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Salve Britannice, Two bibliographical suggestions for you : • Maud W. Gleason, 'Elite Male Identity in the Roman Empire', in : D.S. Potter & D.J. Mattingly, Life Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire, University of Michigan Press, 1999 • Barton C., Roman Honor. The Fire in the B...

Unfortunately, I've not noticed this series earlier. Tomorrow is the final part. Boris Johnson and the Dream of Rome BBC 3 Sun 5 Feb, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 60mins In this final part of the series, journalist, editor of The Spectator and MP Boris Johnson travels to Ephesus, Istanbul, Rome...

I've decided upon my 'top 9'. 1. CODE 01: Acropolis Athens, Greece 2. CODE 03: Angkor Cambodia 3. CODE 04: Chichen Itza Yucatan, Mexico 4. CODE 06: Colosseum Rome, Italy 5. CODE 09: Great Wall China 6. CODE 15: Petra Jordan 7. CODE 16: Pyramids of Giza Egypt 8. CODE 1...

Salvete, While reading Tacitus, we came across a class of soldiers, known as the "Evocati", soldiers whose military service is fulfilled and who can retire, but are asked to stay anyway, because of their experience. Does anyone know something more about them, a famous example perhaps ? Luci...

Primus Aurelius Tergestus wrote:I wonder what Finley's source was. Is there any archeological evidence to support his claim, or is it purely literary?

His footnotes point to "an unpublished essay by J. Eisinger, 'Lead and wine'

So far for tracking down sources, I'm afraid...

Happy new year, everyone !

Salvete omnes, Many of us may've heard the rather absurd thesis that one of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire lay in a downfall in its demography caused by lead poisoning, as the water in their aquaducts passed through leaden pipes. This thesis has been easily invalidated by showing th...

Archaeologists find western world's oldest map By Hilary Clarke in Rome (Filed: 18/11/2005) The oldest map of anywhere in the western world, dating from about 500 BC, has been unearthed in southern Italy. Known as the Soleto Map, the depiction of Apulia, the heel of Italy's "boot", is on ...

Btw, Prime, could you please correct the title of this topic (or if you can't change it anymore, could our aediles ?) ? It should be SeptimIUS Severus (it is a mistake often made, don't worry ).

Vale optime !

Atticus

Avete, As Roma had no Citizens south of the Sahara (save the occasional beast-catcher), it is more likely--though not certain--that Emperor Severus was of North African descent. These people resembled, but were not, Phoenicians or Arabs more than anything. OTOH, we *were* doing a brisk business...

There's currently an argument on the BBC History message boards about whether Emporor Septimus Severus was black or not. Anyone got any thoughts, and does anyone know of any contemporary sources that may shed some light on this? Gratias ago Could you post a link to the board in question ? ...

Salvete, I forgot to announce my absentia, so I thought I could perhaps give notice of my adsentia . I've spent the prolonged weekend in Lyon (FR), ancient Lugdunum. Among other (non-Roman) things, I saw there : The beautiful ancient mosaics in the Gallo-Roman Museum : http://www&#...

Two days late, but still...



CONGRATULATIONS, MARI !!

Salvete Omnes, I, too will take this opportunity to announce my absentia from 01. Oct. until 17. Oct. because I'll spend my vacation in Turkey. Of course I'll visit Ephesos and also hope to see some more ancient sites on my way along the coast from Izmir to Antalya. We'll be expecting your tra...

Salve Calde,

I don't know about modern practice, but there is an excellent Religio Romana calendar on our website, drawn up by sodalis Horatius Piscinus.

You can find it at http://www.societasviaromana.org/Collegium_Religionis/index.php

Vale,

Atticus

Caldvs wrote:Salvete everyone,,

Im new here,I heard about this site from some on another forum..Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.

Pax
Caldvs

Welcome to S.V.R., Calde !

Enjoy your stay here, and feel free to ask any questions you have about our organization or our forum.

Vale !

Atticus

Salve Attice, Another question, one we've talked about already: how does one calculate the amount of people in the Roman Empire? I guess Roman citizenship was pretty well documented at the time, but how about slaves, mercenaries, merchants or illegal immigrants? Also, I would think many of the rev...

Salvete, I've voted for Messalina as well. Clodia was more of cultured 'salon courtesan' (whereas I wonder if Ms. Hilton has read any book in the last few years), Agrippina was cruel and ambitious rather than hedonistic and superficial, and Cleopatra too used her looks for politics more than sho...

Attice, Thank you for your scholarly and enlightening response. To tell the truth, I was merely trying to stir up some controversy and lively posting with my reply to Draco. I guess I should have expected something as well thought out as your missive from the SVR membership. I maintain, however...

Any more candidates? I plan to set up a poll in which we can vote for the woman who was most likely reincarnated as Paris Hilton. Once the results are in, I will take it upon myself to inform Miss Hilton, or at least her fans, through a posting at the relevant web site. "Paris Hilton Sex Video" ...