Aurelia
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I must admit there were times I didn't mind watching Hercules or Xena on TV. I just saw them for what they were: 1 hour or so of silly, slightly amusing entertainment. There are days when you're in the mood for just that.
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Sounds like you were either a tourist or with a tourist...
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Didn't work for me either. Probably not available outside the UK...
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A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England. Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D. Full article at Discovery News.
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Hahaha, no worries, didn't take any offence. I actually have an eclectic taste when it comes to music so I am capable of enjoying rock (including hard rock and metal) as well as the more sugary stuff.
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I was checking my inbox today, while taking a break from work, and came across this wonderful video forwarded by a cousin of mine. Apart from the cool Latin name, they also have a very cool sound. They are a musical group from Slovenia and do mostly covers of jazz numbers. This is not exactly jazz but amazing nevertheless, especially the sound effects: And of course, I also enjoyed this (and was impressed with their accent): If you also need a quick break, do check them out.
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Oh well, a little extra info doesn't do any harm...
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Bible stories anyone? The world's oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday -- but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. Discovered in a monastery in the Sinai desert in Egypt more than 160 years ago, the handwritten Codex Sinaiticus includes two books that are not part of the official New Testament and at least seven books that are not in the Old Testament. More on the CNN website.
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Hey Kosmo, Check out the Brazilian version - it was a big hit in 2005/6. What can I say, it's tragic. Thank God I was not in Brazil at the time...
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The 10 most extravagant Emperors.
Aurelia replied to Gaius Paulinus Maximus's topic in Romana Humanitas
Goodness, this list could go on and on. I would add Cleopatra (fair enough, she seems to have been a competent administrator but she was extravagant), Louis XIV of France (but then again most French kings of the Ancien Regime lived and spent lavishly), and since Bokassa was mentioned why not include Mobuto from former Zaire (even though he was not an "emperor" he certainly lived like one and basically led his country to the brink of bankruptcy). -
So assuming you still have the book, is it in English? Could I borrow it? :-)
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Culture and daily life have always fascinated me above everything else although initially I became interested in ancient Greece and Rome through mythology.
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Sounds very entertaining. I would read it:
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Oh, you are just jealous FV. What do the so-called "Red Devils" have to show for? And anyway, what's wrong with a bit showmanship in soccer? That's what makes it fun to watch! I can't deny I'll support Brazil tonight but let's say I won't be sad if South Africa wins either... May the best team win.
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Oh rubbish! Nothing could ever be as good as Night of the Living Dead... a true classic. :-)
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The Huns are widely thought of as savage barbarians who appeared briefly in history, wreaked death and destruction, then disappeared again. Recent archaeological and historical discoveries are raising questions about this view. Of the European countries, Hungary has the most legends about the Huns and in these legends they are the heroes, not the villains. Hungarian academic and researcher, Dr. Borb
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Druids committed human sacrifice, cannibalism?
Aurelia replied to Aurelia's topic in Historia in Universum
I think you are assuming here that the ancient Celts (or any ancient people for that matter) shared our Judeo-Christian values. Remember, there was no such thing as human rights and the concept that all men should be equal before God (or the gods) was not exactly widespread either. However, this does not make anyone living at that time less smart than us just because they did not value human life the same way we do today. Besides, as someone has already pointed out, we are still surrounded by war and violence in this supposedly enlightened age of ours. -
Archaeologists find skulls on route of new road
Aurelia replied to Viggen's topic in Archaeological News: Rome
Looks like mass execution to me (be it sacrificial or otherwise)... -
Thousands of years before the Joker gassed comic book victims into a grinning death, Phoenician colonists on the island of Sardinia were forcing smiles on the faces of the dead. Now scientists say they know just how the ancient seafaring traders created the gruesome smiles some 2,800 years ago
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I've also done my duty and voted in the European and Belgian elections today. I'd say keep some the benefits achieved so far under the auspices of the EU such as the euro zone, schengen and so on and fire half the EU bureaucrats that earn far too much just to sit on their fat bottoms in Brussels.
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I must admit I agree with Mark Twain on this one. Not that I think German should become a dead language like Latin but boy it could use a little "simplification".
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Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race
Aurelia replied to Primus Pilus's topic in Archaeological News: The World
The level of detail included in the article is most impressive. At last I begin to understand the power dynamics within Greyskull and Skeletor's motivation to rule the world... -
Via Aurelia: The Roman Empire's Lost Highway
Aurelia replied to Aurelia's topic in Archaeological News: Rome
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French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in France's Loire Valley. At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six feet high and two feet wide, standing slightly askew beside a country road near the village of P