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Awesome! Not exactly noble, but fun! Thanks for the official welcome.

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Same to that. I had a friend give them to me to read, and out of friendship to him I managed to suffer through most of the first two books. His style is decent but it quickly got to the point where he was no longer writing about thee C. Iulius Caesar but some guy with the same name. I have my flexibility with historical fiction, but Iggulden did not even try to get anything accurate and that ruined the books so thoroughly that I was ranting to anyone who would listen (aka my poor roommates) for 10 minutes for every 3 pages. Not worth the effort. The one thing I have to give Iggulden's books, however, is that they have cool covers. But I doubt the author had much say in that.

I read Rubicon last year and absolutely loved it. Holland's style was easy to read but didn't sacrifice scholarly seriousness. I found that he put it just enough "fun facts" to keep interest always at a high without getting carried away on a did- you- know rabbit trail. I was quite engaged throughout the whole reading and learned quite a bit of things that no doubt would have slipped by me. The book certainly put Holland into my growing retinue of scholars to pay attention to.

The Last Legion was pretty terrible, in just about every facet I can think of. I'm so glad I didn't waste any money on it in the theaters. Some of those Caesar & Cleopatra films should go to the dogs. There's just some films that should never, EVER have been made.

I just completed a course this last semester on Roman baths and bathing and was quite enlightened to this area of Roman life. I was wondering if anyone had some good on-line resources I could use to lull my curiosity on the subject, or wanted to discuss?

That is exactly what I am looking for! Thank you so much. And if you find that related news item, I'd love to know about it.

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I am trying to find information on a city that was quite Hellenized in Israel just up the way from Nazareth. The name of the city is Sophoras (or Sophorus, or something of the like. I don't know the exact spelling). I've done some preliminary research and haven't been able to find too much on it. I am away from my university resources which is really frustrating me but if anyone knows anything about this city or where I could find something, the information would be very welcomed. Thanks!