Roman Empire

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Travel (UK)
Discover the City’s Roman Remains
visitbath.co.uk - Post by: Emily McKay
Bath is renowned for its beauty. As the only designated UNESCO World Heritage City in the United Kingdom, it is not surprising that the city has …
Mayan Civilization
BUNDLE - KS2 History Knowledge Organiser Pack and Editable Version
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UPDATE - 16/02/19 - We’ve now included a fully editable version in the pack too! 20 topics are covered in this fun, fact-filled KS2 History Knowledge …
Oxford University Press
Slavery After Rome, 500-1100
oup.com - Alice Rio
• Addresses the question of what happened to slavery in Europe in the centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire • The only history of slavery and …
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Imperialism
Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction
oup.com - Peter Salway
• Offers an up-to-date and comprehensive account of Roman Britain, including both archaeological and textual evidence • Looks at the impact of Roman rule …
Somerset, UK
12 family-friendly things to do over half term in the West Country
somersetlive.co.uk - Jillian MacMath
A handful of them are entirely free
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Isle of Wight, UK
Bronze Age bracelet, Anglo Saxon brooch and Medieval gold ring among treasure unearthed by Isle of Wight detectorists
countypress.co.uk
A HAUL of treasure including a Medieval gold ring and Bronze Age bracelet has been unearthed by Isle of Wight detectorists. Four treasure inquests …
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Antonine Wall
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Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past. An unusual line stretches across Scotland’s Central Belt. It may look like no more than a …
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Arizona volunteer finds $4G in hollowed-out book, then tracks down owner, returns cash
Fox News - Caleb Parke
A full-time book sale volunteer who discovered stacks of hundred dollars bills alongside a family letter tucked into an old novel immediately tracked down the owner so she could return the large sum of
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Archaeology
Terracotta Fragment in Bulgaria May Depict Roman Emperor
archaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni
VARNA, BULGARIA—The Sofia Globe reports that a piece of a terracotta sculpture dating to the sixth century A.D. has been unearthed at an early …
Orchids
Valentine's blossoms worth TL 2.5B sold in Turkey yearly
dailysabah.com - www.dailysabah.com
Some TL 2.5 billion is spent on flowers every Valentine's Day in Turkey, a Turkish florist union chief said Monday. "[The amount of] flowers produced …
Dialects
The Language of the Roman Empire
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Latin was used throughout the Roman Empire, but it shared space with a host of other languages and dialects, including Greek, Oscan and Etruscan, …
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes that carry malaria may have been doing so 100 million years ago
eurekalert.org - www.eurekalert.org
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new research shows, potentially shedding fresh …
Imperialism
Historic Roman Baths & Pump Room wins three South West Tourism Awards
bathecho.co.uk - www.bathecho.co.uk
The Roman Baths & Pump Room has triumphed at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards, winning three awards at the event, held at the Aerospace …
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Imperialism
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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As the Roman Empire declined its leaders became interested more in personal survival than good governance. Sound familiar? Adrian Goldsworthy draws …
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Imperialism
Beneath Bath - the secret tunnels hidden beneath Bath's streets
somersetlive.co.uk - Laura LinhamSenior reporter
We've all heard the rumours... There are tunnels under there . Secret tunnels are some of the most persistent rumours in our towns and cities. Listen …
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Travel (UK)
History-Lovers Seeking Something Quirky
visitbath.co.uk - Post by: Lizzie Marshall from Bath's Historic Venues
Recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with its combination of stunning architecture, breathtaking scenery and luxurious …
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Kings and Generals
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JavaScript is disabled You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud Kings and Generals’s tracks 2. Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire by Kings …
Chickens
The Chicken People
archaeology.org - ZACH ZORICH
When future archaeologists excavate sites dating to the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, what will define our era won’t be the …
Beer Companies
Eats events
isthmus.com - by Isthmus Staff
× Local Brewery Class of 2018 Sunday, Feb. 10 Meet new craft brewers that launched in the Madison-area last year — and taste their sudsy creations. The …
Real-Time Strategy
Firefly Studios Announce Romans: Age of Caesar
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[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Today …
Chris Mavadded this to Archaeology and History
North Africa
North Africas Place in the Mediterranean Economy of Late Antiquity
ancient.eu - Michael Goodyear
The Mediterranean Sea was the economic focal point of the Roman Empire. Rome’s armies first established an empire across these waters beginning back …
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Your UK and Ireland travel bucket list - what to see in the UK
redonline.co.uk - By Roanna Day
Seeing Giant’s Causeway, whale watching in Scotland and visiting the Roman Baths have come out on top in a poll of the nation’s UK and Ireland bucket …
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Southern France
Disney expands to southern France in river cruise options
newsday.com - By Richard Tribou
Another year, another river. Adventures by Disney is expanding its river cruise tour plans for 2020 by adding the Rhone River to its options. Six …
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Mexico
The Best Roman Ruins to Visit in Spain
theculturetrip.com - Tara Jessop
The Roman invasion of what was then known as ‘Hispania’ lasted some 700 years and the legacy of their time in Spain is still very much visible today. …
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Scottish Government
Row as businessman ‘builds fence across Antonine Wall’
scotsman.com - Alison Campsie
A businessman has been censured by heritage chiefs after building a “substantial fence” across the site of the Antonine Wall with concerns part of …
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Ancient Rome
Af Jochnick's new Book "The Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, and France in the Thirty-Year War" is an Examination of one of the
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Af Jochnick, a dual American-Swedish citizen and graduate of Harvard Law School, has primarily practiced corporate and international law and currently resides
Chinese New Year
Community and culture events worth seeking out in Chicago this week
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From a lecture series on sports in history to a Chinese Year of the Pig celebration, there's plenty to do when it comes to community and cultural …
Watches
HODINKEE Radio: Episode 29: Aldis Hodge
hodinkee.com - Stephen Pulvirent
Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review here, and tell us which …
New Testament
New Testament Note 17
patheos.com - Dan Peterson
I will grant that this note seems oddly placed. But I’m slavishly following — that is, I’m using as my base text — Kurt Aland, ed., Synopsis of the …
SoundCloud
The Blood of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 17) by Simon Scarrow, read by Jonathan Keeble
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JavaScript is disabled You need to enable JavaScript to use SoundCloud The gripping new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's best-selling Eagles …