Pertinax
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Very good selection Pertinax. I found the portable shrine to Hermes interesting as well as the image of Hercules. I notice the room for the soldiers pay is a often the best preserved part of Roman forts in Britain, probably because it was underground.
Thank you, and oddly enough this was the site where the "Corbridge Hoard" was found:
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Great pictures Pertinax. I hope you don't mind: I'm going to link your photodump to the Roma Victor game based around Corstopitum.
I would be honoured. Can you give me a link back to that site please?
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I offer Chateau Buisson De Flogny as libation!
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Great Pictures Pertinax
Most kind :notworthy: Your compliments make the endeavour worthwhile.
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Thank you, I like to keep the Blog Romano centric , but if you have raiders in the neighbourhood its best to photograph them.
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Worry not ! We will conduct all due ceremonies for your upkeep with Prosepine and Pluto
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Listen up there! If you are squeamish look away from this comment as well-
ok you know Ulmus Fulva the "Native Slippery Elm"? Git some-this (in its pure powder form not with any sugar or other trash added ) will cleanse and soothe a badly infected anal fistula. You can take it (at least three heaped teaspoons per day , usually in a little milk to get the slime down the hatch) and you can (messily) apply it ,it has been used as a pessary for a long time so dont be a softie. Symphytum (comfrey/knitbone) is a topical application (as a cream) for this "seat" of problems also.
You may of course be all spruce and comfortable but heed my words!
I have treated a patient with a "reinforcement" emplaced in the "area" who was in dire pain and infected-
my suggestions:
ulmus fulva as a "gruel"
hydrastis canadiensis (three tsp per day-very potent and dire to taste, one of the most potent collections of alkaloids known to man-used for labrynthritis and chronic gastric parasitism)
a natural vitamin E capsule-as a suppository.
Diet wise no white flour, sugar or caffeine. I darent say no alcohol.
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Listen up there! If you are squeamish look away from this comment as well-
ok you know Ulmus Fulva the "Native Slippery Elm"? Git some-this (in its pure powder form not with any sugar or other trash added ) will cleanse and soothe a badly infected anal fistula. You can take it (at least three heaped teaspoons per day , usually in a little milk to get the slime down the hatch) and you can (messily) apply it ,it has been used as a pessary for a long time so dont be a softie. Symphytum (comfrey/knitbone) is a topical application (as a cream) for this "seat" of problems also.
You may of course be all spruce and comfortable but heed my words!
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Wonderful gallery Pertinax, I like the screen grabs!
They arent easy are they? Youd imagine that you just press the save button ,and all will be well, but you have to take many multiple shots because the focus changes so fast.Thanks for the comment I appreciate it.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning? no?
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I hate Deli in the Morning-you are becoming Colonel Kilgore!
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I seem to remember a very recent survey as regards the "attractivness" of men , for some reason it boiled down to how much money they had regardless of , say stomach size or witty conversation.......
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Well its nice to see you back, I wondered where you were!
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Ave Pertinax! A nice sampling.
I thank you most humbly Sirrah!
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Ill go with Heracles!
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Lol yea. How big were Murex, and how were they caught? Was it like those tiny feeder fish, could you catch a few thousand in a net all at once? Or did you have to catch them with bait and a hook?
LW incredibly , I found this defunct site with a murex article.
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Jeepers!! twelve thousand! Can you imagine?
I wouldnt want to be the Murex collector! Especially if there was an order for a dozen togas.
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I understand your confusion. 12,000 of the little blighters were needed per toga , you can therefore glimpse the expense and work needed to collect , process and extract the dyestuff.
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The heads are substantial, all as large as a mans torso.I sympathise as regards the museums , lighting is crucial , even major art galleries fail to deliver sympathetic displays.
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So there was a surge of intrest in paintigs during the this period, whcih images would have been popular? I think there was more of a increase of paintings of people, especially the occupants later on but would Gladiator displays or various paintings of myths or stories (the Trojan wars for example) have been equally popular in Roman houses?
Images and statues, but particularly those with religious allusions: in relation to the symbolic nature of these images , so Patrons sought to influence their clientii. This certainly doesn't exclude "secular" or mythological notifs , the latter being very popular. Gladiatorial images tend to be more of a "downmarket" thing, ie: badges, cups, glassware and knicknacks hawked at shows (like souvenirs at sporting events nowadays).If you can be patient till I visit Naples in the spring then I will have plenty of images either here or on my msn blog to illustrate this.
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What is murex?
My apologies , I used the latin name of the beastie: Murex is (or rather was in this case) a shellfish , from which the purple dye was "expressed" . There are quite a number of Murex species but it is thought that the best original dye yeilding animal is extinct.
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I did try to post previously, but it was too splenetic, so I discarded it. We saw the live TV broadcast and sat in grim silence.Our hearts went out to those who suffered, and those who still do.
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There is a definite Republic/early Imperial shift in decorative vocabulary , I will write more on this later-so please watch the main thread.
Interesting article, and with baited breath, I'm waiting to hear about the esthetic changes that attended the end of civil wars.
These changes may not live up to the anticipated "vulgarian excess" that strict Catonians might suspect to follow the demise of the Republic. From the notes I am presently making we see more a change in the division of rooms by "panels" , rather than, say, a ground colour with decorative treatment .What I can allude to though is the tremendous upsurge in interest in displaying pictures and statutary as a sign of status , so much so that Agrippa was keen on "nationalising" images -as he understood the power of display( I was going to say advertising).
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Interesting article Pertinax!
It's strange considering the popularity of black as pigmentation as I had always thought that the Romans had gone for brighter colours.
Would the houses and clothes of the early Imperial era differ from those of the late Republican? I had read that the Romans of the late Republic enjoyed brighter colour pigmentations (eg. the Senators in their brightly coloured togas were different to those of the imperial era with their white ones).
There is a definite Republic/early Imperial shift in decorative vocabulary , I will write more on this later-so please watch the main thread.
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Excellent , you have entered pre-season training for the UK UNRV meeting then with quality beer and learned discourse.
Plese let the Forum know about Isca as a possible future venue - I only say this in the most informal sense , but it would be useful if you are able to pinpoint possible places/events for a meet.
Id drop Pantagathus a line about the Pubs if you have time.