Violentilla

No problem! It was worth a shot!

Tidbit from art history, we had to study classical architecture- Vomitoriums were actually tunnel-like hallways to and from theaters or other large gathering places. They were called vomitoriums because they vomited people into and out of large places. Tunnel-mouths...you get the jist. At least that's what the prof told us.

Thanks for the quick answers! So it wasn't the crossing of the Rubicon, but the intent behind it, that makes much more sense. I've got a lot to read around here!

Primus, do you have the history as one text file by chance?

jadedmyrrhmaid Violentilla is my NR name.

Salvete. I found this site through Ursus, who I knew briefly while he was on Live Journal. (thanks for the link, by the way). My interest is mostly limited to the Religio, but lately I've been noticing that I need to know more about the political history as much as I've been resisting learning it. my time with NR gave a bad taste for politician types, but I'm giving it another shot. I found a helpful DVD called Rome: Power and Glory, which gives a pretty good overview of things without getting too bogged down with plots and subplots--those I'll need to pick up later Mostly I wanted to speak up here so that I can pop up elsewhere. V.

I'm new, hope it's okay to jump in. My studies have had more to do with the Religio than history, but watching this series has made me rethink that. I want to know what really happened as well as enjoy this show. So here's a most likely stupid question. Was the peninsula called Italy back then as they do in the show? I always thought it wasn't called Italy until the unification, that each province called itself by name. Can someone explain the whole idea of crossing that creek as a point of no return? Why was the law written that way? Surely generals and their armies crossed it as they went out and returned from foreign battle? I'm just confused. I have read on Roman marriage ceremony, and I guess I assumed it was a binding thing when I read about the rite, but marriages seem to be cast hither and yon in Rome, according to politics and social climbing. Was there nothing binding in the early period regarding marriage? I'm not looking at it from a Christian perspective, I'm just curious how a woman would deal with children of other husbands, that sort of thing. Why get married at all? V.