Aurelia
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In order to celebrate this new addition, I thought I'd make a contribution...
We think of villas as the grand farmhouses of the Roman countryside. But were they? Bryn Walters takes a fresh look at the evidence and comes to some radical conclusions...
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/roma...-tax-depots.htm
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Hah, we'll give people even more to talk about if we females participate in the survey, too. wink.gif
For the record, I would choose Boadicea.
I would choose Boadicea too. Hell, I would choose any of the girls over Enrique Iglesias!
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Which of those three gladiatrices pictured above rattles your gladius: Boadicea, Dexinia, or Praxidika? Please base your answer on appearance -- not on their musical efforts.
-- Nephele
LOL, good one, Neph! Glad to be giving people something to talk about.
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You're welcome! I thought it might be more interesting to see it rather than just read about it. :-)
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And now something (mainly) for the ladies: Roman beauty tips.
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Oh boy, Britney Spears, Beyonce and Pink are gladiatrices in the Colosseum. And is that Enrique Iglesias posing as the Roman Emperor?? Scary.
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LOL, who can blame him? La Marseillaise is more catchy after all.
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Here's an article I came across a couple of days ago about the discovery of a temple and citadel from the early Iron Age in Turkey. They would have been near contemporaries of "Troy" and seem to have had the same fate i.e. destruction by fire.
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Who is the African ????
I think I saw a South African somewhere in this thread.
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Sorry for taking so long to report back. Here are some useful accommodation websites for St Albans I have come across:
Bed and Breakfasts:
Hotels:
Budget:
I'm not sure what price range most people are looking for so I included a bit of everything.
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I'm not offering the most conventional of sources here
but ... I remember that if you turn on the audio commentary in the first or second episode of the first season of the Rome series, the historical consultant talks about Vorenus getting "special dispensation" to get married to Niobe. In a way, enlisting in the army was like entering priesthood in that total dedication was expected from you. In other words, soldiers were expected to be "married" to the army (although obviously they were not expected to take a chastity vow :-)). -
Kosmo will probably have to confirm this, but I think Dacia is a special case in that it underwent an intensive Roman colonisation process. The Dacian elite became quickly romanised and passed on its language (vulgar Latin) and customs to the peasantry.
Also, it is believed that the Dacians and Getae were more receptive to foreign cultures. I get the impression that there was a lot more resistance to Roman occupation from native tribes in Roman Britain. Did Latin actually become the lingua franca in Britain (did the population outside Roman towns actually speak Latin in their daily lives)?
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I was named after Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar. I've always thought she was an interesting historical character not because she was regarded as the model Roman matron but more due to her being perceived as highly intelligent, independent and sensible. Praise indeed for a woman from the late Republican period (i.e. before women became more emancipated).
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That is a good question. Maybe Silentium, UNRV's Roman resident, can answer that?
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I live in the city of Antwerp but I am originally from the Province of Limburg in the North East of Belgium. That was at the time of the conquest of Gaul less or more the homeland of the Germanic-Gallic tribe of the Eburones.
Under their leader Ambiorix they inflicted some heavy losses on the Romans.
You see his statue here in the market square of Tongeren, probably the oldest Roman settlement in Belgium.
I was born in Hasselt, about 15 km from there. My father's family is from no more than about 5 km from Tongeren.
So I definitely have some Eburone blood in me.
Hasselt is a lovely town. And so is Tongeren! I remember visiting the Gallo-Roman museum there - there was a very entertaining exhibition about Asterix on at the time.
So which is really the oldest town in Belgium: Tongeren or Tournai (Tornacum)??
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So who got to keep Iceman in the end? The Italians or the Austrians? I remember the controversy surrounding the poor guy when he was found in the Alps.
Here's what he supposedly looked like. He could be in a metal band - would fit right in.
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Salve FV,
Thank you for the compliments.
I can see you've been reading my posts.
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Very funny! Reminds me of Darren "Whackhead" Simpson, South Africa's master of prank calls. He has a radio programme called Rude Awakening that is on quite early every morning. If you happen to be in your car at this time and look around at other motorists, you'll see them laughing their heads off while driving. It's almost as entertaining as the pranks themselves.
, he pranks a telemarketer trying to sell him a vacuum cleaner.Here's
in which he annoys a cold caller who tries to get him to get a gym membership.And here's
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Salvete Bryaxis & Kosmo & Omnes,
Best stunt ever was a bit more than a year ago when the Walloon TV Channel made a program in the format of an extended special newsflash announcing that the Flemish had unilateraly declared independence, closed of the 'language-frontier', and what not. They did some quite clever things tricking politicians and prominent commentators into the play without them knowing exactly what was going on, editing old interviews in a misleading way, and so on. Nor was it announced in any tv guide.
Still, the satire was so obvious - they had border controls on the Brussels tramways, the Royal family had supposedly fled the country, and so on – that a twelve year old shouldn't have taken it serious for more than two minutes. But alas, not a few viewers got very alarmed, and started fearing for the worst .... this of course caused a whole new plethora of pro- and anti-unionist disputes and actions. So, alas, the program completely missed it's goal, I fear : the goal being to create a bit more understanding between the two communities by way of a bit of humour.
Valete bene,
OMG, I remember this so well! I didn't hear the news on the day itself but only the next day as I was coming into work. There were some people who were truly shaken by this. I actually thought it was brilliant - pity indeed that it failed to make people see beyond their petty disputes.
I know this is completely off-topic for this introduction thread, but here is the video of the spoof I found on You Tube. Pity I only found this with Dutch subtitles. There's also a short article and video on the BBC website.
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Anyone know where Julia Caesaris ashes (Caesar's daughter) were placed?
*Btw, I am officially back thanks to Primus Pilus*
According to Suetonius in his Life of Julius Caesar, Julia's ashes were placed somewhere in the Campus Martius.
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Herodotus, for his colourful descriptions of the ancient world.
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I think that's an excellent idea! As stated in Klingan's thread, I was planning to post a few photos I had taken in southern Italy last year. I also have interesting pictures of ancient sites I visited in other parts of Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Greece and Egypt (although those I would have to scan as they were taken in the pre-digital era). I think it is for the administrators to tell us whether this site could support such an enormous amount of data.
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I love the other headlines on this site...
It was new boobs or bust: How Ulrika Jonsson got the cleavage she wanted for 20 years
Prince William shows his thinning royal hair... and reveals he's wearing BRACES
Ashes to ashes: Tragic Desperate Housewife Edie Britt ends up sprinkled on the wisteria
Gripping stuff