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I believe the ancient Romans generally used interpuncts to separate the words, although perhaps these interpuncts weren't always apparent? -- Nephele It's all depend on the quality of the inscriber, for example it's likely that a milestone in some minor province would be of a much lesser quality then an imperial inscription in Rome.

Hard Happy By It! a birthday greeting in a truly anagrammatic style

Today I stumble upon this picture which portray Augustus as an Egyptian Pharaoh. I assume this was made for propaganda purposes, which is a bit hard to believe since the Roman look down on the Egyptian culture (and in general on all the civilizations of the east) and as far as I know it's was never imitated in any other province. was this propaganda went any further than just depicting of Roman emperors as Pharaohs?

It's all part of the "Black Athena" theory which claim that the original Egyptians were black and the Greeks stole their culture and hence all of their achievements were actually belong to the Egyptians. I believe this theory became popular in some American universities among the African study professors.

Take a look here and here for the screencaps.

This was taken at my hometown in Israel, could anyone help me identify the soldiers on the sarcophagi? I almost certain that they are Greeks and not Roman but I want to know more details. any help would be highly appreciated.

The Oxford Classical Dictionary refer to a book about her by S. I. Oost, "Galla Placidia Augusta", (1968).

The University of Michigan has a online copy with a decent search option. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-...CL3129.0001.001 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-...CL3129.0002.001 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-...CL3129.0003.001

The Oxford Classical Dictionary cite the following books: J. P. V. D. Balsdon, Life and Leisure in Ancient Rome (1969), 244

Check out the Tabula Heracleensis 28-29 on the conducting of the census outside of Rome.

Clearly the church need to re brand Jesus as "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter".

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The article neglected to mention that a few years before the start of the Bar-Kochba revolt Hadrianus transfer some Jewish cities in the Galilee from the rule of the local Jewish oligarchy to that of the pagan minority, base of that fact and the coins depicting the temple, it's seem that the temple was probably built between that period to that of Antoninus Pius.

What ASCLEPIADES posted in part of a bigger work, you can read the rest here.

I actually manage to find one denarius that depict Augustus and Julia. They are probably a bigger chance to find a coin of Julia minted by provincial authorities (like this one) as they had no reservations about minting the image of a woman and Julia did visit the east with Agrippa.

While Agrippa put one of the most sympathies displayed toward Judaism by a Roman his stay in the east was short (17 BC -13 BC) so I doubt he could have a big affect. I assume those Latin named Jews were Roman citizens and hence they bore a Roman name, It's possible they had two name - one was Roman and was used in dealing with the outside world and the other is Jewish and was used inside the Jewish community.

I would like to know if that is accurate, and if so, what were the approximate dates of progression. No it's not, Rome was never "republic for the people" nor a "democracy of government bureaucracy". if we are talking about republican Rome it's was rule by a small circle of aristocracy, the Nobilitas, who were only a fraction of the overall population. they weren't able to agree about sharing the power between them and thus the later republic period (133 BC -27 BC) is a period of instability and civil wars that in the end an autocratic form of government is created.

As I said there some flaws in this methodology, and even ancient writers notice it. for example: "For it was customary in most families of note to preserve their images, their trophies of honour, and their memoirs, either to adorn a funeral when any of the family deceased, or to perpetuate the fame of their ancestors, or prove their own nobility. But the truth of History has been much corrupted by these laudatory essays; for many circumstances were recorded in them which never existed; such as false triumphs, a pretended succession of consulships, and false alliances and elevations, when men of inferior rank were confounded with a noble family of the same name: as if I myself should pretend that I am descended from M. Tullius, who was a Patrician, and shared the consulship with Servius Sulpicius, about ten years after the expulsion of the kings." (Cicero, Brutus, 16.62) Some modern historian (like Ronald Syme) seem to agree and claim that either the Nobilitas enter names to early consulate fasti of ancestors who never exist or falsely claim to have descended from families which by then were extinct.

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It's also important to note that Imperial and Greek writers didn't allways understand the republic and thus make many mistakes concerning the government machinery.

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Just keep in mind that we don't what was Appianus source for this speech, so it could be a literature device use to express the feeling of a certain person.

No doubt that the emperors give Senators a part in the government, however (and it's a big however) they were always appointed only on a personal base (i.e according to how the emperor trusted them) and not beacause they were members of the senate. And let's not forget that the emperor court house a great amount of freedmen that serve as bureaucrats and some time gain greater power than most senators and consuls.

Another aspect of recent portray of Rome is that they tend to ignore Christianity (unless it's important part of the plot) in contrast to older portrays like "I, Claudius" which mention Jesus even thought it had nothing to do with the plot.