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Agree. In what way would this have effected the Roman Empire? I believe somehow there are connections between India and China, the Middle East and the West, but as I am not very knowledgeable about this, can anyone tell me how were they connected? Actually, while digging around, I found that the wiki has a nice collection of quotes including the one above... Seres Interesting. So Seres is refering to the northwestern part of China... does that mean the Romans (assuming they had really been 'visiting' China) had only reached the northwestern part? From another wiki article about Marcus Aurelius, Roman representatives met the Chinese Emperor in Luoyang which was located on the centre plain of China. Is this a false account or...other reasons? Indeed, its certainly a reference to silk. The Romans seemingly just applied the name of the popular good to the land (and people) that it originated from. Haha they certainly did

agree. but somehow i want to pick scipio...*raising up my hand and blinking* cannot explain why, just kinda like him ;p

There are Chinese accounts of Rome and Byzantium. (see http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/romchin1.html), showing that China and Rome had been sending embassies. But somehow I cannot find any references to China or Chineses in Roman documents. Does anyone know about this? Any references?

I go for Athens, no doubt. Beautiful city, it just... I don't have a chance to go there... But actually Corinth is, though, quite an interesting one. For some reason it reminds me of Paul. And for Sparta, well, nothing to say on this. I remember when I was in junior forms studying Ancient Greek civilization, all I had for Sparta in my mind is battles, fightings and blood.

Is it in Greek or Latin or else? A proverb, or is it from a book, movie or some historical sources?

Never heard about this Sextus Julius. Any other source about him?

Interesting game. But the questions seem repeating a lot I would suggest you to make an accumulation of marks.

"Then there was a whole bunch of other Emperors nobody really cares about; the Roman Empire fell; and some guy named Edward Gibbon wrote a book about it. The end." omg...who write this 'uncyclopedia' website? I browse the Chinese one and it's just so....horrible... omg...

I'll check this out. Never heard of this movie before. Does it talk about the sack of Rome? I would be more interested if it does, than after the sack.

As far as I know the Trojan War was a real event. But I doubt the story by Homer is just a myth or true. Only the Achilles' heel mystery was too unreal to believe. I am not sure if Tyre is related to Troy. Does anyone find source on this? Anyway somehow the two cities should be related in some ways. My knowledge is limited.

As far as I know, the Cambodia language is Khmer. The earliest written language to have been found in the region of Cambodia is in Sanskrit, an Indian language. The writings were be dated in 5th and 6th century. I cannot find any source to show that the language is decended, or somehow indirectly, from Greek and Latin. And as you know, the old Indian language is not formed by alphabets. You cannot really determine how are the languages related just by those translations. All I know of Mount Meru is a legend in the Hindu belief, said to be the centre of the universe. Is it really a mountain of gold and jewels? I have no idea.

I like the way you describe it But anyway better than the ones that fight inside the arena.

This topic may not related to history, but I would like to link it up to. I have read the Vampire Chronicles, a series of vampire novels written by Anne Rice, and there is a vampire named Marius who is a Roman himself. Other than this, I believe everyone of us here has heard of Dracula. The story is based on a true Romanian prince in the 15th century and it could be related to the late Byzantine Empire. The question is, has vampirism ever existed in Roman history?

I once saw a young man wearing a Roman soldier outfit in a college campus...and I was scared to death...

docoflove is right...what excatly can a woman do in Ancient Rome? Then perhaps I would be a good housewife at home... Only if I was a man, I might perhaps wish to be Magister Militum. It sounds cool to me

I look at some Chinese fortune-telling websites and find that a person has an aquiline nose is selfish, arrogant, clever but sly, and is very dangerous that he would harm the others in order to advantage himself. Sounds really bad, but I wonder should a ruler be like this? It might help in some special political situations, perhaps?

then perhaps you would like to check out for the English version. btw where do you get the Spanish one? It sounds interesting to me.

interesting...but I am just going to be 15 next month, and I don't really have suffered from any serious disease... but anyway, I don't think I can survive under the Black Death...

very nice animation. Where goes the Seleucid Empire?

I realize if you relax your eyes, and not focusing the the squares, you might notice that they are of the same colour. I wonder if the cylinder is removed, could this illusion work still?

I browse the 'imago' page but find something really interesting... http://www.ourpinkhouse.com/images/meigs2005/images.php So the last picture...is it thr R2-D2 from the Star Wars saga?

Ah...can be used for the reference materials in art lessons =D And the showroom is so pretty!

This is me to be the least qualified one, not you, dude. I think if you would like to study this era, better for you to read about the whole than study every part precisely at first. After you have the main idea, you can start to develop each topic more detail. Like, as your list has included, the foundation and building of Rome, the republic, the caesar, the empire, etc. I would recommend these books: The Romans, Antony Kamm. Well, the first 3 chapters (The founding of Rome; The republic; the Caesars) are really useful, both brief and precise, you can easily understand. The other chapters are mostly about life of Romans. You can read if you are interested. The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization, Bryan Ward-Perkins. It describes the very detail of how the Roman Empire came to a decline. An advance book for further study of the decline of Rome, or maybe you can read it togther with Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Peter Heather's Fall of the Roman Empire Or, if you want some fun while reading, try some children's books. Easy to understand, and have fun with some DIY handicrafts, cooking, drawing and so on

Haha it's interesting. I recognized the soundtrack from The Gladiator haha