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| Troy 6-7 | 10/5/2008 | Maria |
Q: Simple: Who were the exact cultural/national inhabitants of Troy 6-7 ( The illiads era) In Depth: I ...
A: This is a very broad question, indeed, in spite of its apparent simplicity. Anyway, without going ...
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| Rome | 9/16/2008 | Maria |
Q: If Rome had flaws, was Rome a great empire? Do you know the time in which ...
A: First of all the Roman empire, centred at the city of Rome (founded in 753 B.C.) and lasted until ...
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| Humanities | 9/12/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: Where in ancient history does the word Lexus come from?
A: lex = the Latin word for the written law. Lex = diminutive or pet name for for the name ...
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| roman snake bracelet | 9/8/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: ..I had a dream with a blonde girl a like ... in it was in the time of the Roman Empire ... and the ...
A: Bronze serpentine 'bracelets' have been found in Greek and Italian excavations. A serpentine ...
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| roman ancient snake bracelet | 9/5/2008 | Maria |
Q: .. Recently I had a dream with a girl I like ... in it was in the time of the Roman Empire ... and ...
A: First of all you can see an image of a Roman snake bracelet at ...
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| roman snake bracelet | 9/5/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: ..I had a dream with a blonde girl a like ... in it was in the time of the Roman Empire ... and the ...
A: You did not specify what, exactly, you wnated to know about the snake bracelt, so I am assuming that ...
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| civilization | 8/22/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: i have a question that i hope you can help me on. I was wondering, what are the eight traits or ...
A: I will do my best to answer the question at hand. I will utilize the heuristic value as to find the ...
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| history | 8/14/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: i was wondering is the neolithic era a revolution? Thanks
A: However, please keep in mind that this period in history is not my area of expertise, however, I ...
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| Plutarch | 8/13/2008 | Francesco Marchesani |
Q: The question is that i was also going to purchase Plutarch's books "On Sparta,The Rise and Fall of ...
A: I guess those books are a collection of different books and essays by Plutarch: "Parallel Lives" is ...
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| ancient civilization | 8/8/2008 | Maria |
Q: how do they call the student in ancient?
A: It’s obvious that each ancient civilization used its own language to say “the student“ as well as ...
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| 10th legio shield | 8/1/2008 | Maria |
Q: I would like to find out how did the bull ( the enblem)in the shield of the 10th. legion ...
A: Although shields are not my field of expertise, I think that the bull (“taurus”, in Latin) which ...
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| Lost legion | 7/31/2008 | Maria |
Q: I was wondering if you could give me some information on Octavian's lost Legions. I believe it was ...
A: First of all here are the Latin words that Octavian, i.e. Emperor Augustus, said when given the ...
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| Holiday in Rome | 7/28/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: My wife and I are planning to visit Rome in November for a week. It is our wedding anniversary and ...
A: There are multiple sightseeing tours offered in Rome. Do not go off by yourself or you will miss ...
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| Ancient Greek History | 7/27/2008 | Maria |
Q: Did the ancient Greeks (400 to 600 BC) have any knowledge of the existence of China?
A: As far as we know, there is no evidence that ancient Greeks had any knowledge of the existence of ...
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| Myths | 7/7/2008 | Maria |
Q: Maria, I am currently a student at the University of Canterbury and I am conducting a research ...
A: First of all in ancient times myths originated first to explain the existence of natural phenomena, ...
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| western civilization | 6/9/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: In what ways was western europe able to maintain order and stability even with the absence of a ...
A: (Excuse me for taking a considerable amount of time to answer the question, as I was working on my ...
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| Ancient Rome | 6/4/2008 | Maria |
Q: Why is it accurate to say that the wealth of the Roman Empire largely depended on an economy based ...
A: It’s obvious that roads, coinage, foreign trade, and home trade were very important within the ...
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| Caduceus | 5/30/2008 | Maria |
Q: I've often wondered what the symbols on the Caduceus meant. I recently heard that the Greeks meant ...
A: Actually the Caduceus [Latin word for ancient Greek term “Kerykeion”/ “kerukeion”, derived from ...
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| old bronze coin | 5/28/2008 | Maria |
Q: please could you help identify an old coin my father found about thirty years ago. it's about the ...
A: The big fish could be a dolphin with which Neptunus, the Roman god of sea, i.e. the counterpart of ...
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| roman senate | 5/16/2008 | Francesco Marchesani |
Q: I wonder if you could tell me when did the roman senate effectively disappeared during or after the ...
A: the Roman Senate continued to exist after the end of the Empire in 476: even though it lost much of ...
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| Literature of the Ancient World | 5/10/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: Please could you list some of the greatest literature from the Ancient World that I may have missed. ...
