Gaius Paulinus Maximus
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Day two, still cloudy but rather hot. It's very difficult to get good pictures in this light. Oh well, here's a sample of today's harvest.
Pantheon
Probably my favorite building in the whole world, the inside is simply breath taking.
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Thanks guys!
I awoke this morning with a severe hangover, went to a gig last night in Leeds with a group of friends, We went to see a band called
who are easily one of the best live acts around at the moment, they were brilliant. After that we went out on the town proceeded to get extremely drunk and now I'm suffering the consequences!Tonight I'm going out for a meal with the family, we're going to our favorite Indian restaurant called Kiplings. the food is exquisite and I can't wait!!
So all in all I've had a great birthday!
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Now I see "Saint" Paul in a different way...
Never put a sock in a toaster????
Never put jam on a magnet?????
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The Villa of the Penises opened last year and has become the climax of any educated person's itinerary in the once buried city.
Ow. I think we have another winner.
-- Nephele
Your right Neph, Ludovicus is definitely hard on the heels of Ursus with that one!!
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I've just watched a TV programme called Hestons Feasts, some of the brits here might be familiar with the show. It's about a chef called Heston Blumenthal who cooks a feast for certain Z list celebrities all his recipes are taken from different from times in history, tonight's show was called The Roman Feast.
The menu goes as follows........
Pigs nipple scratchings, Calf's brains custard, Trojan pig which is a whole hog filled with edible intestines and an ejaculating cake!
His recipes are taken from Apicius which is the title of a collection of Roman cookery recipe's thought to have been compiled in the late 4th century AD, he attempts to follow the ancient way of cooking and even makes his own Garum.
Click HERE to watch the show, it lasts about 50mins but is well worth watching.
Watch out for the pig cooked in a hot tub.....Genius!
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Is it just me or should that penis have bigger balls????
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A new treasure from Herculaneum was unveiled in Naples on Tuesday, where it will join a major exhibition exploring life in the Ancient Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD. The show, running until April 13, already features over 150 artefacts and human remains uncovered over the last three centuries but the new relief, uncovered by accident last month, is stirring fresh interest. The marble sculpture, dating back to the 1st century AD, apparently depicts two separate scenes centred on Dionysius, the Greek counterpart of Ancient Rome's god of wine and merrymaking, Bacchus.
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/en..._117334922.html
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Excavation of a proposed park-and-ride site in Taunton has revealed one of the largest prehistoric roundhouses in Britain and a number of Roman burials.
The house dates from the Iron Age (400-100 BC) and was constructed from wooden posts with a thatched roof and had a diameter of 17m (56ft). The finds unearthed from the Cambria Farm site since December 2008 are to be displayed by the Museum of Somerset.
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I'm a bit late with this one too but nevermind.
Happy birthday PP!
All hail our glorius leader!!!!!!
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Better late than never!!
Happy Birthday Vig, hope you had a good one!
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Michael Grant takes it for me too. I picked up a 1975 re-print of the original 60's Penguin translation for a ridiculously cheap price on Amazon.
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I've been missing for a few months so here go's....... To Taizong, Lupercus, Charlie Collins and Aurelia Welcome to UNRV and enjoy!
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Here's a belated birthday wish MPC, Hope you had a good one!!
I like the look of the book you've got on order, think I might have to get a copy for myself.
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I'm not in the slightest bit jealous Klingan
..... Honestly!!!Have a great time mate and don't worry, we'll still be here when you return or should I say IF you return!!!
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If anything I'd serve Scipio Africanus in beating Hannibal
Agreed, not only due to their threat to Roman homeland, but the stories of child sacrifice in Carthage are supremely outrageous if true (?)
HERE'S an interesting discussion we had a while ago on the subject of Carthaginian child sacrifice.
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A PAIR of Cotswold metal detector enthusiasts believe they have uncovered the biggest Roman mosaic in north west Europe.
Paul Ballinger, 41 and John Carter, 53 found the intricate floor design in a field and they believe it has national, if not international significance.
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/40...d_in_Cotswolds/
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Maybe the fact that when somebody does try to assist you or offer their own personal thoughts on the matter they get abused and ridiculed and told that they haven't got a clue what they're talking about, besides the fact that you are already clearly the font of all knowledge regarding Roman Britain and if those "amateur" individuals with their "pathetic" books on Roman Britain can't help you then what chance have the idiots at UNRV got??????
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Excellent as always Neph
Think I might change my surname to Pera because I constantly seem to be getting it out and passing it to the wife and kids!!!!
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Here's a few compilations of the best 50 songs ever..........
http://www.fiql.com/playlists/top_50_songs_of_alltime/
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...5005368,00.html
http://www.innersense.com.au/productions/w...gs/50songs.html
Unfortunately "Get Back" does not make any of the compilations, but other Beatles songs do chart quite highly though.
Here's a few compilations of the best Beatles songs ever......
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/...ongs/index.html
http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/best-beatles-songs.asp
http://listverse.com/music/top-15-beatles-songs/
ENJOY!!
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Wow - it is great to see a piece of the Wall in the midst of the conurb. of Newcastle - I had assumed that most of the stuff in the city had been overbuilt or fully demolished! I find it strange indeed that the eastern end of the wall - Arbeiia, Segedunum and fragments like this are visible, yet the western end, far less built up and developed, has little more than a dim suggestion of the vallum, and perhaps the vague outline of the platform of Stanwix fort.
Yes I'd also assumed that there wouldn't be any surviving remnants of the wall in the heart of Newcastle especially in such built up area's but it appears that there's a few more sections that crop up around the Denton area even the remains of a turret.
http://www.roman-britain.org/frontiers/hw_guide.htm
I'm back up there again tomorrow so I think I'll nip off in my lunch break and go check out the other local sites.
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Today I've been working right next to section of Hadrian's Wall, it was in a little town in Newcastle called Denton Burn. While I was working away I noticed a small fenced of area containing a small section of what I suspected was a part of the Northern Wall, Tools down!!! Instant inspection required!!!
My suspicions were right, it was indeed part of the wall, I've been up to the wall many times before but it was strange to see it in a built up area and not out in the wilderness of Northumberland. It was only a very small section but even so it was still a Roman monument and got the respect it deserved.
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Best song ever??? Not sure about that but it is quality as is most of the Beatles work!
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"In my view, this is the earliest archaeological evidence for the use of chemical warfare..."
Sneaky, dastardly Persian swine with their murderous, devilish, cheating ways!
"The first use of an incendiary chemical substance at sea by the Byzantines dates from the suppression of a revolt against the Emperor Anastasius I in AD 513." (Wiki)
Brave boys, splendid fellows doing their bit to protect the Empire!
Am I sensing a bit of bias there Neil???
Birthday Hails to Gaius Paulinus Maximus
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Thanks again guys, much appreciated