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  1. Favorite Greek City-state

    in Historia in Universum

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    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.

  4. History Trivia Game

    in Hora Postilla Thermae

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    I created a history trivia game over the summer. There aren't many questions or anything yet, but it is playable. You can submit your own questions to the database too, so you can submit a bunch of questions on the Roman Empire if you want. Any feedback is appreciated, thanks!

     

    History Blast

     

    Interesting game.

    But the questions seem repeating a lot :blink:

    I would suggest you to make an accumulation of marks.

  6. The Last Legion (movie)

    in Colosseum

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    If you want to see a low budget but very high quality film based on an actual account from the last century of the West Roman Empire, don't miss De Reditu (Il ritorno) (2004), when it comes to a local art house cinema. Not available on video, as far as I can tell. Here's the plot summary from IMDB.com:

     

    "'De Reditu' takes place in 415 AD- five years after the devestating sack of Rome by the Visigoths- and tells the true story of Claudius Rutilius Namatianus, the last great pagan poet of a declining Roman Empire. A nobleman frustrated by the dominance of Christianity (which he blames for Rome's troubles) and a failed love affair, Claudius embarks on a sea journey to his native Gaul in order to raise an army and bring glory back to the Empire."

     

    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.

  7. Troy = Tyre?

    in Historia in Universum

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    I don't think that there is now much doubt that the site we know of as Troy - at Hissarlik in north-east Turkey - is the genuine site. It fits perfectly with dates etc, was a proud and wealthy city in the right time-frame and was already ancient (the mound has multiple layers covering thousands of years of history.

     

    If there is a question it is over precisely which of those layers - or sub-layers - is the City of the Trojan war made famous by Homer. There are two main candidates.

     

    Tyre too wasalso a proud city, a Phoenician trading port as I recall, in the Levant - but I have NEVER seen any suggestion of a link with Troy - either as the site of the war, or as a settlement by Trojans.

     

    Rome itself claimed to have been founded by descendents of Aeneas, a Trojan hero. And I have seen london (UK) alleged as the site of the war in a book some years ago.

     

    I have visited Troy in Turkey and it is an amazing experience to look down from those wind-swept walls to the plains where - maybe - Achilles and Hector once fought.

     

    Phil

     

    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.

  8. Why Marble?

    in Imperium Romanorum

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    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.

  10. The Legend Of Vampires

    in Historia in Universum

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    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?

  13. Roman Noses

    in Romana Humanitas

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    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?

  14. Hbo Series: Rome

    in Rome Television Series

    Posted

    Spittle, how interesting! I watched the episode in Spanish and the word "tabacco' came out of Titus Pullo's mouth. This is clearly an error in the Spanish version and not in the English one.

     

    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.

  20. Suggested Reading?

    in Libri

    Posted

    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 :ph34r:

  24. The Classical World By Robin Lane Fox

    in Reviews

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    It was frowned upon because it was not considered to be as "useful" as physics, chemistry and maths. The chemistry has come in very handy though since.Thank you for the compliment.

     

    Too bad :lol: ...

    I have a similar story to yours; I am not studying history at school now because the education system for Form 4 (=grade 10 in UK) students have to choose between studying science or art, and I choose science as it would provide me a brighter future, but I really like history more.

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