Ludovicus
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Wait! Wait! I'm not 100% of the correctness of my translations. We need other opinions.
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1 Non necesse est quod me laudes.
It's not necessary that you praise me.
2 Non bonum est quod me laudes.
It's not good that you praise me.
3 Tibi oportet non me laudare.
It behooves you not to praise me.
4 Non debes me laudare.
You ought not praise me.
It's been a very long time since my last Latin
class. Let's see what other members can provide.
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I agree completely, Stella.
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Just a bit more info that may be of use, from the ever reliable Wikipedia
An ergastulum (plural: ergastula) was a Roman building used to hold in chains dangerous slaves , or to punish other slaves. The ergastulum was usually subsurface, built as a deep, roofed pit - large enough to allow the slaves to work within it and containing narrow spaces in which they slept. They were common structures on all slave-using farms (latifundium). The etymology is disputed between two possible Greek roots 'ergasterios' (workshop) and 'ergastylos' (pillar to which slaves were tethered).
The ergastulum was made illegal during the reign of Hadrian.
The term is also used to describe any small Roman prison.
Ergastolo in Italian is the term for life imprisonment.
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Listen to ancient Babylonian spoken over the Internet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/mobile/news/2010/09/100930_babylonian_nh_sl.shtml
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Sorry to say, but the " Daily Kos" is in error. The US is fighting four wars at the same time:
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and a new covert one in Yemen.
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Lovely, informative photo gallery. Thank you.
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Thanks for this new title. No, I haven't read it but I look forward to doing so.
Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages
by Richard E. Rubenstein is also a good read on medieval intellectual life. This book introduced me to the lively student debates, especially those in Paris, of the 12th and 13th centuries. Repression was certainly rampant. However, new learning and new angles on the old resulted from the reintroduction of Aristotle to the West.
The Middle Ages is too nuanced to be categorized as simply plagued by dogmatism. History seldom conforms to our stereotypes.
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I saw the show just recently. One of the so-called experts stated that during Alaric's siege (410) the Romans continued to watch Gladiator competitions in the Colosseum. He didn't bother to mention that the Emperor Honorius banned these games in 404.
I'm not allowed to watch TV programmes on Late Rome anymore. Whatever value there is in watching the experts give their views - and I must admit I agree with some but not all
- the large number of mistakes that are made result in my shouting at the television. Needless to say, my other half and my son do not appreciate this, so I'm banned. 
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PS. Just watched a clip of the programme from the internet:
I'm off to bang my head against a wall ...
Thanks for the link to the clip. I think I'll go bang my head against the wall now, too.
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The more I learn about the History International's cable programing the more I don't want to view any of the shows. For example, this afternoon's offerings include a show on how Satan has been tricking mankind throughout history.
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Thanks, G of C!
Yes. Some of the podcasts are available outside iTunes. That gives people who don't have the iTunes browser an alternate access point.
Thanks for the tip, Ludovicus. I'll certainly be downloading that one.
It's available on iTunes by searching 'Classics164'. It's spread over two PodCasts.
If anyone's interested in that one (why would they not be?), can I also recommend:
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Podcasts are free audio or video files available on the Internet for you to listen to and/or watch on your computer or on your iPod, iPad, or other hand held device. A podcast can also refer to a series of these audio or video files (similar to how a TV or radio "show" can be a series of shows or just one show). When using the word "podcast", most people refer to the entire series and not just one audio or video file. Lately, universities have begun offering their courses via podcasts.
Here's an entire semester of lectures from UCLA (University of California in Los Angeles) on Roman entertainment:
These lectures require the RealOne player from RealNetworks or a podcast client like iTunes.
http://www.oid.ucla.edu/webcasts/courses/2007-2008/2008winter/classics164-1
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Podcasts are free audio or video files available on the Internet for you to listen to and/or watch on your computer or on your iPod, iPad, or other hand held device. A podcast can also refer to a series of these audio or video files (similar to how a TV or radio "show" can be a series of shows or just one show). When using the word "podcast", most people refer to the entire series and not just one audio or video file. Lately, universities have begun offering their courses via podcasts.
One of the best sources for high quality podcasts on Rome is iTunes University, available free through the iTunes Store. You need to download the free iTunes browser before ordering any of the podcast lectures. For more on iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/what-is/
Here's a series from Santa Clara University in California, History 110, The Roman Republic:
http://www.cordinc.com/blog/2010/01/history-110-roman-republic.html
Professor Isabelle Pafford from The Ancient Mediterranean World podcasts returns for another series of Ancient History podcasts. This time a course on the Roman Republic given during Fall 2008 at Santa Clara University.
