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:D And just how were you "involved"? pray tell - which character did you portray or perhaps you had the interesting job of set design? cool.

A local high school is presenting "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum" as their musical this year. This school has an excellent drama club and always provides great entertainment for being only high school students. A friend of mine is in charge of the choreography. Anyhow, buying tickets for this Sunday's matinee. Too bad the chariot chase scene from the movie can't be done on a high school stage. Cracks me up.

Couldn't resist. And it's hard to see, but there's a Chihuahua driving.

I agree "A Body in The Bath House" is a good one. I remember parts of that book more than others.

Good, the video plays for me. But I wonder if I've watched this doc before.

Thanks, great info.

In addition to my failure to understand the mic usage, it seemed everytime I logged into the chat to see who was online no one was there. But I recall we tried the chat thing a couple years ago? and it was frustrating because of the different time zones.

Ok. Dumb question - how did they know it was him? WAS there a headstone, what identified his body (bones)?

While at Viggen's link about the cat discovering the catacombs (very interesting!), I noticed on the same page, this story from 2011. Did they ever confirm it was Caligula's tomb? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue

Oh sorry, didn't mean to post spoilers. I can't recall in which book she makes her appearance but I do have a source reference - "Falco - The Official Companion" which is the only book I actually did purchase. I will sneak a peek.

I remember now. In the last book it was strongly hinted that she would strike out on her own as an informer.

Ugh. Ok, thanks. I may give the books a try.

Oh wow. I thought Lindsey Davis said she would not write another Falco novel - ever. And a whole new series? Can't wait. But now I must review Flavia Albia's story! Was she the girl found on the streets by Marcus? she was born in Britain? I wish now that I would have purchased the entire Didius Falco book series, instead I found them all at the library which was a good thing; but having them all in my own library would be great. Perhaps I will begin by buying one or two a month. Thanks for the heads up Ghost.

Thanks. I see the word "bloody" more than once in the reviews and I sort of cringe altho I certainly know that is a part of it all; but sometimes I admit I skip over those scenes, however well written they may be. Case in point. While reading one book, I think it was "Eagle in The Snow" or it could have been one in the Simon Scarrow series, I still remember vividly one such scene where the main character(s)come upon a prisoner left by his captors, suspended over a well sharpened spear, part of which was already how should I say, inserted "where the sun doesn't shine". When the time comes when the prisoner is no longer able to lift his weight, well...you get the picture. ugh. Let's just say it took awhile to get that image out of my mind. I think I'll check out the library tomorrow and at least try to read the first in the series.

Amazon sent me an email suggesting "Fortress of Spears" by Anthony Riches. It's third in the Empire series. Has anyone read the first two books? Seems I remember discussion on this series some time ago but was lazy and didn't do a search.

Is the contest over? Sadly, I had difficulty with the chat portion of the entry and uninstalled the software. I did get to hear what Viggen sounds like once though! and I think maybe it was Klingan, not sure. Sexy accents, boys.

This is still one of my absolute favorite books on Roman history after all these years! Thanks for the recommendation. I found some used copies at Amazon and bookmarked the site.

I think it's so interesting,too. Hope we don't have to wait too long to hear the results of the dive.

I also watched this documentary. What surprised me is learning the government had no provision for burying all the dead. It never occurred to me that bodies would remain for so long unburied, and understand how over whelming it must have been esp. to nearby townspeople. This is a part of the history of the Civil War one never reads about. The program brought back memories of a large, antique book that was kept in the bottom of a trunk belonging to my Father and Mother. It was a large photo book of the Civil War and all I can remember as a kid is that some of the photos were so gruesome we looked at the book very, very seldom. My grandfather's uncle fought in the Civil War. I am saying the book "was" kept, because I just phoned my Mother awhile ago to inquire about the book and if I may have it. She said of course I may, but called me back saying the book was NOT in the bottom of the trunk anymore! She was so sure it had been. Now we are struggling to remember what happened to the book. I am so disappointed because I'm wondering if it could have been an original copy of Matthew Brady's book. My brothers are not into history one bit, so we are certain it is not in their hands.

Fantastic. Can you imagine the thrill of unearthing that mosaic? Thanks for posting.

Very, very cool. Thank you for posting the game highlights link. Do you wonder if the ghosts of gladiators (and ancient spectators) were watching?

8:30pm? Well, that's good because I just came in at 3:15pm and figured I'd missed it. Tried that link you posted but couldn't find a live stream, clicked on everything. I wonder if I have to register with the site first. Doesn't help that I don't read the language. Are you watching it?

Thank you!

Altho I'm not a big hockey fan, I'm bookmarking that site Viggen; and will hopefully be able to tune in Sunday. What time does it say the game will begin? Probably different time zone for me too.

Ok. I was able to hear both of you and I heard someone say there was alot of echo with my mic. I may have not set things up correctly. Will try the chat later, thanks!