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Salve Everyone,
I'm looking for a small statue of Minerva (~20cm), in bronze (or any other dark metal) or stone.
I've been looking on the internet, but could not find any (don't know why)
Also a dutch ebaylike site did not contain anything, Ebay itself I do not like due to past experiences.
Does anyone know where I can find these kind of things?
Kind Regards,
Macerinus
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I just watched it now, and i must say i liked it allot, everyone should see it, raised some interesting questions...
I read the book ages ago and quite liked it, but I've never seen the television series.
Is there a place to watch them online? as the google links seem to have expired.
I cannot watch anything from the BBC website (or sort like website) due to my location.
Cheers,
Macerinus
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In the Gaulish and Germanic provinces, columns were erected to Jupiter, called Jupiter Columns. These columns usually depict a mounted Jupiter attacking various monsters, some of whom are snake footed.
The statues probably depict a version of Jupiter syncretized with a local Gaulish or Germanic deity, as Jupiter in Rome is never depicted on horseback. The identity of the snake footed enemies is also debatable. Possibly it could be The Giants or the Titans with whom Zeus battles in Greek myth. But again it might be something inspired by barbarian belief.
Thank you Ursus,
Interesting information.
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Salve everyone,
I saw this piece of a statue in the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren, Belgium.
But the accompanying information was very vague.
It said it was a part of a statue dedicated to Jupiter, but that could also be about the statue next to it.
Can anyone shed some light on it's depiction?
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Salve,
I just noticed something which might be an error, though a very small and insignificant one
The post count on the left of the posts does not work anymore, I believe.
The counter does not increase after a post and is shows not the same amount of posts as the counter in "my profile", which seems to work.
As I said, only a very minor detail and maybe mentioned before.
Cheers,
Macerinus
Hmm, it seems this post was added correctly, maybe it is no error....
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Happy Birthday dear Cato!
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I'm sorry to say Viggen, but truly German is not a nice sounding language
it also shows that it's been long since I last read or listened to it, for I can only understand one word out of two in these videos... bah, I shall probably get better at it soon since I'll have to speak dutch for my new job 
Dutch is a tough one. Always sounds a little like a mix between Welsh and Klingon, to me.
Dutch sounds a bit barbaric I must confess, but I never thought about it as a mixture between welsh and klingon
But here in the south of the Netherlands (the ex-Roman part) we have found a good solution by mixing Dutch, German and French into one language, which sounds much better....
I prefer all my books in English, as dutch just does not work for me
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Salve everyone,
I've got a Dutch copy of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, but I'm also searching for a good English one...
But as I've experienced many times, a good translation is very important to keep the intended ideas intact.
I think the Dutch version translated by Simone Mooij-Valk does the job pretty good.
Does anyone know a good English translation of the Meditations?
Best Wishes,
Macerinus
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Also, is it possible to get there from Cologne by public transport?
Corax
I can't say if it's worth a visit, never been there or heard about it...
But there is a train connection that will bring you there in 3 to 4 hours.
http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Thank you Sonic and Viggen,
I thought it might be something like that, but wanted to be sure.
The world of books and publishing has many mysterious ways
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Salve everyone...
I got a question about two (or one) book(s) written by Adrian Goldsworthy.
I got nearly all his books, except the one about the fall of Rome.
Now I've been looking for these on an (dutch) internet store and I found the following:
How Rome fell; Death of a superpower - 531 pages - September 2010 - Yale University Press
The Fall of the West; The Death Of The Roman Superpower - 560 pagina's - Orion Publishing Co - Februari 2010
Are these two different books, or the same with a different title?
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Salve everyone,
Today I decided to take my parents to a Roman Museum...
....This was the Thermenmuseum in Heerlen (Coriovallum), the Netherlands.
Coriovallum was situated on a crossing of two important roads, one running from Gesoriacum to Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium and the other from Colonia Ulpia Traiana to Augusta Trevorum.
Due to this location it was sometimes used as an army base and a bathing house was build.
This bathing house is the core of the museum.
The ruins where discovered in 1940, but due to a lack of time (there was a war on) the excavation didn't start until the 70's. It was then decided to build a roof over the ruins to better preserve it.
In the following years it expanded with all kinds of interesting finds and artifacts.
I thought it was a very descend, though small, entertaining educative museum, very worth the entrance fee of only ?6,50! (Euro's!, the forum doesn't recognize a euro sign
)I uploaded a few pictures to Picasa, and in the following days I'll add a few more...
Thermenmuseum Coriovallum album
The Baths as they are now
The bath house as it once was....
Next museum on the planning is the Gallo-Roman museum in Tongeren (Atuatuca Tongrorum)
Cheers,
Macerinus
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Macerinus, you are a member of the Marinii, a family that took their nomen from the cognomen of "Marinus" (meaning "of the sea"), as generations of sons distinguished themselves in the Roman navy.
