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...to prevent him from coming back they tied his hands and put a plough on his chest so he cannot come back to haunt the living. The so called "Wiedergänger" were well documented in Italy but this is the first find in Austria. The roman officer could be dated to late 5th century and the place they found him was in the east of austria back then part of the noricum/pannonia border region. http://burgenland.orf.at/news/stories/2663064/ in German but some nice pictures

Welcome to UNRV! ..if you looking for books you might consider this section of our forum, http://www.unrv.com/forum/forum/57-quintus-libri/ cheers and have fun!

For 18 long summers, a quiet corner of Hampshire has resounded to the sound of tapping, scraping, and sloshing. But after Saturday all that will end. Silchester - the site of one of Britain's longest running archaeological digs - has revealed many secrets since 1997. It's thanks to the hard work of thousands of volunteers, students and staff from Reading University that we now know much more about Iron Age life, and the early Roman period around the time of the invasion of AD 43. "It's been a great experience," said Professor Michael Fulford, who has directed the annual summer dig from the beginning. "It's been particularly great to see so many generations of students coming through and starting their careers here...." ...full story at the BBC

Around 2011 we saw a massive influx of new members, they had wonderful names like xxxcialisforyou, or pokersupergames or even less imaginative like xfgUlkzzio... They did not post much and the few that did got quickly deleted by the moderators. On the surface they didnt bother anyone. Oh boy were we wrong. Those were little bastards that try to exploit known bugs in the software to get a foothole in the server and that all for one thing only. Use the site to send emails. If anyone remembers the many problems with the site startet around 2011. On top of that my host told me that my site has unusual high traffic (which we didnt) and shut down the site a couple of times without notice. It got so bad at one stage that the site was for months offline. No one could help. The hosting company insisted that it was my fault, but didnt tell us what exactly is the problem. You must know our host was a very big company, with apparently very smart people but unfortunately not very caring ones, so they basically didnt give a f++++ what happend to our site. By accident i stumpled upon a little canadian company and they managed to quickly identify the problem and fix it. Internal email and notification should finally work again as usual. Lesson learned, new members that sign up and dont post within a month are deleted, sorry to lurkers, the spammers spoiled it for you...

very cool from all of you, here a little flash back from a few years ago, when we had a novel competition, this was the winner (and all the other entries can be seen on the righ hand menu) http://www.unrv.com/book-review/lee-dixon.php

...a very cool insight from PHDiva who is following this dig for a while, lots of photos and a video http://phdiva.blogspot.ca/2014/08/lets-talk-about-amphipolis.html

In Gonio, south of Batumi, a team of researchers has discovered baths built and used by the Roman army about 2000 years ago. "We were surprised by both the age of the structure, as well as its buid quality" - told PAP Dr. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski, head of the excavation... full article at PAP.pl

...maybe Marcus Aurelius should have forced Commodus to read his books? http://www.businessinsider.com.au/lessons-from-marcus-aurelius-2014-8

Ben Hur is back, Director will be Timur Bekmambetov whose only real achievement was Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, and Loki becomes maybe a Roman (Tom Hiddleston)... any hopes it will be watchable? http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/tom-hiddleston-top-choice-ben-hur-4044059

The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica by Claire Stocks reviewed by Philip Matyszak Hannibal was famously the greatest, most deadly enemy that Rome ever faced. However, as classicist and academic Claire Stocks points out, we only know Hannibal from the Roman perspective. Hannibal, the cruel, the cunning, the master general and war-leader is seen today through Roman eyes. In this book, the Roman eyes belong to Silius Italicus, a writer of the first century AD whose only surviving work is the seventeen books of the Punica, an epic poem telling the saga of Hannibal's war with Rome. One could describe The Roman Hannibal as something between an academic thesis and a commentary on the Punica... ...continue to the full review of The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica by Claire Stocks

not seen or heard before but on my list of "to do " now... .) ...so much good stuff on television lately, its really amazing, on a show set in historical times, i personally looking forward to watch The Knick, that will start in a few days here in austria... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/

...so where are the updates, we miss our regular dose of the Lords musing...

...interesting update a few months later it was discovered that the prince was a princess... A bone analysis has revealed the warrior prince was actually a princess, as Judith Weingarten, an alumna of the British School at Athens noted on her blog, Zenobia: Empress of the East. [See Photos of the Unsealed Etruscan Tomb] http://www.livescience.com/40530-etruscan-warrior-prince-is-a-princess.html

‘Et tu, Brute?’ Who wouldn’t have heard these famous last words attributed to Roman dictator Julius Caesar as he is stabbed to death by 60 conspirators led by his trusted aide Marcus Brutus near the Theatre of Pompey in ancient Rome. A search by a BBC reporter to find places in Rome, connected to Julius Caesar.... ...full article at the BBC

We are deligthed that author Alistair Forrest has offered his novel "Libertas, the account of Julius Caesar's final victory over the Pompey brothers" to all new UNRV newsletter subscribers for another year. This ebook is absolutely free to download after signing up at smashword and entering the provided code. If you havent signed up for our newsletter you can do so here: http://www.unrv.com/...-newsletter.php You can find out more about author Alistair Forrest and his work on his website: http://www.alistairforrest.com/ Again many thanks to Alistair Forrest for this very special deal!

Potholes have been a nuisance to drivers as far back as the Roman Empire, a newly discovered Roman road has revealed. Unearthed at Ipplepen, a site thought to be part of the largest Romano-British settlement in Devon outside of Exeter, U.K., the road featured wheel ruts similar to those found at Pompeii. According to the archaeologists, the grooves were caused by horse-drawn carts being driven over the road over a long period of time... full article at Discovery News

I know which book i really want, and and maybe one day it will be from you, the ostrogoth period from Theodoric to Teia. I would really love to know more about this period...

Fascinating! This 5-minute animation provides a fresh view of the movements of humanity over the last 2,600 years.

This issue of Ancient Warfare magazine focuses on betrayal in the ancient world. Betrayal in the ancient world: Historical introduction How Cicero was heralded pater patriae: The Cataline Conspiracy The man who would be king: David's insurgency against Saul Brothers in betrayal? Jeremiah and Josephus The disappointed defector: Demaratus Lover of outrage and scandal: Alcibiades Alexander the Great's most formidable opponent: Memnon of Rhodes Rebellion in the Seleucid Empire: Antiochus and Achaeus Great King and conqueror: Suppiluliuma I and his times Search for a long battlefield: Where was the Battle of Mons Graupius? Go to Ancient Warfare Magazine Website ...anyone read it?

Imagine for a moment that by chance you happened to be at the Roman arena on lunchtime, expecting some light entertainment. What would you see, hear, or experience? Slaves providing their masters with satisfactory performance, proving that even they could be courageous, or perhaps seeing men thrown to beasts, and later, to the whim of the crowd.This sort of imagery is common enough when dealing with the Romans. When the time comes to learn about their culture, their daily business, their daily lives, the arena is unavoidable. It looms large in the popular image, and for that matter, in the Roman consciousness too.... ...read the full review of Roman Sports and Spectacles by Anne Mahoney

A team of archaeologists working on a site at Saint-Aubin-des-Champs in France have discovered the remains of a Merovingian necropolis dating to the 5th -7th centuries AD. The excavations, which began in mid-March 2014, confirmed the importance of the initial 2013 evaluation, with the uncovering of a complete burial ground containing more than 300 graves, some of which contain rich grave goods. The study of this site involves several specialisms, including ceramics, glass and metal. full story at Past Horizons

...hello timrudi, welcome to the forum, hope to hear from you from time to time, and we have a off topic section and you are welcome to inform us once in a while about your extremely interesting research!