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R. Walsh

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  1. Since I've been doing these Hidden Roman Names here for some time, I figured it's time to update this posting, and provide a new scrambling tool.

     

    What I do here is find your "hidden" Roman name in your own name through the art of anagram or blanagram. A blanagram is like an anagram, except that one letter has been exchanged for another.

     

    In my Hidden Roman Names blanagrams, I may exchange more than one letter, because a masculine ancient Roman name will generally require the letters "i", "u", and "s". A feminine ancient Roman name will generally require the letters "i" and "a".

     

    All you need to do is provide me with a scramble of the letters of your first and last names (and let me know whether you are male or female). I ask you to scramble your name for privacy. Here is a scrambling tool if you need help:

     

    Scramble Me! (don't leave spaces between your first, middle, and last names as your type them out)

     

    Your resulting Roman name will be uniquely your own, as it will be created from the rearranged letters of your existing name. You may even receive your ancient Roman "family history", to go with your new name.

     

    More about Roman names.

     

    -- Nephele

     

    Okay, here goes. I am a male. ridashowanjrlchh


  2. We are happy to announce that Duckworth Publishers Bloomsbury Academic is giving away one copy of - Spectacle in the Roman World by Hazel Dodge to one lucky member.

     

    This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world (human and animal combat, chariot racing, aquatic displays), their nature, context and social importance. It will explore the vast array of sources, from literary to archaeological material, that informs the subject. It will examine the spectacles with special emphasis on their physical setting, and will also consider the variation in the provision of venues and their context across the Empire. A final section will review the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators.

     

    Hazel Dodge is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Trinity College Dublin. She is author (with Peter Connolly) of The Ancient City (1998) and editor (with J.C.N. Coulston) of Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City (2000). All you have to do is to reply to this mail, confirming that you are interested.

     

    The winner will be chosen randomly from all replies, deadline is the 20th of August 2010 13th of February 2011

    All you have to do to enter the draw is to post here

     

    cheers

    viggen

     

    I really would like this book!!!

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