Dear listmembers,

The web site devoted to the Romanian program of publication of coin finds
is now updated.
You can find a page with the list of the publications and a page with the
publications in preparation and in press for 2004-2005.

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54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
fax + 33 1 49 54 23 99

Moneta: promotions spéciales jusqu'en juin:
- collection complète;
- trouvailles arméniennes;
- monnaies mérovingiennes.
Publication du volume Moneta 38 cet été.
Moneta: http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta
Roumanie: http://users.pcnet.ro/coin/

The Book Chat on OVID had been tentatively planned to begin Wednesday April 7.

Are you ready to discuss the book, or should we postpone it another two weeks?

(I personally would prefer postponement, becaus I have just come down with a
severe sore throat and don't know how I will feel in two day's time.)

http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

Irene
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This group is a member of The Literature Reading Circle at
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I'd go for postponement--I have guests in town until the weekend and won't be
around to chat Wed.
Pam


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The book chat has been postponed to Wednesday. April 21.

Irene
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   I'd go for postponement--I have guests in town until the weekend and won't be
   around to chat Wed.
   Pam


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I remind you the last publications of Moneta in 2003 and 2004
<http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta/content.htm>.

- M30: M. Tsotselia, Sasanian coin finds and hoards in Georgia, 96 p., 16 pl.
- M31: B. Coullaré, J.-L. Desnier, L'essor de la Médaille aux XIXe et XXe
siècles, 248 p., 8 pl.
- M32: R. Reece, Roman coins and archaeology, collected papers, 364 p.
- M33: D. Moisil, G. Depeyrot, Les trésors de deniers antérieurs à Trajan
en Roumanie, 240 p.
- M34: I. Tsukhishvili, G. Depeyrot, Late Roman and Byzantine hoards in
Georgia (4th - 13th c.), 108 p., 10 pl.
- M35: Kh. & A. Mousheghian, C. Bresc, G. Depeyrot, F. Gurnet, Inventory of
coins and hoards in Armenia (7-19th c.), II, 136 p., 8 pl.
- M36: G. Depeyrot, Le numéraire celtique, III, De l'Atlantique aux
Arvernes, 256 p., 6 pl. dessins, 8 pl.
- M37: G. Depeyrot, D. Moisil, Le trésor de Frâncesti (Roumanie), les
débuts de la crise du denier (98-235), 168 p., 24 pl.


You can have a look on the promotions (until 1 June 2004)
- Promotion 1: complete series of Moneta (37 vol.)
- Promotion 2: merovingian series (5 vol.)
- Promotion 3: Armenia (7 vol.)

Moneta <http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta/content.htm>



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fax + 33 1 49 54 23 99

Moneta: promotions spéciales jusqu'en juin:
- collection complète;
- trouvailles arméniennes;
- monnaies mérovingiennes.
Publication du volume Moneta 38 cet été.
Moneta: http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta
Roumanie: http://users.pcnet.ro/coin/

Hello, all!

My hard drive crashed! I'm still hard at work putting everything back up on the
replacement drive.

I tried to get word here that there would be no chat on the 21st, but it seems
not to have worked.

My sincere apologies!

The chat will now take place on the next scheduled date--the first Wednesday of
next month--next week, May 5.

I will send out an automated reminder.

Irene


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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Book Chat on Ovid (Mystery Novel)

Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Time: 10:00PM - 11:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

The first (open-ended) book chat on "Ovid", a mystery by David
Wishart, will take place at the above posted day and time
(UTC/GMT -4 hours) in our chat room
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm.
(Please test the chat room feature. It is very safe if you set
the security control at the highest level.)

For details on the book and background readings, please go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

We'll see you then.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Book Chat on Ovid (Mystery Novel)

Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Time: 10:00PM - 11:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

The first (open-ended) book chat on "Ovid", a mystery by David
Wishart, will take place at the above posted day and time
(UTC/GMT -4 hours) in our chat room
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm.
(Please test the chat room feature. It is very safe if you set
the security control at the highest level.)

For details on the book and background readings, please go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

We'll see you then.

After consultation with members, I have mapped out the next chats:

The next two chats will be "open" chats:

Wednesday, May 19

Discuss your favorite-or not so favorite-mystery writers!
With emphasis on series by
Lindsay Davis
John Maddox Roberts
Steven Saylor
David Wishart
Plus introduce us to your own favorites!

Wednesday, June 2

Discuss your favorite-or not so favorite-fiction writers!
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist1a.htm


Thereafter (beginning June 16):

Spartacus
by Howard Fast

Since Spartacus was the subject of a recent TV series and discussion on this
forum, we might as well have a crack at Spartacus by Howard Fast. This book
should be available in almost any public library, or as a used book via the
Internet or your own bookseller.

