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The Orastiei Mountains (in the Carpathians) can be compared to a stone fortress surrounding with its walls the Hateg Depression in the county of Hunedoara (southern Transylvania, Romania). This region represented the center of the Dacian civilization, which reached its peak during the second stage of the Iron Epoch (... |
16 April 2008
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In time, flowers generated thousands of legends and myths. These legends speak about their powers and magical virtues. No wonder flowers have their secret languages. The rose is by far the flower most charged of symbolism and meaning. 25 Ma year old petrified fossils of roses (Rosa sp) were found. The oldest known hu... |
2 April 2008
17:26 GMT |
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Greek theaters were carved in one side and open to nature on the other side. But the Roman theaters had a circular disposition: they were amphitheaters. The most impressive and famous is the Colosseum, built in 80 AD. In 2007, people around the world chose it as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. The Colosseu... |
2 April 2008
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The early Christians included men and women, slaves and free people, rich and poor, Jews and Greeks. The first Christians were Jews only. They inhabited the cities of Galilee (a region of Israel). They were poor people, like Jesus, most of them woodworkers. Some were friends of John the Baptist, a great fearless prop... |
1 April 2008
16:41 GMT |
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They had central heating, baths with all the commodities and bridges and roads that are still functional even after two millennia. The Colosseum could have resisted in perfect state if it had not been plundered. All was made of stone, timber and concrete. From Iraq to Portugal and from Sahara to Romania, Germany and ... |
20 March 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Romans created and maintained the greatest ancient Empire for centuries, spreading their Greek-influenced culture. Their culture was the model for subsequent European cultures. About 40 % of the people in the European Union speak a language of Latin origin (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and others). ... |
18 March 2008
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One of the most important discoveries made by man is the paper. Today, paper is so common that we do not even perceive its real value, but till getting to it, the human kind had to wait. People have always felt the necessity of an efficient writing support to fix and preserve their knowledge, feelings, beliefs and, t... |
12 February 2008
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1. The romans were the creators of the first large western empire, perfectly organized administratively, communicating through a network of roads and served by a powerful army united under the leadership of the emperor. The cohesion of all those territories was achieved by imposing the Latin language upon the conquer... |
6 February 2008
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The Etruscan civilization flourished on the territory of central Italy (from Po River to Naples) and, besides the Greek one, was the most influential for Romans. The Etruscans appeared, according to the historical annals, around 800-750 BC in Tuscany, the Italian region that was named after the Tuscans (Etruscans). L... |
4 February 2008
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Vulcan was the Roman god of fire, the equivalent of Hephaistos in the Greek mythology. In ancient times people regarded volcanoes as gods, which were worshiped. Old Greeks believed the Earth was a floating disc over the surface of an ocean whose storms triggered earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Anaximander (611-54... |
17 December 2007
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Previously, Roman thrones were known only from paintings or as made of marble. But now researchers have discovered the first ever surviving Roman throne in the lava and ash that buried the city of Herculaneum, during the 79 AD eruption of the volcano Vesuvius (which destroyed also Pompeii and Stabiae), 82 ft (27 m) u... |
6 December 2007
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This is one of the best known legends of the antiquity, that of the Rome's foundation. The story starts with Romulus' and Remus' grandfather, Numitor, and his brother, Amulius, both inheriting from their father the throne of Alba Longa. But Amulius eliminated his brother and banned Numitor's daugh... |
26 November 2007
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This was the last military spark of the (Western) Roman Empire: at the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields or the Battle of Campus Mauriacus in 451, a Roman alliance led by General Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic king Theodoric I fought savagely against an allied army led by the Huns' King Attila. By 450, the Rom... |
12 September 2007
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Megalomaniacs have lived among us ever since antiquity. And if Saddam, Mao and all other historical bizarre characters built for themselves giant statues, why shouldn't the Roman emperors have done the same? At least we enjoy seeing the Romans' good taste...One of those who regarded themselves bigger than i... |
9 August 2007
03:37 GMT |
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They had central heating, baths with all the commodities and bridges and roads that even after two millennia are still functional. The Colosseum could have resisted in perfect stage if it had not been plundered. All was made on stone, timber and...concrete.From Iraq to Portugal and from Sahara to Romania, Germany and... |
31 July 2007
12:06 GMT |
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It is best known as the longest river on the planet. Nile is consensually considered so as it has 6,695 km in length, even if some say that Amazon is longer (6,800 km). The problem is that nobody could tell where Amazon ends, due to its huge mouth. Anyway, while Amazon is the mightiest river on the planet (with a deb... |
25 July 2007
11:27 GMT |
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Romans really knew how to live large. But this goes beyond any expectation: archaeologists have partially dug up a 2nd-century bath complex, part of the vast, luxurious residence of a wealthy Roman and this exceeds previous findings. Ancient Romans were passionate bathing-lovers, turning baths and bathing into an art... |
20 July 2007
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For the archaeologists, it has been a surprise to discover how powerful the influence of the Romans was in Britain. Ancient coins have been discovered on a beach in the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides), in the extreme northwest of Scotland. Archaeologists dated the pieces of copper alloy in a period around mid 4th Cent... |
13 July 2007
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Tuscany's name in modern days comes from the Etruscans, a very advanced ancient civilization, highly influential in the development of the early Roman civilization. But the origins of the Etruscan civilization has been a vivid debate amongst archaeologists, historians and linguists for centuries. Three are three... |
18 June 2007
08:57 GMT |
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This took naturalists by surprise: guess who survived throughout the rise and fall of Rome's empire in the mighty ruins of Trajan? A freshwater crab, Potamon fluviatile, proved the most persistent, thriving in the canals built by the Etruscans about 3,000 years ago. "The ancient ruins of Trajan's Forum in t... |
4 June 2007
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Roman life was not a feast a la Nero all the time, but this is what impressed contemporaries most, or at least those leaving written records. Reconstructing people's everyday life is much trickier. But the ruins of the Pompeii, the famous city destroyed and buried under ash by the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in ... |
1 June 2007
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Were the Romans the incorrigible gluttons as they are described over millennia?We can just mention some famous gluttons: Vitellius or Nero; they sat at the table drinking and eating from afternoon till dawn, and we are tempted to believe that Romans spent their life as such. But actually, most Romans sat at the table... |
12 May 2007
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It all started in 264 BC at the obsequies of Junius Brutus when, in the honor of his memory, three pairs of gladiators fought. Just three! 50 years later, Aemilius Lepidus threw in the arena 22 pairs of gladiators. In 106 AD, celebrating his victory over the Dacians in an atmosphere of total lush, emperor Trajan offe... |
21 April 2007
07:48 GMT |
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