There are 19 podcasts - 1 is a slide show video, but the others are audio only. Each podcast is around 50 minutes in length and around 50MB. In the audio podcasts there are often references to slides that are not available online. The course starts with the stories of Rome's foundation along with details of the surrounding area and people, which presumably influenced early Rome. The Roman Kingdom is quickly passed over (perhaps due to a lack of information on the era) for the Roman Republic. Most attention is focussed on the Late Republic, with over half the lectures on the period from the Gracchi to Caesar - around 133BC to 49BC.
These lectures are full of engrossing details. There is a bit of historical timeline talk (on this date this happened and on that date that happened), but the series is more about the life and times of ancient Rome. For instance, there is often discussion of the Cursus Honorum (a series of military and administrative positions that provided a semi-formal structure to a political career) and how it affected the way people sought or achieved power. There was also a strong patron-client system, where a person's power could, in part, be measured by the number of clients/followers they had. Thus, manumission was common as freed slaves were typically clients of their previous owner. There is also some interesting consideration of which events are definitely known to have occurred, the fixed-points of history, and those parts of the primary sources that may be apocryphal.
Professor Pafford can be an engaging speaker, and it is clear this is an area she knows well. Indeed the extra colour provided as cracks began to appear in the republic had me hooked. It was a classic fight between two political parties, the Optimates and Populares - modern analogies are too easy to make. Although the ability to raise private armies and the tendency of losers to be executed adds an epic scale to proceedings. The final result may be well-known, with Caesar the unlikely Populares triumphing...
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I haven't seen this show, but some of your comments reminded me of a the book Antonina written by Wilkie Collins. But Collins had an excuse for inaccuracies, his book was written about 1850.
PBS, our public television, usually does a much better job with its history programing than the History Channel. Even the Nation Geographic Channel leaves much to be desired. 5th century Romans wearing 1st century styles! That's a major error.
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Not having used the iPad I can't say how accurate its GPS is for archaeological surveying rather than finding out where you are in relation to where you want to be. However as far as arcaheological surveying is concerned it isn't just the GPS requiremnt it is also a matter of integrating very accurate angle and height information as well.
I would need to see the iPad results in direct comparison to results generated by traditional surveying methods before I would be convinced that it provides the same level of information.
Very good point.
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The Project
The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS) is bringing to light a largely forgotten corner of ancient Pompeii that has great potential for enlightening Pompeian and Roman history. Through the full range of archaeological inquiry
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http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/08/dugally-somma/
Project Somma 2010 was inspired by a visit to Naples, Italy, where Dugally hiked to the rim of Mount Vesuvius and the lost city of Pompeii. Vesuvius has a distinctive double hump and a caldera formed by the collapse of an older peak called Somma. Dugally says much of his work as an artist is inspired by decay.
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For sure, this is an unabashed advertisement for Apple Computer's new iPad portable computer. Still, it amazes me all the places interest in Rome can be found--and used to make money.
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The Langobards rock.
Yes, they did. They invaded Byzantine Italy in the 560s. Eventually, they founded a powerful Italian Kingdom, or two. Nowadays we associate the Lombards with the northwest of Italy, but in the early middle ages they also ruled in the south of the Italian boot. My grandfather's town of Capracotta was founded by these cultured barbarians.
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It would be Ravena's roman remains that would get the title, with some early empire villa's mosaics underground and of course all the Byzantine remains. I'm currently planning for a visit to Rome in mid-november and use it as a pretext for 2 weeks in Etruria and/or Tuscany and Rome though...
Ravenna took my breath away. This is late antiquity in all it's splendor.
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As glaciers melt a new type of investigation, ice patch archaeology, is providing clues to ancient cultures:
Climate change is exposing reindeer hunting gear used by the Vikings' ancestors faster than archaeologists can collect it from ice thawing in northern Europe's highest mountains.
"It's like a time machine...the ice has not been this small for many, many centuries," said Lars Piloe, a Danish scientist heading a team of "snow patch archaeologists" on newly bare ground 1,850 meters (6,070 ft) above sea level in mid-Norway.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100914/lf_nm_life/us_climate_vikings_1
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Beautiful ceremonial face mask! I don't understand
why it's going to auction, perhaps to disappear from public eyes forever. This piece should be in a museum in the UK.
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I'd like to meet Livy:
"We've done a poor job of preserving your history books. Can you fill in the gaps for us?"
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I'm questioning the placing of "Today's Active Content" (which I use constantly) toward the bottom of the screen. On the other hand "Manage Ignored Users" (which I have never used) is conveniently at the top of the window.
No more Rome and USA comparisons
in Historia in Universum
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"Later in ignorance they forgot what they knew, in pride mocked who they were, and in consequence disappeared."
Sounds like an apt comparison to the US today.
With empire comes the loss of democracy. Resources (material & intellectual) that once sustained the republic are wasted on propping up the empire.
Good quote.