Centurion-Macro

God, that's sad. I would hate to see the ruins crumble into nothingness, but then I also think that it is an incredible amount of money to be spending on preservation. While I love ancient Rome and it is sad Pompeii is crumbling, I think that money could go into much better places at this present time.

Nice site. I always want to place a comment on it, but I just never have anything to add... Just letting you know that I am an avid reader of the blog though

Happy birthday from a late comer!

How interesting! Well, there are remarkable similarities between the Catholic Church and Roman religion, so it is not surprising early Christianity had similarities too. A remarkable find to be made though.

You can download or get delivered a free copy of the Bhagavad Gita for free at this site: http://www.gita4free.com/ It is a good read!

Haha, I knew the poo in the Celtic houses would be brought up by the Romans

A bit late, but happy birthday!

Good find. And he got it accurate to within minutes of distance between cities? That is skillful work indeed.

If you haven't already bought the book might I suggest the you get the 2007 Penguin classic version translated by Robert Fagles. In my opinion it's by far the best translation of The Aeneid. Ursus did an excellent review of it a few years back. But which ever translation you end up with I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I was unaware there was a new translation out - it certainly isn't in my library . I am readying the translation by Jackson-Knight.

And so they may have appealed to the common citizens?

I was discussing with a friend today about H.H Scullard's From the Gracchi to Nero, and there was one question that stumped both him and me. He mentioned how some Cynics were apparently street preachers, which got us thinking. Most philosophies were for the aristocracy, because they had access to them. But if the Cynics preached to the commoners, does this mean that the Cynics could have gained support from the lower classes? Certainly I feel that they could have drummed up a bit of support with their theories, but I can find no references to it. But I wanted to ask you chaps first as you are far more informed than me about this stuff, especially religion in where I am still learning a great deal. Thank you for your help!

Welcome Scott! I remember reading Men of Bronze a few years ago, and finding it a pleasant book - though I was never as interested in Egypt than the ancient Romans and Celts. It is so weird to see an author of a book I have read posting on the same site as me, I guess they always seem so far away Anyway, welcome to the site, and I am glad to meet you.

The plot is certainly thickening, but my all time favourite would have to be The Prophesy when they served with the navy. I am really looking forward to the next book, which will be set in Rome. I sense a lot of political intrigue coming along

For Macro I really want to say James Purefoy, but I suspect he would not not fit the criteria... For Cato I have no idea, but if the actor has any muscle on him whatsoever then he would not fit the part...

It is this technology the Nazi's had that makes some people think Hitler had help from aliens (I'm serious).

It is the system that caused these riots, and it is the system that created the looting thugs. This riot was started by the poor, and it has been hijacked by the thugs: both of whom are products of the capitalist system. I am just scared because I have relatives in the city...

I think on the whole Cornwall wasn't so heavily colonised by the Romans. I was watching Neil Oliver's series 'A history of Ancient Britain' which included a section on Cornwall under the Roman Empire. Oliver showed a series of Iron Age roundhouses built during the Roman period, which either showed that the Britons in the area retained their culture, or were allowed to live as they wish, as long as they continued to pay taxes to Rome. I had no idea they allowed that area of Britain to keep their customs. I just assumed they made everything Roman and left it at that. So I assume there was a very low military presence in the South-West of Britain if it was not important?

Did the Romans ever build in Cornwall? Or was that too west for them?

Happy birthday!

I honestly don't know what to think, I have never heard a story similar to this before. Can I have a snippet to see what it is like?

Interesting find. Why is there no literary evidence on it though, when there is evidence for other such usurpers in the Roman Empire?

I am going for two teams, which will be New Zealand and Ireland. Although I just love a good game, no matter who is playing it. ~Anyone know if North Korea is coming to Fifa 2014?

I just finished Simon Scarrow's 'The Legion' novel, and there was one part that confused me. Usually I find that his facts are sound, but early in this novel, when a century of Roman marines storm a ship, it says they were lead by a decurion. The quote is a bit awkward, but it will post it. Note that Diodorus is the marine leader, and Cato is a prefect: "Diodorus was squatting beside one of the bodies and Cato joined him. 'There's little sign of corruption'. The Decurion sniffed and..." (it is on page 23 if you have a copy of the book) It is the only reference to Diodorus's rank in the book, and while I took for granted that he was a marine centurion, this quote shows that he was a decurion. I always believed the decurions to be in charge of cavalry, not infantry - and certainly not Roman marines. So I am wondering if decurions did actually serve in the Roman navy (it seems unlikely to me), or if Mr. Scarrow got a really simple fact wrong (that also seems pretty unlikely. Thanks for the help.

Very nice! Wonder what happened to the original owner though...