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I bookmarked that site, Ghost, will see if I can watch the programming. Hope so!

I wish the same for you and everyone too. Except I will turn 60 this year! UGH. But, I have Lindsey Davis's new book to look forward to in 2013.

I'll try again. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy Saturnalia to everyone.

So very interesting. Thanks for posting.

I hear nothing at all wrong with your English, maybe a bit tired from your illness, but otherwise enjoyed the videos very much.

As promised. Photos from the play tonight. For high school kids, they did an amazing job with dialog and songs. However I had a completely different image of what Pseudolus should look like! (he's the one in the purple striped pants) No chariot chase, just an awful lot of running around the stage and through the theater aisles. Most disappointing was the fact that the audience turn out was very small, being a Sunday matin

I'll try to remember to take my camera!

: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.