Titus Maccius Plautus

Thank you, I had those saved to Favourites already. I was afraid of something like this, well... inevitably, happening. Intriguing! I'll check that out! Thank you. Is there any serious research about Caligula's actual state of mind, and the political situation at that time, and perhaps a correlation between them?

I found all the English translations, but I was wondering if the original texts, not even the Latin transcriptions, but the real things are anywhere to be found. Maybe in a museum or library. I see. Maybe it was Germanicus's popularity that led to his association with the possible 'populares'. Nope! just good ol' Caligula Anyway, are you familiar with other contemporary sources (with Caligula of course) or some that would praise him? Thank you.

Salve! Long time no see! I believe this is the proper part of the forum where to post this. Here it goes: I'm doing what I call a 'pseudo' research on the emperor Gaius (for a faculty research project) and I was wondering if the original texts of Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Philo of Alexandria, Plinius the Elder, Tacitus, Flavius Josephus, Seneca, Juvenal have survived, and if so where can one find them now? Are there any other sources that mention him apart from these ones? I'm mainly interested in the contemporary ones. :S Another question: how intense were the 'fights' between the optimates and populares at that moment, and I remember reading some time ago about his parents siding with the populares. Please shed some light upon this.

Salve! I tried to tranlate it, but then I thought I should only make a correction of your own, even though I haven't had anything to do with Latin for more than two years. ( I hope this is accurate): Impleto infernis mortui ambulabunt super terram. 1. Why 'infernis'? infernus, a, um - is an adjective. You can find the noun only in plural : inferi, orum ( 2nd declension, masc.), or inferna, orum ( 2nd declension, neuter), and the case, like you said Ablative. 2.Why 'ambulabunt'? This is the indicative future tense ( 3rd person plural). "ambulabant, on the other hand is the indicative imperfect tense ( 3rd person plural). For the future tense you have the verb ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum ->conjugation I; take the stem which is the infinitive form 'ambulare' without the 're' -> thus ambula + 'b' for the 1st person singular, 'bi' for the rest of them except the 3rd person plural, 'bu' for the 3rd person plural + present endings for each person ( o, s, t, mus, tis, nt). Hope this helps. And if I am wrong, feel free to correct me!

Thank you for your time. As a matter of fact it did shed some light upon the vagueness I had in my head!

I don't know much about roman tragedy, but comedy seemed to be relatively popular among the romans, as they had this sort of inclination towars satire, is what Quintus Horatius Flaccus called Italum acetum ( the Italic vinegar), towards shows and irony. That is why playwrights like Livis Andronicus, Naevius, Ennius, Titus Maccius Plautus ( that'd be yours truly! ) or Publius Terentius Afer started to 'compose'. As we can see, the comedy masters lived in the 3rd and 2nd century BC. Anyway, playwrights continued to exist even after these guys, however, their work doen't reach that kind of standards. Ursus is right. The first stone theatre was bulilt in 55 BC. I'm not so sure about the 'disguising' part. The theatre was a public institution strongly related at its origins to the religious life. @CiceroD! Good question about the Mime and Pantomime... I'll see what I can find, (the thing is I don't know much as to when drama started to decline, thus some digging must be done).

Salve guys! My apologies if this had been posted before, but the 2000/2001 BBC documentary series 'The Blood Of The Vikings', along with Julian Richards' book , may come in handy. For the beginners in the domain is excellent. If I am not mistaking this should also provide the results of a genetic survey that was taken in Britain, but with emphasis on the Scottish isles of Shetland and Orkney. Here's a link

My vote goes to Carthage as well. Let's remember the roman tactic when annihilating ( the second meaning = conquering ) a new people : a process of romanization would have started. Now, why on earth, would Scipio Aemilianus and his fellow romans wipe out Carthage? And why was the 'salted farmland' legend born? Probably because they thought Carthage was their worse enemy... BTW Roman Carthage doesn't count!

Labor strikes were definately a part of the Roman economy. We might even consider the secession of the Plebes from the city to be strikes. While these wouldn't be identified with the sort of labor strikes you might be referring to, they were still a cessation of work in order to enact political change. In any case, GA Danziger published an entire volume on the subject in 1819. While there may be some more recent material, you may be able to find a public domain copy of "Labor Unions And Strikes In Ancient Rome" conveniently published online. Gratias ago! I'll check that out!

Salve! I was just curious: were there any recorded strikes in Ancient Rome? If so, what were the main reasons, who was involved, what were the results? Were there any impacts on the economy or on the everyday life? I know the first ever recorded strike took palce at Deir-el-Medina during the reign of Ramses the third, about 400 years before the birth of Rome. Thanks in advance!

Yup! And after that one small earthquakes were part of everyday life before the actual eruption.. Talk about serious warning... Yieks!

Well... that'll teach him not to steal ( again ) Now we all know that one of the causes of these deaths is the fungi on the tombs' walls. Curses were't found only in Tut's tomb, but in tombs of pharaohs before Neb-Kheperu-Re. The first one that comes to my mind is a curse written on the walls of Unas's pyramid. Ancient cultures were extremely superstitious, and the Egyptians made no exception. The main purpose of a curse was to keep the ancient thieves away from the precious objects found within the tombs .

Yes. Two such tombs were found there. One of them dates back to a more ancient period of inhabitation. The remains from the cremation were buried in a grave, not in an urn like the Roman practice. These remains were scattered among pieces of broken pots, apparently this was a Dacian ritual. This is funny, because I did notice that too. I wasn't sure wheter to write that piece of information or not, as it was in contradiction with another subsequent statement of mine. I got this from a feature report I saw some time ago, and it is funnier that I found almost the exact same thing on a pretty reliable Romanian site. That is why I thought I should display the info. Now you should see in the latter part of my reply that after the Romans came in and started to exploit the salt mines, the inhabitants ( I don't know if the entire population was involved ) moved southwards.

Salve, lothia! Here's the link to the official Alba Iulia town hall. Alba Iulia is now what the ancient romans used to call Apulum :Apulum Now, about Buridava, there were found the first ever cremation tombs in Dacia. Its location is near The Great Salt Mines in V

And the closest we can get to actually seeing what they looked like, along with other important members of the family:Here