Irene

Roman History Reading Group
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com
Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start




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The Howard Fast Spartacus Novel:

I just checked the website for used book sellers, http://www.abebooks.com/, and
the book is available from $1 up.

Irene

Roman History Reading Group
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com
Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start


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The promotion on the collection of books Moneta
<http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta/content.htm>  is ending.

You can order by the end of May.


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54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
fax + 33 1 49 54 23 99

Moneta: promotions spéciales jusqu'en juin:
- collection complète;
- trouvailles arméniennes;
- monnaies mérovingiennes.
Publication du volume Moneta 38 cet été.
Moneta: http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta
Roumanie: http://users.pcnet.ro/coin/

Is anyone familiar with a novel, written by John Van Duyn Southworth
in the late 1960s, titled "The Pirate from Rome"?  I have read that
the book offers especially clear and historically accurate depictions
of Roman naval warfare.

Thanks,
Sam

Hello All,
I wanted to announce that I had quite a  few medieval/classics/near east books
ending on EBay under my seller ID - ancientworldbooks.  Some notables: books on
the late Roman Dramatic; Hannibal and the Punic Wars; Justinian and some others.
I've included a link below to the listings:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=anc\
ientworldbooks&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=0

Thank you,
Ancientworldbooks



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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Open Book Chat - Fiction

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Time: 9:00PM - 10:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

This is a reminder that we meet and chat at the above date and
time in our chat room,
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm, to
discuss your favorite fiction writers on Roman History.

For more, go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

See you then!

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Open Book Chat - Fiction

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Time: 9:00PM - 10:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

This is a reminder that we meet and chat at the above date and
time in our chat room,
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm, to
discuss your favorite fiction writers on Roman History.

For more, go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

See you then!

NOTE: For some reason the automated calendar switched to 9:00 EDT.

It's 10:00 p.m. !!!

Irene
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   We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

   Open Book Chat - Fiction

   Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
   Time: 9:00PM - 10:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

   This is a reminder that we meet and chat at the above date and
   time in our chat room,
   http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm, to
   discuss your favorite fiction writers on Roman History.

   For more, go to
   http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

   See you then!






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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Open Book Chat - Fiction

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Time: 10:00PM - 11:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

This is a reminder that we meet and chat at the above date and
time in our chat room,
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm, to
discuss your favorite fiction writers on Roman History.

For more, go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

See you then!

Our next book chat, beginning Wednesday, June 16, will be on:

Spartacus
by Howard Fast
ISBN: 156324599X

e-book
ISBN: B00005Q52C

For details & background, go here:
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

Irene

Roman History Reading Group
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Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start


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I have added some information about Howard Fast to our page
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

While I do enjoy the story, and the writing style and the construction of the
novel, I'm struggling with the lack of accuracy when it comes to portraying
historical Roman figures, and more important, events which actually occurred at
a much later date, and one, Cicero's quaestorship in Sicily, at an earlier date.

My copy of the book is the one which Fast self-published and is a barebones
edition.

Does anyone have a copy that has an introduction that might help understanding
whether this was a deliberate construct, or simply ignorance, or worse,
negligence? (He has written some excellent novels about the American Revolution
and War.)

BTW, I met Howard Fast once in the early 1990s at a dinner party. And I can tell
you, he still had the crusading fire in the belly!

Irene

Roman History Reading Group
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com
Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start


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I read a 1996 edition with an introduction by Fast, but unfortunately, I
already returned it to the library and I don't remember what he said about
how he handled the timeline.  He did mention that he wrote it while in
prison, I think.

Vicki

-----Original Message-----
From: Irene Hahn [mailto:irenesbooks@...]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:34 PM
To: Book Chat
Subject: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Book Chat- a question


I have added some information about Howard Fast to our page
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

While I do enjoy the story, and the writing style and the construction of
the novel, I'm struggling with the lack of accuracy when it comes to
portraying historical Roman figures, and more important, events which
actually occurred at a much later date, and one, Cicero's quaestorship in
Sicily, at an earlier date.

My copy of the book is the one which Fast self-published and is a barebones
edition.

Does anyone have a copy that has an introduction that might help
understanding whether this was a deliberate construct, or simply ignorance,
or worse, negligence? (He has written some excellent novels about the
American Revolution and War.)

BTW, I met Howard Fast once in the early 1990s at a dinner party. And I can
tell you, he still had the crusading fire in the belly!

Irene

Roman History Reading Group
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com
Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start

My copy of Spartacus is from the library and was published in 1958 by Crown
Publishers, N.Y.  Unfortunately, it has no introduction and begins with Chapter
1.  I am only up to page 106.

