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I figured it was in Europe by the buildings around the temple, so I'm pretty sure it's the Temple of Augustus and Livia in Vienne, France And I've has great time looking around too - learning as I go along Now if my guess is correct, could you post the next pic for me as I still haven't figured how to do that yet - thanks Bryaxis Hecatee in advance!

One last guess as it's after 3am here and I have to get up at 6.30am for work sadly... Samos - birthplace of Pythagoras and Epicurus - andit has ancient vineyards which are of great interest to me (love my wine!)

Could it be the island of Lesbos - birthplace of the poet Sappho - and it also has some hot springs? The more I look at all these Greek islands the more I want to go there

The island of Delos - birthplace of Apollo and Artemis? It's so much more fun looking for places than than getting ready for another hard week at work (like finding my work clothes and making sure I've got all my work in my bag ) It's also helping my confidence in commenting on this forum - I've come from zero knowledge about ancient Rome other than seeing a movie or two

Time for a clue! However I'm guessing it's a Greek island - but after googling Greek islands with Roman ruins I'm stumped

`So many interesting people to meet and have a wine with them - at the equivalent of a pub... What I would love to do is spend some time in someone's home - and observe family life - watch what's cooking in the kitchen , walk around the garden, go shopping, ....visit a temple or two and go see some chariot racing And if I could hear Cicero speak - now that would be the highlight of my trip back in time!

This thread has kept me interested to the detriment of my real time chores at home - but it's fun reading and learning about all these places after a hard day at work! My guess - Gortyna in Crete

Thanks for that map Viggen! Best map of that part of the Roman world I've seen so far It's really got me interested now in tracing Roman history in Austria - and it seems a little town near Leoben, Donawitz must have been a Roman era place as it's on the map - this is where my mother grew up as her father worked in the steel works there

Thanks so much Nephele! This has been an interesting thread to read .... And I always was a bit bossy

Well, at least both Noricum and Pannonia were partially in Austria. I've always been confused by ferrum noricum, however. If I read correctly, the iron in that region naturally contains manganese, which creates an alloy steel that is harder than the usual pure iron. This explains the popularity of the iron from that region. (I think even the Roman physician Galen mentioned a preference for scalpels made from ferrum noricum.) Is my understanding correct? http://www.alpine-sp...ies_WP5_PP3.pdf guy also known as gaius I visited Eisenerz and the Erzberg last August, to watch my cousin in a race up the Erzberg - he won the men's Alpine walking section! Sadly at that time I knew nothing about Roman history in Styria! This time when I visit in September I will have a bit more knowledge - and perhaps have to opportunity to do a bit of research in Leoben about the iron mining in Roman times Another cousin is at university in Leoben so perhaps he can help direct me to the right sources

Hi Viggen! See what I mean about my huge knowledge deficit? Soon to be fixed of course by reading everything is sight here ! I'll have to change to Pannonia then.....

I picked Noricum because I was born in Vienna Austria - so it's a special place for me One day I hope to have gathered enough knowledge to actually comment on threads -for now, being totally new to ancient history I'm just enjoying reading everything here

Just had to do this quiz! 1. Augustus 2. Livius 3. Paulus Now I have to find out who Paulus was - since I joined this site I have been reading. reading and reading and I've realised I need another lifetime to look at all the books, articles and research available!

I'm about six years too late for the poll! Although I've already posted on the intro thread, her

Very interesting - thanks for posting this I'm an RN and also worked as a midwife for many years so this topic really sparked my interest - so off I went and Googled some good links One thing stands out - some of the surgical instruments used today are pretty much to the same design as those used in ancient times - for example, we use probes and curettes at the general practice where I work just like those pictured in links to Roman surgical instruments I'm really on a discovery trip here - so glad I found this website!

Just amazing - this thread has been going for years! I'd love to have my name Romanised Goaarrbtilberes And I'm female Thanks!

Thanks for the nice welcome! I'm busy reading and absorbing information here - making up for lost time as I had zero interest in ancient history until I stood in the Forum, amazed and captivated by Rome's history last August!

Thanks Artimi for that excellent link -it's fascinating! I've just planned my trip from Rome to Vienna...

Thanks for the lovely welcome! Guess what - we did a day trip to Klagenfurt, Carinthia for a day trip to visit friends at their caravan site for an Aussie/Austrian BBQ It's a shame I had only just discovered ancient Rome, so had little idea about Roman history in Austria

Well I didn't know about this Roman site, but it's not the one my cousin was talking about - the site he mentioned is an old bridge with a bit of road in the forest - nothing elaborate like this museum! His town is on the Mur river but upstream in the mountains Thanks for the welcome!

I'm not sure how I found this site - but here I am Last year I spent a few days in Rome with my son and my main aim was to visit the Vatican, see the Vatican museums and the Sistine Chapel All my son wanted to do was see the Colosseum and eat pasta I found myself standing in the Forum with my guidebook and something strange happened - my years of indifference about ancient history was gone and I was completely mesmerised by my surroundings So since then I've read all my partner's old school books (he studied Latin and Roman history) and bought quite a few books - and I thought I'd learn a bit of Latin as well! I was in Europe to visit rellies in Austria, and I was thrilled to see Roman site excavations in Vienna, and my cousin in Styria told me of a Roman site near the town where he lives only he wasn't sure quite where it was So later this year when I visit again I might find out where this Styrian site is from information here I live in Sydney Australia, work, and instead of cooking dinner tonight I was immersed in this site! Luckily my partner can cook...