Three New Books on Roman History
Three books from two book clubs had arrived in the mail. All deal with Roman history. The World History Blog posts about all kinds of history but I realize I tend to keep coming back to Rome. My readings habits certainly have an impact
Roman Military History & Archaeology :: RE: inclined plane
What comes closest to the use of a screw for fastening something that I know of, are the multipart late Roman/early medieval fibulae (don't remember clearly, sorry), where parts of it end in a screw thread and are held in place by being
jb bury, historian
classical scholar, Byzantinist and philologist. Wikipedia writes: “[his writings] are at once scholarly and accessible to the layman. His two works on the philosophy of history elucidated the Victorian ideals of progress
a postscript on the clark museum
Last summer, I blogged the Sterling Francine Clark Art Institute, better known as The Clark, and mentioned my favorite piano. Mary Beard was visiting there, in her typical irreverent way, on the weekend. (Not that she isn't right on the
proskynesis in the late roman empire
In last night's chat, we discussed proskynesis under Roman emperors and wondered where Diocletian and the other tetrarchs got the idea. It originated with the Persians, as Jona Lendering
Roman Military History & Archaeology :: RE: Imperial Gallic ?
Author: Tarbicus Posted: Wed 13 Dec 2006, 19:31 (GMT -6) Topic Replies: 11 Here's what Junkelmann has to say: "Whilst showing many of the characteristics associated with the 'Coolus' type family of helmets, this particular example has a
Roman Military History & Archaeology :: RE: Ancient Measures Converter
Author: SvenLittkowski Posted: Thu 14 Dec 2006, 1:31 (GMT -6) Topic Replies: 12 Matt: Thanks. Will check. Sven
Roman Military History & Archaeology :: RE: Ancient Measures Converter
Author: Matt L Posted: Thu 14 Dec 2006, 0:29 (GMT -6) Topic Replies: 12 The website I mentioned in my reply email has Greek and other measures Sven- you did get it didn't you?
Roman Military History & Archaeology :: RE: inclined plane
Author: hoke Posted: Wed 13 Dec 2006, 19:41 (GMT -6) Topic Replies: 6 maybe that water device utilizes an acme thread, which is square cut for heavy work. these threads can be seen on metal laths and common machinery
for jb bury fans
Irene quoted wikipedia in her blog post on JB Bury as saying that JB Bury wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. According to the list of contributors from the wikisource article on the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica

BBC - History - Romans
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LacusCurtius • Cassius Dio's Roman History
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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
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Ancient Roman History Timeline
A chronological index of the history with extensive resource links.
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Roman History - History for Kids!
Roman history from the Etruscans to the fall of Rome.
Outlines of Roman History
Outlines of Roman History by William C. Morey, Ph.D., D.C.L. APPENDIX—A Classified List of Books upon Roman History
UNRV History - Roman Empire
Provides information about the Roman Empire, its governments, military, culture and economy. Archaeological news and discussions can be found in the online
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Resources about roman history. Archaeology, the on going development of UNRV Roman History, specials or interesting discussions in our Forum,
Roman Emperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman
Online encyclopedia covering the rulers of the Roman Empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). roman+history: history of roman art , history roman smithsonian warfare warfare , history of roman art , history roman smithsonian warfare warfare , roman+history