UNRV.com - Roman History Newsletter

Issue #6
24. February 2006

Welcome to the sixth edition of the UNRV Roman History Newsletter! We hope you enjoy it. If you find it useful or informative please pass it on to your friends and colleagues.

In this issue:
Foreword
1. Interesting threads from the Forum
2. New pages on UNRV.com
3. Ask the Expert
4. Archeological News
5. Books and Book Review
6. Newsletter information and press
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Editorial Foreword
Welcome to the sixth edition of the UNRV Roman History newsletter. It has been just over 3 months since our last newsletter and many things have happened since then. The continuous growth of our site made it necessary to relocate to a new web host. As such we are in the process of upgrading the current server to meet the ever increasing demand of bandwidth and server power. Now with over 1,300 forum members and an average of about 3,000 posts a month, UNRV.com definitely rates among the fastest growing sites regarding ancient history and classic studies.

Because of the incredible response to our original 'Roman Empire Wallmap', a new and improved map is almost done and should be available for purchase within the next couple of weeks. We'll save the details until everything had been finalized and the poster gone to print, but suffice it to say that this map (essentially having been researched and developed for the 2 years since the release of our original map) is a vast improvement to our first product.

As a Christmas present to our valued members to show appreciation to our community and to inspire additional contributions, we gave away several books on a variety of subjects regarding Roman history to selected forum members. Additionally, we are also delighted to announce that another "Expert" has joined our forum and will take part in a Q&A.

1. Interesting threads from the Forum
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Lingua Latina - New Forum
Single Biggest Contributor To Rome's Collapse
Yahweh And The Romans
Celtic siege abilities, Did they exist?
Why Has Gaul/France A Romance Language?
Celts And 'human Sacrifice'?
Varangian Guard
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2. New pages on UNRV.com
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The last couple of months we continued our effort to expand the Roman history section, which already has over 240 pages. Nerva and Trajan are now completed in the series of the Five Good Emperors. Thanks to reader contributions, we've also added several excellent articles of various ancient writers and their works - The Cult of Isis - Brief History and Religion of Egypt - Cults Of The Imperial Legions - Spanish Wars - Roman Domestic Cult and The Religion of Rome
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3. Ask the Expert
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We are happy to announce that Dr. Peter Heather has agreed to answer questions from our forum members. At the thread " Ask the Expert - Peter Heather" every forum member can ask a question. After a week or two (depending how many questions we have) Professor Heather will answer some of those which are best suited to his area of expertise. (Dr Heather (DPhil (Oxon), Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History) at Worcester College, Oxford University, has published widely on the later Roman Empire (East and West), its cross-border relations, and the political, social and cultural history of its successor states in the period c250-600 AD. His current interests include the role of propoganda in the late Roman elite, and the related phenomena of ethnicity and migration among the groups who dismantled the western half of the Roman Empire.
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4. Archeological News
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Highlights of Archaeological News: Ivory Emperor Emerges From Forum, Ancient Roman Anchors Found In Israel, Roman Forts Had A Woman's Touch, Italy Closes Nero's Villa Over Collapse Fears,Untouched Roman Sarcophagi Found, G-string Clad Gladiator Found, and Original Port Of Constantinople Found to name just a few. All the latest news on archaeology, including both Roman and other international news, can be seen at our Archaeological News Forum.
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5. Books and Book Reviews
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Our Roman book section is growing rapidly and hope it provides a quality resource for visitors. Our review section is also growing thanks to our forum contributors. New reviews are Roman Medicine, Year of four Emperors, The Late Roman Army, Roman Sex, Empire Of Pleasures, Fall of the Roman Empire and many more... All reviews can be read in our review section. There are now 29 reviews in total. As a thank you to all reviewers we are giving away one roman book a month!!! Eligible participants are those members who have made previous contributions to the review, or the general history sections.
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6. Newsletter information
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