FLavius Valerius Constantinus

Uuu, nice website. The Hagia Sophia never looked better though lacking color.

Hmm... I expected this.

I remember from Gladiator during the re-enactment of the battle of Zama, there quite a black women gladiators. Who were they?

I can only assume Augustus had the best body guards, but if someone tried to kill him with a dagger, he still would die with a coat of armor since it's so easy to cut peoples throat or stab them at the neck at point blank range. Its pretty useless I would have to say. Even a gladius would be able to penetrate it at point blank. Depends on what type of armor really, I doubt he was wearing while he was frail at the age of 70.

Yes, I'm a Catholic. My statement there does not me. I was just expressing that the victim's family will always find satisfaction by the killer be executed for their lost of a member which happens to ruin their entire lives. Sure its like an eye for an eye, but more emotionally complex.

Good post Fox Hound, but after reading this, it makes me think how dare they rename it Istanbul. And how dare they turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Sigh...a lot of frustration when I read about a great empire falling. Oh by the way, I liked how you not call the Eastern Empire to be last. Who the heck even decided to call them Byzantine anyways. Well done.

Bravo, good story K. But its kinda weird for me to read the kid's name when the word Libertas is strictly feminine to the Romans. Tamen(nevertheless) good story.

Was there ever a time when Cicero when did lose his court cases.

In a sense, capital punishment as a major effect brings comfort to the victims' families and relatives or those who are affected in anyway. For example, if we caught Osama bin Laden or Al-Zarquawi, what American(not everyone, butl just the majority of us) in their right mind would see those terrorists live. Undoubtedly, many of us would want them dead in any way. Vengeance and vendettas brings satisfcation for the wrongs.

Err... that's very good to know Ursus, I'm sure women are wooed by you.

Sorry about that, its personal preference of mines to call the Byzantines Romans, which they DID call themselves. I don't like the term Byzantine. You do realize the problems are the causes of why Rome fell, so it does relate to what the topic is.

Recently here in the US, we've just executed the co-found of the notorious L.A. Crips gang yesterday. Some have supported his execution while others say his execution was unjust, that he was innocent or should be given life sentence instead. Sadly, the guy was not innocent at all and he could have saved his own life if he would admit to the murders, which he did not and will not do. Afterwards, Arnold Swarchenneger(mispell) got blasted by the EU for allow the execution. Since our forum is multicultural, what are your views on capital punishment. I hope this does not affect how others view me, but I support capital punishment, there are just some people that deserve to die. So what is your view?

Archaeologists at an ancient Maya ceremonial site in Guatemala have uncovered the final intact wall of a large Maya mural dating from 100 B.C. that shows the mythology surrounding the creation of the world and a highly developed hieroglyphic script. A team that includes UCR Professor Karl Taube is in the midst of a five-year project to uncover the mural and reveal its story. Article found here

Women lived and worked in Roman military forts, according to a telltale trail of lost hairpins and beads. This dispels the notion the forts were male-only domains, says archaeologist Dr Penelope Allison of the Australian National University. She presents her analysis of the archaeological record at the Australasian Archaeometry Conference in Canberra this week. full Article at here.

Libertatem is a feminine word, so you can't really do anything about it. The Romans looked at it as if it was a she.

May men extend into the stars. or Let men extend into the stars.

I know its random, but I'm curious. So how many languages do you know? Also, if you had a chance, what languages would you want to take? As of now I now three and next year gonna be four. 1) English 2) Latin 3) Vietnamese 4) Next year, I'm going to learn Ancient Greek I'm young, so I still have more chances to take other languages. If I had a chance, I would also take Arameic

First line: Dei miscerent(or consternarent) eum, quem primum horas inveni, ac quem horologium primum Romae. I'm not right, but I do what I can. I'm not sure if who is accusative since the direct object is the same as who, so I'm not sure if it refers to the Direct object. Note: probably not 100% right.

Plebeians 101 Members Slaves 924 Members Damnatio 9 Members regards viggen That's astonishingly( well maybe not) a large number slaves. As for the Plebeians, thank God there are actually more of us, but which ones are active though?

I assume this is where Virgil got his source or something related. It says Herodotus says that the Etruscanscame from Lydia, then on to that scholars believe that they from Asian Minor. Just read it.introduction.

I sure do procrastinate, but this time I promise that I will certainly have a book review on "The Venus Throw" a Roman mystery fiction book by the end of this week. I cowardly blame school for my inability to read the book again. Stupid American Lit class, we never stop reading books. Design projects too.

Flooding aye, sadly Venice has a larger problem than the Domus Aurea.

Oh... I thought your avatar was Willy Wonka from the old movie(seriously).