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[Roman Books listed in May]

Here are all the books we listed in the first week of May;

 

Claudius the God by Robert Graves

The Imperial Roman Army by Yann Le Bohec

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

cheers

viggen

[Posting Ranks Explained]

Tirones:

This level you reach with your first post.

 

Milites:

With your 10th post you become this title.

 

Discens:

You need 20 post to get this title

 

Immunes:

You need 40 post to get this title

 

Cornicen:

You need 70 post to get this title

 

How long it takes to get to the next rank, well you just have to post to find out!

 

Visit our Legions Page for an explanations on what those ranks mean.

[Pharaonic gold miners' housing discovered]

A Belgian archaeological mission to Egypt discovered a Pharaonic housing compound close to a gold mine in mountains along the Red Sea, the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities said.

 

"The Belgian mission headed by Frank Vermeulen surveyed an area of three square kilometers (one square mile) and discovered numerous housing compounds for laborers in the gold mine," the council's head of Pharaonic Archaeology, Sabri Abdulaziz, told AFP.

 

full article at Yahoo News

[Secrets of Persian Wars ships]

It is well known that a deadly warship of antiquity, the trireme, a fast galley powered by three banks of rowers pulling up to 200 oars, played a crucial role in the fierce battles. Yet no wreck of a trireme has ever come to light, and questions abound about the ship's design and operation, leaving much room for scholarly debate and wishful thinking.

 

Now, the first big expedition has gotten under way to look for the lost fleets of the Persian Wars, seeking to bring triremes back to life and retrieve some of the vast treasure of arms and armor believed to have gone down with the warships

 

full article at JSOnline

[The Greatest Romans]

Hello klegg and welcome to UNRV!

 

Tough question, as you didnt specify if you mean military, political or art, (and best in what?) julius caeser was not good at all for the Republic he basically ended it, but in any case i believe there are several influencial ones and Sulla comes to my mind as the most important one, but that is just my thought.

 

cheers

viggen

[The sky seen by the Chinese 1,300 years ago]

The oldest known map of the stars will go on display in Britain this week in an exhibition that will demonstrate the supremacy of early Chinese astronomy. A fresh analysis of the star chart, which was found buried in a desert cave on the ancient Silk Road between China and the West, has dated the manuscript to as early as the 7th century AD.

 

full article at the Independent

[Warrior - Gibson goes Boudica]

It seems Norfolk is getting ready for the Boudicca movie.

[Roman Books listed in April]

Here are all the books we listed in the last week of April;

 

Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch

Experiencing Rome by Janet Huskinson

Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418-584 by Walter A. Goffart, Carl Erdmann

The Etruscans by Graeme Barker, Tom Rasmussen

War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. by William V. Harris

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

cheers

viggen

[Clay tablets hold key to the tale of Troy]

The legend has dominated Western culture for more than 3,000 years - the kidnapping of the most beautiful woman in the world, the thousand ships sent to bring her back, and the bloody 10-year war that followed. Now a leading British historian claims that the true story of Troy is finally about to be uncovered.

 

Bettany Hughes, currently making a television series about ancient Greece, says that a number of recently unearthed clay tablets hold "the keys" to the compelling tale of Helen, Paris and the siege of Troy.

 

full article at the Independent

[Major dig for Roman bridge]

A buried Roman bridge in Corbridge

[Who says we can't learn from the past?]

Sounds like todays capitalism mixed with a system like the caste in India?

 

cheers

viggen

[The Lion's Brood by Rafael Scott]

AuthorsDen, a place were Authors and Readers come together, features Chris Heaton`s (primuspilus) Review of The Lion

[Austria claims to have invented tartan kilts]

And, what Blue pip, and title Viggen? 

 

Hi Lynch,

 

(bit late my reply sorry about that overlooked the last line of your question)

 

the title (in your case) is Immunes (you can see it under your Avatar), and the pip are the 3 blue squares underneath.

 

cheers

viggen

[Historian Reveals Identity Badges were compulsary]

Research from the University of Warwick reveals that far from being a new idea ID

[Roman remains could be reburied]

One of the greatest archaeological treasures in Sussex - the remains of a Roman bath - may have to be buried unless funds are raised to save it. The Roman bath is on private land at Beauport Park, East Sussex, and was discovered by the headmaster of a private school in Hastings.

 

Now finds from the bath house site are stored in an old shed and an iron roof covers the actual structure. Archaeologists say the Roman bath should be buried or covered properly.

 

full article at the BBC

[Quest for fire began very early]

Long a matter of myth, and more recently scholarly debate, the taming of fire is a hallmark in human history. But previous archaeological digs had turned up evidence only of prehistoric fire pits used by humans about 250,000 years ago.

 

Now, archaeologists led by Naama Goren-Inbar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem report finding evidence that people have been playing with fire for a long time

[The Lion's Brood by Rafael Scott]

The historical fiction genre welcomes a new author into the field. The first book by Rafael Scott

The Lion's Brood: The Story of Hannibal

[Was There a Trojan War?]

An interesting article by Manfred Korfmann who is director of excavations at Troy and a professor of archaeology at the University of T

[Computer helps map ancient Rome]

Progress has been made in piecing together the Forma Urbis Romae, a map of Rome carved into stone slabs about AD 210 but later broken into fragments. Measuring 18m by 14m, it was originally hung in the Templum Pacis, one of the ancient city's major public landmarks.

 

The map was remarkably accurate but researchers looking for new sites to excavate in Rome had only managed to fit back together a few of the pieces.

 

full article at the BBC

[Greatest Military Moments of the Roman Empire]

Thanks PP, anyone else? What is the greatest moment in your opnion?

[Warrior - Gibson goes Boudica]

Not sure if we should start crying or be happy for more attention about the topic.

 

OK, so you're an Iceni Queen, and you lead your people against some pesky invaders called the Romans. They kill your husband, rape your daughters and flay you

[Archaeologist Brian Rose digs Troy]

Brad Pitt? Orlando who? When it comes to

[Shedding light on Romans in Sussex]

Artefacts dating back to 900BC could be dug up when archaeologists start exploring farmland in East Sussex. Up to 15 people will excavate a small plot of land in Eastbourne in September looking for evidence of Roman or medieval occupation. Permission has been given by the farmer landowner to hand-dig the two-trench site off King's Drive, near Eastbourne District General Hospital.

 

more at BrightonandHove

[The Monty Python Thread]

LOL, that is very funny!