In the Howard Fast interview which Irene put on the web site, Fast mentions that
he started thinking about imprisonment and slavery during the time he was in
prison himself, due to the Communist witch hunts by Joseph McCarthy.  He started
researching for Spartacus when he got out of prison.
Maybe he didn't pay enough attention to surrounding events/persons and just
concentrated on writing about Spartacus.  It does seem strange that he didn't
pay more attention to historical accuracy.  Anyway, I am enjoying reading the
book.

Beverly


Beverly and Ian Jennings
8148 N. Elmwood Ave
Kansas City MO 64119
e-mail: bjennings3@...
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Irene Hahn
   To: Book Chat
   Sent: 11 June 2004 7:33 PM
   Subject: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Book Chat- a question


   I have added some information about Howard Fast to our page
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

   While I do enjoy the story, and the writing style and the construction of the
novel, I'm struggling with the lack of accuracy when it comes to portraying
historical Roman figures, and more important, events which actually occurred at
a much later date, and one, Cicero's quaestorship in Sicily, at an earlier date.

   My copy of the book is the one which Fast self-published and is a barebones
edition.

   Does anyone have a copy that has an introduction that might help understanding
whether this was a deliberate construct, or simply ignorance, or worse,
negligence? (He has written some excellent novels about the American Revolution
and War.)

   BTW, I met Howard Fast once in the early 1990s at a dinner party. And I can
tell you, he still had the crusading fire in the belly!

   Irene

   Roman History Reading Group
   http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com
   Cohost, Ancient Classical History Forum
   http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/start


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I did not get a chance to participate in the book chat but I am also in
the process of reading Spartacus.  I find the writing style very easy to
read but like others in the group I am having misgivings about his lack
of attention to historical accuracy.  I'm almost halfway through the
novel and have not found a single Roman so far that is portrayed in a
positive light.  Every Roman portrayed so far is incestuous, licentious,
callous, and/or greedy. Roman soldiers are depicted as uneducated
illiterate brutes.   I am disturbed that someone is willing to defame an
entire civilization just to make a "politically correct" point about
civil rights.

Mary Harrsch
Network & Information Systems Manager
College of Education
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403
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-----Original Message-----
From: bjennings3@... [mailto:bjennings3@...]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:07 PM
To: Roman_History_Books@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Book Chat- a question

My copy of Spartacus is from the library and was published in 1958 by
Crown Publishers, N.Y.  Unfortunately, it has no introduction and begins
with Chapter 1.  I am only up to page 106.

In the Howard Fast interview which Irene put on the web site, Fast
mentions that he started thinking about imprisonment and slavery during
the time he was in prison himself, due to the Communist witch hunts by
Joseph McCarthy.  He started researching for Spartacus when he got out
of prison.
Maybe he didn't pay enough attention to surrounding events/persons and
just concentrated on writing about Spartacus.  It does seem strange that
he didn't pay more attention to historical accuracy.  Anyway, I am
enjoying reading the book.

Beverly


Beverly and Ian Jennings
8148 N. Elmwood Ave
Kansas City MO 64119
e-mail: bjennings3@...
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Irene Hahn
   To: Book Chat
   Sent: 11 June 2004 7:33 PM
   Subject: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Book Chat- a question


   I have added some information about Howard Fast to our page
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm

   While I do enjoy the story, and the writing style and the construction
of the novel, I'm struggling with the lack of accuracy when it comes to
portraying historical Roman figures, and more important, events which
actually occurred at a much later date, and one, Cicero's quaestorship
in Sicily, at an earlier date.

   My copy of the book is the one which Fast self-published and is a
barebones edition.

   Does anyone have a copy that has an introduction that might help
understanding whether this was a deliberate construct, or simply
ignorance, or worse, negligence? (He has written some excellent novels
about the American Revolution and War.)

   BTW, I met Howard Fast once in the early 1990s at a dinner party. And
I can tell you, he still had the crusading fire in the belly!

   Irene

   Roman History Reading Group
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Mary, you are not too late:

the first chat starts this Wednesday, June 16.

Irene

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Reminder: Book Chat Wednesday: Spartacus

Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Time: 10:00PM - 11:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

A reminder that we meet at the stated date and time for our
first discussion of "Spartacus" by Howard Fast in our chat room
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm.
(Newcomers, please test access.)

For more information, please go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

See you all then!

Irene aka RomaHOST

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Reminder: Book Chat Wednesday: Spartacus

Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Time: 10:00PM - 11:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

A reminder that we meet at the stated date and time for our
first discussion of "Spartacus" by Howard Fast in our chat room
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/chatroom.htm.
(Newcomers, please test access.)

For more information, please go to
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist2.htm.

See you all then!