A: Greetings sir and thank you for the question, I must commend you on the vast conglomeration of ...
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| Patrology | 4/28/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: I live in an area with no access to the TLG database. I'm looking for a quote from Konstantinos ...
A: Initially the Byzantine Empire took the appellation of the Eastern Romans, and did with contumacious ...
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| Patrology | 4/27/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: I live in an area with no access to the TLG database. I'm looking for a quote from Konstantinos ...
A: The 'De Cerimoniis Aulae Byzantinae was an agglomeration of works produced for Basileus and ...
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| roman gladiators | 4/24/2008 | Maria |
Q: What would happen if a gladiator ran away ?
A: If a gladiator had run away, he would have been hunted, of course, and if he had been caught, he ...
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| HI | 4/19/2008 | Maria |
Q: i have this project on Ancient Rome and one of the questions was ' Draw or insert a picture of the ...
A: Here’s what you could tell about the Colosseum. Have a nice day, Maria ...
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| Giza Pyramids | 4/18/2008 | Maria |
Q: I know you do not specialize in this...but maybe you can help since everyone is on vacation. My ...
A: As you say, Ancient Egypt is not my field of expertise. Therefore the only thing I can tell you is ...
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| Latin/Roman saying | 4/16/2008 | Maria |
Q: Desperately need the origin and context of the saying: "peace of Caesar," meaning that after war ...
A: You are right: there is a quotation is from Tacitus ‘Agricola’, chapter 30, where the Roman ...
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| Colosseum/ Roman amphitheatre | 4/12/2008 | Maria |
Q: I was wondering if you know who was the architect of Les Arčnes, Nîmes and the Collesium in Rome? ...
A: Actually nobody knows the name of the architect of the Colosseum in Rome, originally called Flavian ...
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| Hollywood vs History | 4/11/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: I'm interested in the Hollywood vs History angle. The film "300" won big at the box office. How ...
A: Just about every single film based on ancient history is redolent with chronological, historical and ...
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| Hollywood vs History | 4/11/2008 | Maria |
Q: I'm interested in the Hollywood vs History angle. The film "300" won big at the box office. How ...
A: I’m sorry, but I did not watch the film "300" as I don’t like this kind of movies which pretend to ...
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| grilled cheese sandwich | 4/2/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: I'm in high school working on college a speech assignment. my speech is "how to cook a grilled ...
A: The grilled cheese sandwich is a modern invention, not an anceint one. Romans breakfast foods ...
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| war of thermopylae | 3/29/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: Can you tell me anything about the weapons the Spartans used to fight with at Thermopyle? Were they ...
A: Greetings Alexander and thank you for the question. "Expende Annibalem/Quot libros duce sumno: ...
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| Sparta culture | 3/29/2008 | Maria |
Q: I saw that you wrote that Sparta was a military state. Could you tell me how there culture was ...
A: it is so: Sparta was a military city-state, very different from Athens where art, intellectual ...
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| spartans | 3/29/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: I am doing a class project on the spartans and how their culture made them good warriors. I dont ...
A: 1)When did the Spartan race begin? It is believed that the original ancestors of the Spartans were ...
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| Greco Roman Snake symbology... | 3/24/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: I have a modest antiquities collection and part of that is a number of bracelets, 5 in total from 4 ...
A: The snake is a very symbolic animal with highly ambiguous associations. For many ancient ...
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| recomended readings | 3/11/2008 | Conrad Jalowski |
Q: I have a desire and appetite for very ancient readings. Historical and religious. I have read the ...
A: Sir, it is a great honor to serve one who has a voracious and almost libidinous thirst for classical ...
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| second wanderings of Odysseus | 2/25/2008 | Francesco Marchesani |
Q: I seem to remember a prophecy or punishment that Odysseus, having returned home, would be doomed to ...
A: in the eleventh book of the Odissey, Odysseus meets Tiresias (the most famous, mythological seer of ...
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| Baths of Caracalla | 2/21/2008 | Maria |
Q: My question is about the Baths of Caracalla. Could you tell me if the brick wall by the present day ...
A: as far as I know, being not an archaeologist, M. Lucentini in his “La grande guida di Roma” is ...
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| ancient roman crime/punishment | 2/15/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: I am doing a report on Ancient Roman Crime and Punishment and I was wondering if could give me some ...
A: Am not at home at the present ttim so cannot access my own records, however see the following: ...
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| ancient mongols | 2/14/2008 | Irulan Serena |
Q: i have a few questions, 1. How and on What route did the mongols help trade and cultural diffusion? ...
A: 1. How and on What route did the mongols help trade and cultural diffusion? The Silk Road(s) is/ ...
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