Nephele

I don't watch The History Channel on teevee, but they do produce some outstanding shows that I purchase on DVD. Such as Cities of the Underworld. -- Nephele

"Prawn Stars" hahaha! Having just seen District 9, I like that. I vote "Prawn" as the science-fiction racial epithet of this new decade. As for The History Channel, for the longest time, I thought it was the WW II Nazis vs. Allies Channel. It seemed as though every time I tuned in, World at War was being repeated. That was awhile back, though, when I still used to watch teevee. -- Nephele

I sure wish I could roll my r's as that reader does. But I'm afraid it's not to be for this Noo Yawker. *sigh* -- Nephele

May you have an excellent day! -- Nephele

You'll find JGolomb's announcement here: http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=101527 It appears that you will need to do a few things beforehand, in order to participate in the chat. Instructions can be found here: http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm -- Nephele

I'm watching the 3rd season of The Tudors right now. In fact, tonight I just finished episode 5. Before this, I watched District 9. -- Nephele

Since many of us may not quite be out of the holiday spirit yet (well, we've still got Twelfth Night to go

Fides Nemo, you come from an old Italian gens

Hoping you have a very cool New Year's Eve and birthday today, Doc! Party hard! -- Nephele

I picked up the DVD for Season 3 today, and watched the first episode tonight. So far I'm enjoying this

An early (and envious) "happy birthday" to you. And, welcome to UNRV. -- Nephele

Nicely explained, Klingan! Kajanto, in his massive work The Latin Cognomina, gives CIL references for individual cognomina inscriptions. The first one I tried at the CIL site gave me "the normal answer" that you'd mentioned. I didn't see an accompanying ILS number, though. My second attempt, on the cognomen "Crispio" yielded two "squeezes" and a bibliography reference: Sayar, Mustafa Hamdi Perinthos-Herakleia (Marmara ereglisi) und Umgebung. Geschichte, Testimonien, griechische und lateinische Inschriften. Wien: Verlag der

Are you adressing me or Scylla? Listen up, both of you. This nonsense stops NOW. There will be no more baiting or little "digs" or belittlement or name-calling between either of you. You are both making UNRV look like a friggin' schoolyard, and it's getting pretty damn tiresome playing "teacher" with you both. No one gives a crap how clever either of you may think you are. Neil and I are in agreement that you both should be placed on moderated status if there is any more of this nonsense. Got it? I strongly advise you both to refrain from responding to each other in these topics, and definitely refrain from making passing references to each other that only serve to invite more of this. Behave yourselves, for crapsake. You're both making me very cranky. -- Nephele

Yay for cranky Santa. -- Nephele

Nicely done, Albert! I see you have a deviantART page. -- Nephele

Here are a couple pictures of my little dogs. We got a lot of snow here in New York on Saturday evening. The next morning, my man had to shovel a path

Pretty tree! Does your cat enjoy climbing up into it? Merry Christmas! -- Nephele

I'm not going to pay good money to Starz to see this, but if it comes out on DVD I may borrow it from my public library for free. Lots of splatter, I noticed. -- Nephele

I strongly advise both of you

Birthday hails to you, C-M! -- Nephele

The Jewish population did not fare badly under Julius Caesar, who showed his gratitude for Antipater's help during the civil war with Pompey by prevailing upon Cleopatra to improve the status of Jews in Alexandria. Caesar also (to quote historian Michael Grant, The Jews in the Roman World) "promulgated a series of measures confirming the freedom of worship and privileged autonomous status of Jewish communities in Phoenicia and Asia Minor. Such decrees were not new, but the extent and detailed character of the edicts attributed to Caesar seem to justify their description as 'a veritable Magna Carta' guaranteeing the privileges of the Jewish Dispersion." In the city of Rome and its environs, there was a significant Jewish population, and synagogues were granted autonomous administration of their communal property. Conditions for the Jews began to deteriorate under the reign of the emperors, though. Others here can elaborate further. Pardon? -- Nephele

Neater than reindeer! That plane has a red nose so it must be Rudolf... Merry Christmas, Happy Saturnalia and Great Holidays! Don't forget that Rudolf is know as "Ragnagord, The evil reindeer overlord" nowadays! Happy holidays everyone! Hahaha! Ragnagord visits my house every year, because I celebrate a gothic Christanukkah. -- Nephele

Neater than reindeer! I really enjoy your illustrations, JP! Happy Holidays to all! -- Nephele

"The Sicarians were, to say the least, not deeply attached to the Jewish faith. The archaeologists also discovered the bodies of people who tried to flee from the violence." Thanks for the more direct link. -- Nephele