GhostOfClayton
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As far as the current statue is concerned, this is a tough one. It looks late empire to me. Let's be really bold and say 5th century (or even after).
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Agreed, it's definately either some fundamental difference between the threads (or forums), or an individual's settings within the thread/forum.
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Interesting one. The setting looks like Rockbourne or Wall, but the masonry most certainly does not. The scenery looks fairly British, but on the grounds I don't recognise it, I'll start the ball rolling with this:
It's somewhere outside the Britannia.
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Is it Cicero?
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The above is assuming you're talking about hadrian's wall.
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The wall was built by legionary soldiers, but subsequently manned by auxiliaries. You may need to be quite specific about time/place, as armour varied tremendously.
Also, be careful with your research on Picts, as they were unlikely to have had contact with the Roman military during the time you're talking about.
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Is it on an island?
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Is that a mosque in the background? The architecture doesn't look North African, so I'm going to guess that the scene is in France? If I guessed the place, would it give me a clue to the identity of the figure?
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To spread the net a little wider, I've also come up with Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington, and Lullingstone Roman Villa in Eynsford. An hour to an hour and a half away by train are also Pevensey Castle and Canturbury Roman Museum.
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Was it ever noted for the presence of an Oracle?
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Yes. Your go.
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OK. I'd like to know the identity of the personage who's statue can be found depicted below the yellow arrow in this picture.
I'm sorry I'm having to use hyperlinks, but for some reason I can't get the attachment facility on this forum. Strange, because it works fine on 'Guess the ancient city'
Anyway, the clues are there.
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I will be stuck in London for a couple of days during February. I have stuff I need to do in the evenings, but will have time to kill during the day. My situation is a good vehcle for creating a list of things for the Romanophile to do/see in or around London?
I'll start with:
The British Museum
The Museum of London
The Victoria and Albert
all of which have some excellent Roman displays/galleries. There's also:
The Roman Wall near Tower Bridge Tube station.
Anyone think of anything else?
Let's also consider things which you can see by taking the train out of London (which is what I may well do). Please qualify your answer with whether or not your suggestion is available 'out of season'.
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Given the choice between Greece or Asia Minor, I'd say the backdrop looks more Asia Minor than Greece.
Is it in Asia Minor?
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Yes, Happy Birthday, Doc, and a happy new year to all at UNRV.
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. . . and I always imagined Baddidlyboing Odawidaho was still a thriving community!
Lincoln has an excellent archaeological record, and some cracking stuff you can still visit today. Nothing that you'd call a temple, though, I'm afraid. The nearest thing would be the reamins of St Paul in the Bail, a paleo-christian church which was built in the Forum courtayrd, and dates from as early as AD350.
A thoroughly excellent book to fit your requirements would be:
Jones, M J 2002, Roman Lincoln: Conquest, Colony and Capital: Fortress, Colony and Capital , Tempus Publishing
MJ Jones is (or at least used to be - I haven't spoken to him for a few years now) the City Archaeologist, so really knows his stuff.
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It's not Marcus Aurelius, is it?
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Only four Colonia were established in Britannia, and these were at Lincoln, York, Colchester and Gloucester. Colonia were, as you correctly say, set up for Legionary veterans, and were granted a higher status than similar sized settlements. I can't really speak for the other three, but I am qualified to speak about Lincoln's story. After one or two generations, the significance of Legionary veterans would be lost, and the populace of a Colonia would be indistinguishable from those of any sizable Romano-British city.
When the Romans withdrew from Britannia in AD410, ask yourself who actually left? It's likely most of the military remained, though not as an organised unit (evidence from Birdoswald and Vindolanda suggests some became local militia). Possibly any senior military commander on a temporary assignment would have gone home. Other than that, withdrawal amounted to the withdrawal of cash, supplies, new troops, new officers, communications, etc. Trade would have continued though reduced due to the constant invasions from Angles, etc.
What this would lead to would be a gradual reduction in the effectiveness of the social infrastructure. When this happens, life in cities becomes less and less viable - food, water, and supplies must be constantly brought into cities, and as the social infrastructure breaks down, this becomes more and more difficult. Subsistence in a city is nigh-on impossible; nowhere to grow your crops. Education also suffers, and sophisticated skills are not passed on, beyond thoise required for subsistence living.
Thus Lincoln became almost deserted from the end of the fifth century onward, until the Danes reoccupied it. I can imagine a similar story happening elsewhere.
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Yes - loads of 'em. The majority have both free and priced editions, so make sure you do a good search, but pretty much any classic you can think of should have a free version somewhere.
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Although unclear if available to foreign browsers definately now available to those UK based.
It's available in Switzerland, so that's a promising start.
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Wasn't Hadrian on a Grand Tour in AD123?
Nothing to stop him ordering it (or agreeing to a request) from afar, I suppose.
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You know this, Klingan, but for completeness' sake I will tell other readers that the Kindle e-reader software is available free of charge on smart phones, tablets, laptops, computers, etc.
This will enable you to read books from the Kindle store on your afore-mantioned smart device.
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A quick note for Kindle users, Robert Fabbri's "Rome's Executioner (Vespasian)", is currenlty available for 99p on the Kindle '12 Days of Kindle' site, presumably for the next 10 days. Not sure how that translates across to other national Amazon stores, but here's the link to the UK Store
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Even though my blog may make me out to be A bit Grinchey, best wishes to all.
Pinacotheca
in Romana Humanitas
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Sorry - lost the plot there - looking at wrong page - ignore.