Irene thought you would all like to check out this site I found while researching the Roman-Jewish Wars. http://home.wxs.nl/~lende045/ The Dutch host, Jona...
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Jun 3, 2000 4:04 pm
In a message dated 6/3/00 10:57:24 AM Central Daylight Time, Jimmyjb@... writes: << http://home.wxs.nl/~lende045/ >> Thanks Vel Garnett...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 3, 2000 8:18 pm
(Note: This is mainly for eclectic and Jim Bloom, to whom I promised a summary of the Scipio novel by Ross Leckie. If anyone has to add something to this,...
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Jimmyjb
Jimmyjb@...
Jun 3, 2000 11:13 pm
I don't think you are getting that close to the Flavians yet, but this might be something for the back burner. Plus it's a great example of a novelist...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 4, 2000 1:56 am
While we are on the subject of Levick biographies: She also wrote one on Claudius. Irene http://members.xoom.com/placida/ Co-host, Ancient/Classical History...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 4, 2000 5:03 am
As we are moving from Scipio Africanus to Marius in our bi-monthly book chats, what then about the interim era? This would be mainly the Gracchi. N.S. Gill has...
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David Meadows
dmeadows@...
Jun 4, 2000 1:38 pm
Items of interest from my newsletter: Two items strike me as qualifiying as 'big news', although they aren't receiving equal coverage. The first is the...
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Roman_History_Books@e...
Jun 6, 2000 1:03 am
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Final Scipio Chat Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2000 Time: 9:00PM - 10:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00) A reminder that we...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 8, 2000 9:10 pm
Our next book will be "First Man in Rome" in the "Masters of Rome" series by Colleen McCullough. For details, please go to...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 10, 2000 8:13 pm
I have added some books to the Page "Currently Reading": http://members.xoom.com/placida/booklist2.htm Irene http://members.xoom.com/placida/ Co-host,...
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David Meadows
dmeadows@...
Jun 11, 2000 6:47 pm
Items of interest from the newsletter of record: OLD WORLD NEWS The Independent reports on some metal detector types' discovery of a rather major Roman coin...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 11, 2000 8:31 pm
In the last two days or so, on the Ancient Classical Forum, McCullough's reference to the difficulty of reading letters was questioned, and the discussion...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 11, 2000 8:42 pm
More Roman Fiction of the Late Republic: When searching for literature on Sulla on Amazon.com, the following book came up: The Door in the Wall by Benita Kane...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 12, 2000 3:17 pm
I got this comment as part of a private mail to me from a group member: "I've read The Door in the Wall. Liked it a lot until the ending, which disappointed...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 15, 2000 2:39 am
I have assembled some discussion points in http://members.xoom.com/placida/discuss.htm I encourage you to add to these via e-mail to me at IrenesBooks@... ...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 15, 2000 3:10 am
Gian Pietro Brogiolo, Bryan Ward-Perkins (edd.), The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. ...
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Sally Emory
neat@...
Jun 16, 2000 9:53 pm
I am trying to find a book written about the Ninth or Lost Roman Legion. I don't know the title or author but here is the storyline. Maybe someone will...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 16, 2000 10:01 pm
In a message dated 6/16/00 5:55:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, neat@... ... The Lost Legion by H. Warner Munn It's out of print but there is a review on...
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Jimmyjb
Jimmyjb@...
Jun 16, 2000 10:25 pm
Actually (working from memory) I believe the author is male, Harold Warner Munn, who wrote for Weird Tales from the late 1920s and continued in a science...
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Jimmyjb
Jimmyjb@...
Jun 17, 2000 5:19 pm
Well, it seems that the lost book about the lost legion has been found. There are two fictional treatments. First, the one I already mentioned, by Harold...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 17, 2000 6:58 pm
In a message dated 6/17/00 1:20:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Thank you, it will indeed. (I keep forgetting Fred Mench!) And I hope that Sally will find the...
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David Meadows
dmeadows@...
Jun 18, 2000 7:32 pm
Dig it! According to Northern Light, a Greek archaeologist is claiming to have discovered some fragments of Zeus' throne: ...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 19, 2000 3:05 pm
I'm trying to put up the chatlag from the second Scipio chat. I hope it will come up with the proper formatting. However, since none of us liked the book, it...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 19, 2000 9:55 pm
In a message dated 6/18/00 3:34:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I saw that exhibition last year in Boston. We had driven up to see the Mary Cassatt show and...
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Roman_History_Books@e...
Jun 20, 2000 1:02 am
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Chat, "The First Man in Rome" Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 Time: 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00) A reminder that...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 24, 2000 3:34 pm
For those who participate in the chat on Marius, or read the book: I just found a backup of the "hayseed without Greek" refutation, in Erich Gruen's "Cultural...
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David Meadows
dmeadows@...
Jun 25, 2000 3:53 pm
Items of interest: This really should be a followup, but since it happened so long ago ... The Times reports that a couple of lads with metal detectors will...
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clair@...
Jun 25, 2000 11:28 pm
Hello everyone! Just a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Clair and I have recently graduated with my degree in art history. I will be going to ...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 26, 2000 12:10 am
Clair, welcome! I hope you can join the chats on First Man in Rome. Irene http://members.xoom.com/placida/ Co-host, Ancient/Classical History Forum ...
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IrenesBooks@...
Jun 27, 2000 8:37 pm
I'm looking for page numbers in the *paperback* copy: At what page does the chapter "The Seventh...The Ninth Year" end? Thanks in advance! (The chatlog is...
