Crispina
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I also read that Eagle of The Ninth will be made into a movie in 2010.
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I was wondering if you guys could give me some names of Roman fiction books. I have already read...
the entire Eagle Series,
the entire Eagle of the 9th series,
I am now looking for more Roman fiction, I will take any of it, but preferably a Legionary story or something.
Thanks.
How many books, and their titles please, are in the Eagle of the Ninth series? I did a google search and got a little confused as to the sequence of the books. I think I would very much like to read these.
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I can't see it, at least not without signing up.
The album was on private somehow...it is now public. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing.
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The photos from the museum were fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
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Monday BBC2 at 21:00
Series in which restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time they travel back to the early days of the Roman Empire. Living in a splendid villa, Senator Giles dons a toga while Vestal Virgin Sue dresses in tunics and keeps the fires of Rome burning.
Italian chef and cookery writer Valentina Harris slaves away in the marbled kitchen, cooking extraordinary meals, including the stinking fish sauce known as garum. When not gorging on delights from Valentina's kitchen, Giles and Sue try out the popular Roman snack lagana, the precursor of pizza and pasta, while attending the Colosseum..........
When I try to play the video it says "not available in your area." Waaaa.
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It's raining at my place right now! And I didn't even spill the Smirnoffs.
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This Thursday (July 23rd, and 10 days before the Kalends of Sextilis), I wish a joyous Neptunalia to all!
Some ideas...
To avert the heat and drought often brought by this summer month of Quintilis, we may propitiate the deities of water and springs. As you take a cooling shower, give praise to the god Neptunus and his lady consort Salacia.
If you have access to the seashore to escape the summer heat, do your propitiation at the beach.
Or just chill out at home with a cold beer and a toast to Neptunus and Salacia.
Also on this day, the Romans would build small outdoor huts, and cover them with the foliage of trees as shelter from the harsh light and heat of the sun. But you can use your patio umbrella as your Neptunalia "hut."
So relax and dine (Roman style!) outdoors in the shade of your patio umbrella "hut," in observance of this festival.
And don't forget the beer.
Any one else have suggestions for a modern-day observance of this holiday?
-- Nephele
What do you suggest I sacrifice asap, as the storm warnings are going out over the TV but are for areas all around my little corner of the world! I have some Smirnoff Ice I can pour on the ground.
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And a nice picture too of the 'San Paolo fuori le Mura' cathedral. As a church I found St Paul's (and St John's in Lateran, for that matter) far more beautiful than St Peter's.
Formosus - that is fascinating. You do realize that you can use the "up" "down" "right" and "left" arrows on your keyboard to get a 360 view of the cathedral? The music in the background gave me chills. Thanks for posting this.
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Not sure which forum to post this. I found this posted on a Tudor website, a link to a site that has streaming Medieval/Renaissance music in case you're into that kind of thing. I only listened for a minute or two but bookmarked it.
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Unfortunately for the study of Classical music only a limited amount of information is known about Roman musical history. Relatively little has survived to be passed down which deals with Roman music specifically. A possible explanation for this is the Church
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Very interesting interview, thanks for posting.
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I enjoyed all your slide shows. Thank you for posting. Going to Pompeii and Egypt are two things I want to do before I die - and I've been to Egypt (1994); so next is Rome and Pompeii.
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I find it interesting that no written music exists from the ancient Greek or Roman times, and I'm sure all of it was handed down orally from teacher to pupil over the centuries; but doesn't it seem possible that somewhere a musician would have made note of where to place one's fingers or how to hold the instrument (that I guess can be seen depicted on monuments and carvings) or something to the effect of: "Place a finger on this hole/string, lift off and place a finger on this hole/string, ect. ect. " to create a particular tune. Wonder why they never seemed interested in inventing a musical "text" like their alphabet? They wrote poetry, why not songs by using particular markings?
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Crispina, you mentioned you have some musician friends -- is ancient music an interest of yours? Perhaps even the two of you, Fulvia and Crispina, might want to work together on a descriptive listing of ancient musical instruments for UNRV?
-- Nephele
I do enjoy listening to early music and have had very little exposure to sources of ancient music but it fascinates me. I am a musician who plays fiddle and some tenor banjo, old time stringband and Irish music - far cry from what you are seeking. However, several of my friends have studied music (unlike me) and enjoy learning about historical instruments and tunes. I hope someone steps up to the challenge of compiling such a list, it would be very interesting.
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I shared this with some musician friends who were thrilled to receive it. Thank you for posting the links.
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"It will be interesting to see how The Tudors will age Henry. "
The last scene of the last episode should tell us something. The way he was stuffing himself with that baked swan pie or whatever it was. Me thinks his girth will grow this season.
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http://www.legionary.org.uk/
Needs a few beers before it's entertaining for adults, but the kids should enjoy it.
I'm in the storeroom as well. Wanna sing Christmas carols???
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sorry for double post
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I can see it now: "Indiana Jones and The Stone of Destiny"....that is if it's filmed before Harrison Ford gets WAY TOO old.
Thanks for posting this and all the other interesting articles. And to everyone else who does, I check in every day to learn something new.
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I saw THIS on MPC's Sextus Roscius link and thought it would be of interest to some of our members.
It's a very interesting and informative documentary on the life and death of the Gladiator.
Thank you for posting the link to the documentary. Not only did I enjoy that, but I bookmarked the site and have been enjoying other Timewatch programs and documentaries at that site. Especially, Terry Jones and "Medieval Life" (I'm in the wrong forum, sorry). Watched every one of them, then "Hidden Rome". I believe this may have been on TV,tho; but I enjoyed it again.
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Very good. Thanks for sharing.
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Saw this and couldn't resist. Sorry.
"I'm tellin' you, Achilles...You wear those heels into battle, and you're asking for trouble."
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Archaeologists have revealed plans to uncover the 2000 year-old tomb of ancient Egypt's most famous lovers, Cleopatra and the Roman general Mark Antony later this year. Zahi Hawass, prominent archaeologist and director of Egypt's superior council for antiquities announced a proposal to test the theory that the couple were buried together.
He discussed the project in Cairo at a media conference about the ancient pharaohs. Hawass said that the remains of the legendary Egyptian queen and her Roman lover, Mark Antony, were inside a temple called Tabusiris Magna, 30 kilometres from the port city of Alexandria in northern Egypt...
This is so interesting, but I'm confused about how they know it's Cleopatra's tomb? Only because of the coins? Or does her name appear somewhere on the walls? And if it's been underwater, the remains would be destroyed. I can't wait to hear more about this. Thanks for sharing.
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Roman Fiction?
in Libri
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There are 3 titles in the Eagle of the ninth series. The Eagle of the Ninth, the Silver Branch and the Lantern Bearers.
Thank you!