Nephele

Looks like Primus Pilus nailed it, with his prediction that Caesarion would escape with his dad, Titus Pullo, and the two would live happily ever after. -- Nephele

Jerash (ancient name, Gerasa), Jordan? -- Nephele

Just got home and logged on and saw all the essay entries posted! Congratulations to The Augusta -- and hails to all the other entrants! Looking forward to reading your essays -- many thanks to all! -- Nephele

What wouldn't I give for a pic of the Pater Arcanae riding on the back of Northern Neil's motorcycle -- wearing goggles and with an aviator scarf streaming in the wind? Wheeee! -- Nephele

It's WotWotius' turn and he's unable to download the pic, so I'm posting this on his behalf. Have at it, everyone! -- Nephele

Precious. As in "Mummy's pweshus snookums kissy kissy kissy." *retch* -- Nephele

You forgot to download the pic first. From the Rules: - No hotlinks, they usually give away the answer. DL the picture you wish to use, rename it and upload it to an image hosting site. Your hotlink reveals this is the Jewry Wall in Leicester, England. Try again, WW. -- Nephele

Bingo! You're up, WotWotius. -- Nephele

Hahahahaha! You rascal! Haven't changed much in all these years, have you, G.O.? Maybe you kids should've fessed up to your moms. Your moms might've declared war on those officers who manhandled their pweshus princelings? Funny story! -- Nephele

Don't be too sure of that. -- Nephele

I noticed your Michigan U. link to Smith's in the posting you did when you helped out Schabbes, and I bookmarked it immediately. Many thanks, PNS! -- Nephele

No, sorry. -- Nephele

Correct! I urge you all to visit it, it must be one of the most underrated archaeological sites in all Italy. The museum and the basilica are very impressive, and it's lots of fun finding the dozens of ruins scattered around the modern village. It must have been a great city, back in the fourth century. Nephele, your turn. Thank you, Maladict -- especially for the recommendation! Okay, here's an easy one this time... -- Nephele

Aquileia! -- Nephele

Turn on your speakers. This is great: The Elements -- Nephele

This goes to prove that the moniker 'Maladict' has deep, esoteric, and dare I say, arcane mean ing! Hehe - and here was I thinking it was his own clever little pun on a certain pope's name Maledict is the goth version of Pope Benedict. That's why I like him so. -- Nephele

Ingsoc, you bear a rare, ancient praenomen of Etruscan origin -- "Lar" -- indicating (in Etruscan) that you are a first-born. You are of the Gratii, and also among those Roman citizens who do not possess a cognomen. Your full Roman name is: Lar Gratius glreauitra -e +s Alternately, you could just be known as... Laterarius glreauitra -g +s Describing your occupation: "brick-maker". -- Nephele

Absolutely agreed, Maladict. That

Just as I was starting to wonder how big a iugerium was, I noticed that UNRV provides a handy chart of area measurements. 200 iugera = 124 acres of farmland. 500 iugera = 310 acres. -- Nephele

It's a big deal to me because I've never been to Pompeii. Now I wonder, should I be able to go someday, what I might have seen if I'd only been able to schedule a visit a few years earlier. So much is being lost every day. The colors and images on the walls are fading or being scraped away by unconscionable tourists. My heart breaks to think of it. I missed out on getting to see Stonehenge up close, as they had just started barring tourists from walking among the stones when I got there. My man remembers walking among the stones back in the 70s. But because of stupid tourists wanting to take back chips as "souvenirs", I never got to walk among the stones. *sigh*. Some people just stink. -- Nephele

Apparently, there is a lot of Pompeii that will never be in the same condition again. Sadly, Pompeii is a frequent target for vandalism. This excerpt from a heart-breaking article which states that Pompeii is the most visited, underfunded, and threatened archaeological site in Italy, reveals what is being lost on a daily basis. Unless security and maintenance of the site have radically changed since 1997 when this article was published, then perhaps, ironically, it will take another eruption of Vesuvius to save Pompeii: Read the entire article here. -- Nephele

Florence? (ancient name: Florentia) -- Nephele

The scum who did that should be placed in indentured servitude until they've worked long enough and hard enough to pay for the restoration of that column. If it's a "statement" they intended to make by vandalizing that column, then their "statement" will be made more meaningful by a sacrifice of their freedom. (Although I suspect that personal sacrifice probably wasn't in the plan when they made their cowardly "statement".) -- Nephele

Yay! Give that man a see-gar! You're up now, Klingan! -- Nephele