I concur with brickmason25 - Colleen McCulloughs' (CM) Masters of Rome series is excellent and compelling reading.<br><br>I am well advanced towards completing...
Has anyone else read The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars? I now think Gordian III, not Decius, was the first emperor killed by a foreign enemy, at...
I agree that the sense of nationalism changed dramaticly from the republican period. In the republican period the focus was on "what's good for Rome", which ...
I certainly disagree about one thing: inventions did not change the way Romans did things. There was virtually no invention. H. G. Wells noted that long after ...
There were certainly inventions. Maybe a better term would be developments since the Romans were never know as a great race of inventors. They were a practical...
Generally, the Classical world was was at a standstill technologically. Ironically, more technical progress was made in the medieval period after the ...
The classical world was at a techoloical standstill? We are still trying to catch up and rediscover what they knew. they routinely preformed brain surgery. We...
The Vikings could sail into the wind whereas the Romans could not. Viking ships began the age of exploration, reaching Greenland and North America. The...
Ave, I'm a member of Legio XIV of Wisconsin. We are hosting an event in Waukesha Wisconsin on the weekend of April 13th and 14th. We will be haveing talks on...
... Pelagia, the more detailed ancient narrative of Varus' disaster is found in Book 56 of the Roman History of Cassius Dio, written 200 years after the facts....
Hi Fellow Listmembers, My name is Joy and I would like to invite you to join my yahoo egroup Antiquestnetbooks. Members will receive regular postings of new...
Below is our latest list of new and used books for sale on Ancient and Medieval history. Each book will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Just email...
Hi everyone, Below is our latest list of new and used books for sale on Ancient and Medireview history which I think you’ll find interesting. Each book will...
Hi everyone, Below is my latest list of new and used books for sale on Ancient and Medieval history which I think you’ll find interesting. Each book will be...
I agree, they are great books. Number 6 is almost in the bookstores too, "The October Horse" It is scheduled to be released in november. Arnamentia Aurelia...
I'd like to also recommend "The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History" by Erik Durschmied. It's a recent book about weather, with an article about...
Tomorrow, July 23, is Neptunalia - the festival day devoted to Neptune during the hottest month of the year. Neptune is connected to Salacia, the Goddess of...
Hi Everyone, Below is my latest list of new and used books for sale on Ancient and Medieval history. Each book will be sold on a first come first serve basis....
Greetings Ursus- I'm relatively new here myself! This is a good place for discussing Rome, but a bit quiet lately. Where is everyone? Arnamentia Aurelia ... ...
Hi Everyone, Below is my latest list of new and used books for sale on Ancient and Medieval history (with a couple of other history books thrown in) which I...
Avete, amici. I wanted to tell everyone about the New Roman Republic micronation, of which I am a part. (http://respublicanova.tripod.com) We want to restore...
I'm not an expert on Roman Law, but I have seen a great book at Powells (or www.powells.com) about it. I think it's called "Roman Law: An Historical ...
Ave Romani! Today is the day to celebrate the Vinalia Rustica, in honor of Jupiter and Venus. It is the second festival to wine, the first having taken place ...
