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  1. True Blood

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

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    Kosmo, Well said my friend :thumbsup:

     

    You summed up The Vampire Diaries perfectly. The show never get's boring or predictable and always ends leaving you wanting more. A sure fire sign of a show that;s extremely well written and well acted by those oh so beautiful young people!!

     

    Mystic Falls is the place to be!!! :lol:

  2. True Blood

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted

    I love a bit of True Blood.

     

    Blood and gore, hot vampire chicks and "Fang Bangers" as they are known in the show, werewolves, shape shifters, fairies and not to mention the surprisingly addictive storylines too!

     

    The second series has just finished over here, can't wait for the next one to kick in! What will they come up with next???

     

    While we're on the subject of Vampires, anyone watch The Vampire Diaries?? I know its aimed at teenagers and I'm an adult (my wife thinks thats debatable!) but I love this show, I suppose you could call it my guilty secret/pleasure!!!:rolleyes:

  7. Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here

    in Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here

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    Welcome to UNRV Noricum and Raunman. :thumbsup:

     

    I'm sure you'll love it around here, and by the way Raunman, we are NOT sad souls!!!! ;)

     

    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!

     

     

    Yeah I know where you're coming from, the first time I visited Rome and especially the Forum and Palatine it just blew me away, it truly is a captivating and special place!

  8. Questioning Reputations: Essays on Nine Roman Republican Politicians

    in Reviews

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    The amount of errors in this book due to what appears to be poor editing is quite worrying but I've gotta say that I do like the sound of the book as a whole, the main protagonists that are discussed are some of the most interesting people and some of my favourite characters from this era of Roman history, plus I do like the fact that the author maybe strays from the path occasionally, so for that reason I just might invest in these essays!

     

    Btw nice review Bryaxis

  11. Ask The Expert - Adrienne Mayor

    in Ask the Expert

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    Dr Mayor,

     

    Thanks for your time.

     

    Firstly, with regards to Mithridates total resistance to poison, how true would you say this is? Had he really concocted the perfect antidote or was it a case of exaggeration and the Myth of the poison king expanding over time. Secondly, if Mithridates did perfect his antidote then do we still have an examination of his pharmacology available to us and are his methods still used in anyway in todays medicine?

     

    Thank you.

     

     

     

  12. The Eagle (Movie)

    in Colosseum

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    I did wonder about the veracity of the sea people's appearance (Picts?)

     

    To paint yourself with dusty mud, and then wander around in the highlands of Scotland of all places . . . well, it wouldn't last very long is what I'm saying.

     

    I'm venturing up to the highlands of Scotland in a couple of months to climb Ben Nevis, after watching The Eagle I'm thinking of leaving the hiking gear at home doing it starkers with just a bit of dusty mud to hide my dignity........ not that there'll be much "dignity" to hide with the temperatures up there!! :lol:

  14. The Eagle (Movie)

    in Colosseum

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    I've been to see The Eagle today and I thought it was really good, it's been a while since I've seen the Romans on the big screen.

     

    I'm also glad that it stayed reasonably true to the book and I thought that Jamie Bell was excellent as Esca, he was just as I imagined him from the book.

     

    I'm just wondering if they will go on to make "The Silver Branch" and "the Lantern Bearers" ?? I thought that the ending seemed to indicate that there was more to come?

  17. Hello again everybody

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

    Posted · Edited by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

    Welcome back vtc, where have you been hiding??

     

    I may be wrong but I seem to remember that you were in the proccess of writing a novel set in ancient Rome the last time you were around here???

     

    Did you ever manage to get the book finished? or have I got you completely mixed up with somebody else :unsure:

  19. Mithraism made it to Scotland

    in Archaeological News: Rome

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    Two rare, carved altar stones found in East Lothian could shed new light about the Roman period in Scotland, it has been claimed.

     

    The Roman stones were found during the redevelopment of a cricket pavilion in Lewisvale Park, Musselburgh.

     

    Experts said they may help re-write the history books on the Roman occupation of Inveresk.

     

    Although they were found in March 2010, it has only now become safe to fully inspect them.

     

    Archaeologists said the stones were of "exceptional quality".

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12771243

     

     

  20. Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here

    in Welcome and Introduce Yourself Here

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    Thank you everyone for your kind welcome.

     

    Gaius - As regards an introduction to the mysteries of Mithras, I found David Ulansey's "The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries - Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World" - to be a good starting point. One slight warning: he identifies Mithras as representing the constellation of Perseus in the tauroctony (bull-killing icon)and quite a few scholars part company with him there and prefer to interpret Mithras as the Sun. But he is good on the background to the religion and, for me, the book was detailed enough to give a good introduction. Part of Robert Turcan's "The Cults of the Roman Empire" has a section on Mithras - cannot comment on it as it only arrived yesterday but it looks good.! :)

     

    IMO the most impressive work I have found so far is Roger Beck "The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire - Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun. " It is not an easy read for me as I know very little about ancient astronomy or astrology but it is well worth the effort if you want to gain an idea of how complex a religion it was.

     

    By the way, what is the name of the novel you are reading? It sounds tempting!

     

    Happy reading! Corax

     

    Thanks for the recomendations Corax, I'll definately look into those.

     

    The novels I've been reading are a series of books called the Forgotten Legion chronicles by Ben Kane. It's set in the late Republic around the time of Caesar, Pompey, Crassus etc. Mithras doesn't appear till the second book but then the religion plays quite prominent role in the storyline.

     

    http://www.amazon.co...gion+chronicles

     

    I did a review for UNRV on the first book in the series a while ago.

  21. Boudica's last battle: Was she naive?

    in Gloria Exercitus - 'Glory of the Army'

    Posted

    Personally I think it's just a case of believing their own hype and completely underestimating the Romans proffesionalism.Tthe Britons recent successes over the romans would of more than likely gone to their heads plus the fact of their by far superior numerical advantage. The Brits would have been supremely confident of destroying such an "inferior" force and would have seen no need to use flanking tactics etc, an all out frontal assault would have been sufficient enough to ensure a comprehensive victory, numbers would win the day............Oh how wrong they were!!

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