. The godfather trilogy(its sort of historical ..... is it?)

Ave i've also been a member for a while now but unlike most of you guy's i've never been to university to study history or for that matter probably never will, infact i've no need to anyway because there's so many knowledgeable people on this site that every days a school day I'm just an average working class guy who happens to have a love of ancient rome and although my contributions will probably never blow you away and most of the time you'll be correcting me or telling me to get my facts right, well go easy on me IM STILL LEARNING who know's one day i might even be able to hold my own in the ring with some of you guy's...........but im not holding mt breath!!!!! cheers, keep up the good work maximus

thanks for pointing this out i'll be nipping out to my local bookshop as soon as this message has been sent you cant beat a good gladiator story