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Alleged diet of Loch Ness Monster
WotWotius replied to Gaius Octavius's topic in Hora Postilla Thermae
No Sirrah , I dispute you, an abundant supply of delicious high calorie shortbread biscuits. http://www.fortnumandmason.com/shopping/bi...ttishShortbread Don't forget the Iron-Bru to wash it all down. -
Nero is probably the Emperor who paid for the palace at Fishbourne.
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Cut them some slack. The BBC also write a very good History Magazine (actually written by historians, not the ignoramus' mentioned above). Click here for further details. Not to be too officious, but aren't you on the BBC's payroll? ...yes...they pay me in games...your point?
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During the first century AD the City of Rome was a neither safe nor healthy place to live in. If you were a common plebeian, your life would be in great contrast to that of a rich person; would involve living in squalid and overcrowded conditions, eating the same food every day and having no legal way of objecting to the government. Conditions were bad and life was short. Conflict within the city were also rife: for example, Rome
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Cut them some slack. The BBC also write a very good History Magazine (actually written by historians, not the ignoramus' mentioned above). Click here for further details.
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Thanks for the link, it was interesting to see the art in the Virtual Mithraeum. Recently, I have had an A-level exam on Mithras worship in Britain, and for this I had to memorise the whole inscription on the ultor at Carrawburgh! ...please don't aske me to recall it.
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Boo! Carlsberg. Anyway...I read an article in the Independent which spoke of another 'happiest place to live' poll, this time having Fiji (obscure choice!) at its top, and either Mozambique or Zimbabwe at the bottom.
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It is a common misconception that Mithras worship was only confined to the military. Mithrea have also been found in urbanised areas such as Londinium. I also remember reading about one found in Ratae (Leicester), does anyone have any more information on this?
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Today I won this from entering a BBC History magazine competition. What are your views on it? Good/bad/boring...?
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This reminds me of something I heard on some radio interview today, "Being a victim doesn't make you right." Amen to that.
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I vaguely remember my History teacher speak of a man named Pausanius (I think that’s his name, I’m really searching my memory banks), who was a 2nd century Greek travel writer. Anyway, in his works he describes tourist attractions such as Delphi and Troy—both of which are still tourist destinations today. This may in fact show that after Hadrian's imperial travels, travelling across the empire may have become 'fashionable'. I was wondering if anybody had any more information on this topic. .
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This comes back to my original point: the Roman occupation of Britain involved vast amounts of genocide as well as oppressive military governments, however, unlike the Normans, they as still credited of the 'bringers of civilization' whereas William I and the Normans are (quite rightly) seen as butchers.
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I've noticed that only people below a certain age find these place names amusing...maybe that's saying something about us.
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If you want to find some amusing place names just go to the county of Norfolk, UK. When I was there last I found a village named Cockthorpe right next to a town named Stiffton............ There is also place called Hairy Column, which coincidently has a great country pub...I would recommend going there just so you could have your photo taken by the 'you are now entering Hairy Column' sign. Sorry to lower the tone, but these names are just too funny to keep to myself.
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His reputation in the courts was well appreciated and he was sought after. ...very funny
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Maybe this article may add fuel to the debate. I personally think its quite convincing.
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The Normans did however interbreed with the Franks/Gallo-Romans, so there where French to a certain extent.
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Yeah, it's called retro.
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Also, the amount of taxation a native paid depended on how well developed the region was around them. For instance, Dio speaks of the Trinovates tribe (Essex area), having to foot the bill for the temple of Divus Claudius and various other buildings within Colchester.
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The fact that Crassus instigated war with Parthia solely for finical gain stirred up such an outrage in the Senate that one of the leading tribunes, Capito, went as far as ritualistically cursing him. Apparently tribune was later prosecuted for doing such an effective job of it!
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According to Plutarch, his fire brigade were a troop of highly trained slaves (taught by Crassus himself), who also renovated the recently purchased properties after the fire had been extinguished.
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Yeah, the fortress under Yorkminster is quite nice: if I rember correctly, it contains two busts of Vespasian.
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Let us not forget his prosecution of Gaius Verres (71BC) for his corruption and extortion during his governorship of Sicily. A very high profile case at the time.
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Very true. Would you say that the Normans in England receive too much of a bad press? Despite their ruthlessness, they did initiate another unique cultural phase within the island; the White Tower in the Tower of London is on of many examples of this new culture in practice.
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My name has never got past 164