April 2011
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Brief item from a Romanian publication (I think): A temple built by Roman legions at the end of the second or start of the third century has been discovered within the Alba Iulia citadel, reports Mediafax news wire. The intricate detail of this discovery consists in the fact that a sacred temple was rarely, if…
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Interesting find, albeit technically not ‘Roman’ (but I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from this site) … from the Gazette: ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they have uncovered the remains of two Roman soldiers beneath one of Colchester’s former barracks. The remains of two spearmen, laid to rest on their backs with their weapons and armour, have been…
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This is another one of those BBC reports with an unfriendly-to-embed video … it is mostly about finds from Vergina, with sort of a tease about the Alexander exhibition at the Ashmolean: here’s the short blurb that accompanies it: Some of the finest ancient treasures of Greece have gone on display, in Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum…
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Bibliography: Homosexuality in Greece and Rome | Ancient World Open Bibliographies.
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I can’t seem to embed this one in a friendly way (if I do it via vimeo, it automatically plays every time you visit rc … annoying), so go to the following page to see a very nice BBC report of the chariot racing (and other Roman activities) in the restored Hippodrome at Jerash ……
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