ummidia quadratilla

Is it a Greek island? Is it Samos?

Yes it is Vaison. I tried to use a photo that was away from most of the obvious ruins there but you're too good. Over to you Ghost.

I fear this might be a quick round. Yes GhostofClayton it is France.

Here is my offering, just in time for Saturnalia. Io Saturnalia!

Is it Volubis in Morocco?

Great to see this game running again. Since all the excitement happened while I was asleep (I live in Pacific Standard Time), I can at least provide the name for Milecastle 38 (at least the one on in the HW guidebook and map) - Hotbank. Looking forward to playing again.

Right you are Melvadius. Over to you!

No it's neither Switzerland nor Spain.

Mais non, but you're getting warmer.

Happy Easter - finally this thread is being resurrected But no it's not in Germany, though it is in a northern Roman province.

Merry Christmas from Vancouver Island, Canada - rainy and grey as befits a rain forest Christmas. But lots of warmth and sunshine from family and friends.

Thanks GhostofClayton! Somehow I missed part two and only saw your reply to me on the 16th. I'm too busy getting ready for Christmas I guess and easily distracted by shiny objects. It looks like a very good excuse to go to Switzerland (as if I really need an excuse - my long ago memories of Switzerland are all good). Looking forward to seeing part 4.

I'm planning my trip there even as I write this! It looks like a really good site and worth a visit. I'm impressed by the reconstructions. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to part two - no pressure .

Hope this isn't too easy.

I'm looking forward to your visit report, GhostofClayton

I'd forgotten about this thread. I saw the villa in May and was impressed by it. And I still like the colour of it. I even used a photo of the villa as the header on my website (www.romanfootprints.com) To answer my own question - no they didn't furnish it.

I was waiting for someone else to jump in and play but it looks like I'm the only one right now. Piercebridge?

You're right. Guess I should go further afield than Britannia to make it harder. Over to you GhostofClayton ...

Right country, wrong site.

Thank you Bryaxis. I hope you had a great holiday in Turkey. Here is my photo.

I'll get back into the game. Is it the odeion at Troy?

Looks like there will be some new things to see along Hadrian's Wall next May when I visit. Although it's only been a year since I last visited the wall, I'm glad there have been several changes/upgrades since then - including the museum at Vindolanda and the new film at the Roman Army Museum for example.

Roman witches (at least those in literature) often called on demons to help them perform their antisocial (evil?) acts. In honour of Halloween, here are list of Roman witches: Canidia and Sagana - Horace wrote two poems about these witches, one slightly humorous and the other quite sinister. In Satire 1.8, Canidia and Sagana are dressed in black, have pale skin, long nails and wild hair. They shriek and cackle. They come to a graveyard at night when there is a full moon and pick herbs, tear apart a lamb and pour blood on graves to conjure up spirits. They bury a wolf

I went on a tour in 2010 along the west coast of Turkey, zigzaging to Greek Islands. These are the sites we visited in Turkey that I would recommend: Bergama - the ruins of ancient Pergamum. There is a lot here including an Asclepion, the acropolis of the town with remains of a hillside theatre and temples (we didn't get to explore here much because we got there in the middle of a thunderstorm but I really would have liked to have seen more). Ephesus - a must see of course. Hopefully there won't be three cruise ships worth of people visiting when you go like there was the morning I was there. Pay the extra money and go into the House of the Slopes if you like mosaics. Between Kusadasi and Bodrum - Miletus, Priene and Didyma. I enjoyed all three and they were very different from each other. Lots to see. If you don't mind taking a ferry over to Kos from Bodrum, it is worth a day trip at least. There is the huge Asclepion, a Roman town, a Greek agora, an Odeion and the Plane Tree of Hippocrates.

Good switch - it is Miletus. Over to you, Maladict.