ummidia quadratilla

salona, croatia?

Is it in Italy?

Boudica Warrior Queen 2003 (with Alex Kingston)

Spain?

is it in Turkey?

That was quick. Yes it's Gortyn. Your turn Maladict.

It took a while to find that it was Alesia but it looks like a site I'd like to visit. Here is my next submission:

Alesia?

Yes, it's the Roman town on Kos.

I like it. But then I once painted my family room/kitchen red (terra cotta) and warm gold/beige, a similar colour scheme. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Does anyone know if they furnished it?

Would it help if I said it was on an island? I think that would be a healthy clue.

It's not in Israel or Caesarea. It's also not in Turkey but that's closer.

I had a little trouble figuring out how to upload my photo. Hope this works.

The Roman theatre at Plovdiv Bulgaria. Are there any rules to this game I should know about? I've just discovered it and I don't want to go through all 71 pages(!) to try to discover them.

Saw the Eagle last night and thought it was better than expected and better than reviewed in my local paper. I'm not really a big fan of fighting and violent movies so would probably not have gone to this movie if it wasn't set in Roman Britain. It was definately better than The Centurion. I thought the acting was good. Donald Sutherland was better than he was in Pillars of the Earth. The scenes of Scotland were amazing. I liked seeing the Roman house inside and out. There was just a quick view or two of Hadrian's Wall. I would have liked to have seen more. The Wall was treated (as in Sutcliff's book) like a defense that it wasn't safe to go beyond, which from everything I've read isn't really true. I thought the Seal people looked too much like Mohawk Indians and didn't think they would always be covered in woad. There were other things I would have changed but I've probably said enough and don't want to add spoilers. I think most of the audience enjoyed it.

It's opening in my city (in Canada) today and the review in the local paper gave it 2 stars out of 5. I'm planning on going tonight and will let you know what I think without giving any spoilers.

I'm not sure that the Romans collectively thought that the empire would come to an end, but I'm sure there were individuals, in power and out, that had the imagination to see an end sometime in the distant future. In response to Ursus' comment "I think by the time of the late 3rd century they had been finally clued in that expansion was at an end, but total defeat seemed a remote choice." I've just been reading Everitt's biography on Hadrian and it seems that Hadrian in the early second century made the concious decision to halt expansion and build boundaries around the empire in order to prevent a downfall. Of course, that didn't stop later emperors from trying. I also was confused by Dr. Fears comment that democracy is not a value in the Middle East and then he goes on to say that "no people have ever had a true democracy who were not touched in some way by the genius of the Greeks." The Middle East was as touched by the Greeks as Europe (maybe more), so theoretically it should be a value there. It's not as if the West have had democracies throughout history since the Greeks.

I'm from Canada - Victoria, British Columbia (on Vancouver Island) where I was born. I did live on the mainland (Vancouver) for a few years but couldn't stay away. I wouldn't mind living in Britain for a year or so to see all the historical sites and to travel regularly to Europe, Turkey and North Africa to see the Roman ruins. I love history (especially Roman) but there is a decided lack of historical sites here. There may be history but it is invisible - nothing much older than 150 years!

Thanks Nephele It is wonderful to know I have royal blood. As long as the imperial family treat me well, I won't run away to Gaul and start a liberation movement! ummidia

Here is my full name scrambled: aammoolsom culgleir And here is my first and last names scrambled: mlamaomlr cog I'm curious to see how it will turn out. Thanks for doing this Nephele.

I'm new here as well. I'm from Vancouver Island (Canada) and came across this site when researching a short story I was writing set in Vindolanda during the building of Hadrian's Wall. Last autumn I had the pleasure of spending a day and a half near Haltwhistle and went to Housesteads Fort and Vindolanda. I need to go back and see the rest of the wall. That trip also took me to the south of France where I went to the Theatre at Orange and the Pont du Gard. I finished my honours degree in Greek and Roman Studies (focus on Roman Social History) in 2002 as a mature student who decided to follow her passion in her thirties. Anyway I love this site and will start posting, especially now that I realize I can improve my position in society!