Irene aka RomaHOST

I checked the Blockbuster website, http://www.blockbuster.com/.

The Kirk Douglas Movie is available--at least where I live.

The 2004 movie is not yet for rent.

Irene


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I had a dinner to attend, so missed the discussion of the book. It's rather
irritated me so I stopped reading it. I hate being hit over the head with the
moral and the characters just get more irritating and less real. Is the next
book chat also on Spartacus? I'll keep slogging through if there is. Otherwise
it goes back to the library and I'll jump into my latest Gordianus adventure!
Pam


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Next time we will discuss the historical accuracy--or lack of it--of the novel,
as well as the original movie and the recent TV movie (for those who have seen
it, I haven't).

Irene
   ----- Original Message -----
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   Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:45 AM
   Subject: Re: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Movies/book


   I had a dinner to attend, so missed the discussion of the book. It's rather
   irritated me so I stopped reading it. I hate being hit over the head with the
   moral and the characters just get more irritating and less real. Is the next
   book chat also on Spartacus? I'll keep slogging through if there is. Otherwise
   it goes back to the library and I'll jump into my latest Gordianus adventure!
   Pam


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Pam, I, too, am enjoying a Gordianus novel at the present - "Catalina's
Riddle".  It is the last audio version of his books that I have found
and like "Arms of Nemesis", "The Venus Throw", "Murder on the Appian
Way", and "Roman Blood", I am enjoying it immensely.  By focusing on a
particular event in Roman history, Steven Saylor brings a deep
understanding of the social context and politics of the period that I
find absolutely intriguing.  I think my favorite, so far, has been "The
Venus Throw" because of its humorous elements.  I have reviewed it on my
home page:  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Emharrsch/

I tried to join the Spartacus chat last night but I don't get through
with dinner until 7 p.m. (10 p.m EDT) and I had to install AIM first.  I
live in the country so suffer from an extremely slow modem connection at
home.  By the time I got the software installed and entered the chat
room, only Irene was left tidying up.  Next time I won't have any
software issues so hopefully I won't be too late.

Mary Harrsch (aka Libitina Antonia)
Network & Information Systems Manager
College of Education
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403
(541) 346-3554
  <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Emharrsch/>
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Emharrsch/

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-----Original Message-----
From: Irene Hahn [mailto:irenesbooks@...]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:02 AM
To: Roman_History_Books@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Movies/book

Next time we will discuss the historical accuracy--or lack of it--of the
novel, as well as the original movie and the recent TV movie (for those
who have seen it, I haven't).

Irene
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: ptobey@...
   To: Roman_History_Books@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 12:45 AM
   Subject: Re: [Roman_History_Books] Spartacus Movies/book


   I had a dinner to attend, so missed the discussion of the book. It's
rather
   irritated me so I stopped reading it. I hate being hit over the head
with the
   moral and the characters just get more irritating and less real. Is
the next
   book chat also on Spartacus? I'll keep slogging through if there is.
Otherwise
   it goes back to the library and I'll jump into my latest Gordianus
adventure!
   Pam


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The book of Stanislaw Mrozek is now in press. It will be available this summer.
Devoted to Roman epigraphy, Mrozek (who was professor in Gdansk Uty)
studied the Roman Economy.
The main part of his 26 papers are in French (2 are in German) and were
published in various periodicals.
Three studies are new.
Information, order and complete catalogue on
Moneta <http://www.cultura-net.com/moneta/content.htm>

Argent, société et épigraphie romaine (1er-3e siècles), Recueil d'études
complétées
Stanislaw Mrozek
Ancien professeur à l'université de Gdansk (Pologne), Stanislaw Mrozek a
consacré ses travaux à l'étude de l'économie et de la société romaine et
particulièrement aux questions financières et monétaires telles que nous
les présentent les très nombreuses inscriptions. En effet, jusqu'à la fin
de l'Empire, les Romains ont multiplié les fondations, les dons, les
dédicaces en précisant le plus souvent le montant des sommes versées, les
intérêts, les circonstances des distributions d'argent.
Cette masse d'informations a été collectée soit par région, soit par thème,
tels que l'annone, le prix des combats de gladiateurs, celui de la pourpre.
Les études de synthèse analysent la production des inscriptions, mais aussi
l'inflation monétaire (pas perçue avant 240), les crises financières,
l'importance du crédit et des relations entre banquiers romains.
Ce volume rassemble vingt-six textes en français et deux en allemand;
vingt-cinq d'entre eux ont été publiés dans diverses revues entre 1968 et
2002. Ils sont complétés par 3 études inédites consacrées aux prix en
Afrique, Gaule et Péninsule Ibérique.
MONETA 38, 212 pages, 50 euros


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