Your cognomen of "Interemnia" was taken from the name of the town in Picenum, as your particular branch of the Marinii hailed from that area.
Your praenomen is "Servius," traditionally abbreviated as "Ser." Your full Roman name is:
Ser. Marinius Interemnia
= mersjninareriwseimtan -jw +iu
-- Nephele
Salve Nephele,
Thank you for taking the time to mix some characters.
That is quite interesting!
I never heard of "Marinius", but it sounds nice and very fitting for someone who does a lot of water sports
.Should Interemnia not be Interamnia? As that is an area in Italy
Optime Vale,
Macerinus
or,
Servius Marinius Interemnia
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I fully agree with the 2 posts above...
"chase them across the sea to egypt and have his head waiting for him when he got there (he never killed him with his hands but he is the reason hes dead)"I don't think Pompeius "Magnus" (
) was any better then Julius Caesar, they both (and many others in their time) acted mostly out of self interest and a pathetic need for glory of their own. I even started to dislike Cicero for that reason...The good old Republic was long that by that time.
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Thank you for this interesting find.
Been searching for information about the Romans in my area, and this is quite useful
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Salve everyone,
Some time ago I started a small project, to make a map of all roads and settlements of Germania Inferior (a bit like UNRV's Wallmap of the Empire).
I've located/collected infe about quite a lot, and now I have to put it all into a map.
Does anyone know a good source of geographical data of the Germania Inferior / the low countries of about 2000 years ago?
I could of course use current data, but the coast lines and rivers changed quite a bit in the past two millennia
Cheers,
M
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I wanted to give an update on my writing project and to present an offer. I've put some more revisions on my Roman-era (AD133-135) novel and am offering it as an eBook for $4.99 on Amazon and Smashwords.
I'd also like to offer it for free to anyone on this forum in the hopes that you will first of all enjoy it and second of all that you might be inclined to leave a review or provide me feedback on the story whether you enjoyed it or not.
Smashwords 100% off coupon code: MP83S (good until February 1st) Iudaea (multiple formats - ePub, PDF, Mobi, HTML, RTF, Plain TXT)
Or if you prefer, email me at branch@iudaeanovel.com and I can email you a PDF copy.
Here is a brief description of the story again:
The year is AD 133 and Marcus Fidelis Coranus is a Roman cavalry officer pulled from his assignment patrolling Hadrian's Wall in Britannia to the hills of Iudaea on the far side of the Empire where a charismatic Jewish leader name Simon bar Kokhba rages a brutal rebellion against Rome. Coran must leave behind his family to face a conflict that will challenge not only his physical limits but also his duty as as soldier and his beliefs about the depth of man's cruelty. Rome is merciless in the suppression of this last great Jewish revolt in the ancient world, and Coran must weigh his ideals against the reality of war while fighting through his own self-doubt and guilt. It is a timeless story about how cataclysmic events can either make us lose sight of our humanity or lead us to it.
Thanks
I just downloaded a copy just now and read the first few pages, and up till now I quite like it.
It'll take a few days to read, but I'll report back in later....
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http://www.npr.org/2...he-fall-of-rome
Rome may have fallen hundreds of years ago, but much of the civilization the Romans built still dots the landscape today. One team of scientists recently unearthed a different kind of Roman artifact that may hold a surprising clue to the empire's downfall.
That's quite an interesting find.
But I can not imagine it would have a major impact on the fall of the Roman Empire.
It would be interesting to read more about this research project, like in what part of Europe/The Empire did these fluctuations occur.
Or is it just some anti global warming propaganda...
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Salve,
Why the Netherlands sadly?? I've been to the Netherlands many times and always enjoyed myself. No good if you enjoy hill walking though!!!!
If you like hill walking you can come to the south where I live, that is the only place where you can find proper hills in the Netherlands...and we, the inhabitants of our province (Limburg) are very proud of them
Why I said sadly....
That's a long, to long, story (about, among others things, politics).
Cheers,
M
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Salve Nephele,
Interesting idea
mersjninareriwseimtan
If there are to many you can leave the following out, as they are the letters of my second name (which I normally do not use):
atjnimr
And I'm a guy last time I checked
Optime Vale,
Macerinus
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Salve,
I'm from Germania Inferior (The Netherlands, sadly
), living just between Mosa Traiectum (Maastricht, possibly Pontem Mosae Fluminis, as decribed by Tacitus) and Coriovallum Heerlen).Cheers!
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Hi all,
Being new to this forum I was about to ask the same thing...
But luckily this time I took enough time to read the topics and so I found this one
Cheers,
Macerinus
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The rise of the republic would be nice, different colour tones for the different stages and expansions
Or a similar setup for the decline of the empire, with all the movements of the different people.
What's the last book you read?
in Libri
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I've been reading Adrian Goldsworthy's "True Soldier Gentlemen", set in Napoleonic era Portugal (Battles of Roli