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Congrats!!!
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Good questions!!
I don't know of any such research, but maybe Caldrail will know? Caldrail you around?
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Oh OK.
Accident has slightly different connotations here.
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And why is it referred to as the "shoes accident"? Was it not intentional on Micheal III's part?
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So they had two emperors? Or did Basil I basically just get "deposed"?
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See it? I wanna fight in it!!!
That is so awesome.
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I got *stuck* in the store room. LMAO
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I ADORE Scarrow's work. Under the Eagle is excellent, in fact I reviewed it for this site.
I have the last(?) in the series upstairs. I still haven't gotten to reading it! Crap I totally forgot! I should do that.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm quite sure that the phallus was seen as a protection of the evil eye? There's a lot of literature on that subject.
I believe you're right about that. Though I know I've seen it equated(?) with fortune as well. Perhaps it had two meanings?
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I think most of them that had meaning were religious in nature.
Then there were the floor mosaics in the bath houses (and I believe, some private villas) with amusing pictures of well-endowed slaves.
They were intended to dispel negativity (which they did, quite well, by inducing laughter.) The phallus was seen as a symbol of fortune because it...rose of it's own accord. 
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My daily journey I shall not miss
To grace the sky with fiery kiss
Thunderous hooves of horses wild
Chariot driven by Zeus' child
Who am I?
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That sounds like a fascinating book Ursus. I'll have to look that one up. Thanks!
The early Christians did indeed go out of their way to provoke the Roman state, because they believed if they died in service of their beliefs it would gain them salvation.I suppose some things never change, and modern radical sects are doing similar things today.
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Woo! You're back!!!
I would love to have some references for that. This came up in another group that I am a member of, and I have been busily doing some searching on the subject.
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This post by Northern Neil is what springs immediately to my mind. I know I've heard it elsewhere but I would have to go searching as to where.
I actually wonder if NN is still around here? I haven't seen him in a while. I'd like to have his input on this.
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I've found in various places that the Christians in Rome were rarely prosecuted for their religious affiliation, but that they were prosecuted at times because of crimes that they committed against the state in the name of Christianity.
What were these crimes and how often did they tend to occur?
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They smell so good don't they?
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Narcissus!!!
I didn't look at the next page yet, someone probably already answered but I had to.
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You must be Arachne, a woman turned into a spider by Athena, following their weaving contest.
But of course!
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This is an easy one.
Renowned weaver, once the best
Was put to Athena's test
Her favor I can't win for sure
And now I weave for ever more.
Who am I?
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Cassandra?
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Yes and yes.
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Oh I thought of him earlier today. Wasn't sure of the myth behind him though...and couldn't remember his name either.
My love had rather fled
Than be taken to my bed
We did run along the stream
And as if within a dream
A tree she did become
That tree my sacred sign
Who is she? Who am I?
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You're right Maty, Persephone.
This is a shot in the dark, you're not talking about Pegasus are you?
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I see LW has gotten into the game now. Yay! (Anyone reading this latest post in this thread, see previous post for LW's riddle.)
Yea you got me. Awesome game!
Thanks for cluing me in.
Marble faced buildings
in Romana Humanitas
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Many of the more upscale buildings in Ancient Rome were faced with marble (from what I can discern this was usually done over brick). Where and when did this practice originate? And how was the marble attached? (one description of a building in Ostia states "brick faced concrete covered in marble". Would this be a layer of concrete, embedded with bricks, then another layer of concrete to hold the marble?)