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I had the benfit of watching it in silence first time around (didn't want to disturb the rest of the office). One perceived (by me) inaccuracy became more obvious that way - the guy playing Octavian looks more how I'd imagine Mark Antony, and vice versa (but less so).

I think you'll find the series of articles on Hadrian's Wall Milecastles particularly good, (even if they do only go up to #24 so far). The main contributor to these is clearly well-read, inteligent and ruggedly handsome. (He wishes!) Seriously though, I've often heard inteligent people moan about inaccuracies on Wikipedia, and thought "why don't you just correct it? That's the idea of the thing". . . and to be honest it's very rewarding and a little addictive. Give it a go. Maybe you could start with an article on a milecastle?

Sorry, didn't notice that. I read the italics as 'segmentata' (lack of specs coming into play again).

Now I know they showed a replica Lorica Segmentata for comparriosn, but is it just my eyesight? Can I see scales in the picture (before you press play on the video - just to the right of the 2608)? Was it actually a Lorica Squamata? Comment welcomed from younger contributors, or those who remembered their reading specs.

I couldn't agree more with you about this video, Kosmo. Your comment does beg one question, however. Are there any more music videos featuring Romans (outside Ex Deo, of course)?

What with this, and the Murder House at Housesteads' vicus, there's a historical murder mystery novel/film just waiting to be written/made. The 'detective' could be the educated Greek Major Domo of a camp commandant. And the murderer? Too obvious really . . . it's the one you least suspect. What we need now is a love interest . . .

Thanks Medusa. I did a little bit more research as well. There's not much, but I found this description: "a cross between an amphitheatre and a theatre, commonly found in Gaul. . 40 metres in diameter, it has a circular stone wall, surrounded by an earth viewing bank which does not completely encircle the arena." This description would seem to more closely fit the name, but most references, like the ones you referred to, seem to be for a complete viewing circle, rather than the more usual () shape (like two theatres built back-to-back - bit like an oval - does that shape have a name in geometry? Just looked it up on Wikipedia, and yes it does it's a 'Vesica Piscis'. How educated am I?) I digress.

Last week, I visited the Roman Camp shown here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=292007&Y=215725&A=Y&Z=115 Unfortunately, there was nothing visible on the ground, but I then walked along the Roman Road 'Sarn Helen' south-west from the camp. Small patches of what appeared to be the original road surface where visible here and there, but did I have my camera with me? Did I heck! There was also the quite interesting 'Maen Madoc' stone. I wasn't expecting it, but how marvellous it is when you just stumble across something like this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maen_Madoc

Interesting photos, Melvadius. Thanks for posting those (and adding the descriptions). I'm quite interested in this concept of a "Semi-Amphitheatre". On the face of it, that would just be a Theatre - which it clearly isn't. Tell us more . . .

In "Medicinal Compound", the Scaffold do point out that Ebineezer thought he was Julius Caesar. Also, there's AC/DC's "For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)", refering to Suetonius' "Morituri Te Salutant" (Those about to die salute you) supposedly uttered by Gladitors to the Emperor, or similar host of the games, before knocking seven bells out of one another. "Rockituri Te Salutant!"

But you could at least visit museums which have Roman antiquities in their collections. That might not count as a Roman site but at least as something Roman, right? ;-) Ab-sol-ute-ly agreed. Museums with Roman artefacts ARE included. And yes, this topic is is a thinly veiled way of getting travel recomendations for my next holidays.

A smashing programme . . . I was frankly gobsmacked that it didn't receive much in the way of attention on this forum. Then again, I didn't bother to mention it myself.

Riding on the wave of popularity of "What's the last book you read?" (in the Colosseum forum). How about "What's the last Roman site you visited?" I'll start the ball rolling with Caistor Roman Town in Lincolnshire. Disappointingly, there's only a short stretch of the wall left - not worth a visit, really. On reflection, I should've started this topic just after visiting somewhere more exciting, like Lancaster. Too late now, though.

"What's the last thing you read" has proven really well-liked, so this topic aims to ride the wave of that popularity. So what was the last Roman related: TV programme you watched? Film you saw? Radio programme you listened to? Podcast you downloaded? Game you played? Even the last peice of Roman reproduction clothing you wore? Though that doesn't strictly belong in this forum. etc. I'll start the ball roling with: "I watched the whole of HBO Rome (Series 1 and 2) with the 'All Roads Lead to Rome' feature turned on."

. . . it brings to mind the 'Romford' episode of Chelmsford 123 . . . ."Lovely, lovely Romford!"

The fascinating witches who sew scintillating stitches in the britches of the boys who put the powder on the noses of the faces of the ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus are just passing by. Caractacus being the Cheiftan of the Catuvellauni tribe at the time the Romans invaded Britannia.

Have a look at this IMDB link . . . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057918/

I've got a feeling that this may cause consternation, but here goes. Last week I fancied watching HBO Rome again, but decided this time to do it with the "All Roads Lead To Rome" feature turned on. If you've never done it before - do it. Even I, who knows everything there is to know about Rome (that's what I tell the punters, anyway - sadly far from true) learned much of interest. But it does open up a whole raft of new fodder for this topic. The one that jumped out at me was the translation of "Primus Pilus" as "First Spear Centurion". I always believed it meant "First File" (as in 'rank and . . .' rather than 'nail . . .'), and 'First Spear' was one of those common misconceptions. I've noticed Wikipedia agrees with me (more room for consternation for mention of the 'W' word, I fear).

Do you know if the stuff we posted that went missing will be back? Not a complaint, just need to know if I should re-post it.

I seem to have lost the 'My Assistant' function (which I used to use quite a lot). And also, I can't see any of yesterday's posts.

OK - enough captions. Shall we pick fault with the technical detail? We like doing that sort of thing. 1. The presence of the woman on the left - and (as eluded to by Kosmo) don't get me started on what she's wearing. 2. Would legionary soldiers really be permitted to grow their hair and beard that long?

I had: "Have I got something on my elbow?" "Can I fish from here?" " . . . and I'll be back in 1600 years to see how you got on . . . ."

Off topic, but I'd love to hear more about this temple complex.

Well spotted, Melvadius. A quick look at the current OS map shows it's an obvious place for a significant settlement to have grown up. You imagine something akin to Piercebridge. Interesting that the gentleman interviewed says

Thanks for the picture of the Amien Patera, Melvadius. I've now added it to the original post as a reference. I will re-visit the museum when it returns from being 'scrubbed up' and report back to this forum.