Comments for Great Names in History

Comment on A Roman Pump in Perfect Condition by 100swallows

100swallows — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:25:39 +0000

Ali Ahmed: I’m glad the information was useful. I just put in some clearer illustrations, so you can see the mechanism better. Un saludo.

Comment on A Roman Pump in Perfect Condition by Ali Ahmed

Ali Ahmed — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:51:19 +0000

this sort of information has helped me a great deal, especially in doing research for a hydraulics lab that involves issues related to pumping mechanisms,
thank you

Comment on The Great Lighthouse of Alexandria by 100swallows

100swallows — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:13 +0000

TayzahMcNary: No, sorry. Maybe you could get some ideas from the recent movie Agora, which takes place in late fourth-century Alexandria. On the trailer I saw an impressive reconstruction of the Lighthouse.

Comment on The Great Lighthouse of Alexandria by TayzahMcNary

TayzahMcNary — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:44:22 +0000

Can you show me pictures of people that lives at The Lighthouse of Alexandrira

Comment on A Roman Lady by 100swallows

100swallows — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:01 +0000

Hello: Could you tell me which? My source for most of it is Carcopino’s Daily Life in Ancient Rome, Chapter 6, part 4

Comment on A Roman Lady by Hello

Hello — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:01:19 +0000

Some of this information isn’t correct, I know as I study hisory, sorry.

Comment on Pliny’s Heroic Death by 100swallows

100swallows — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:48:01 +0000

Bill Thayer: Thanks for your comments, Bill, to me and to Camila.
No has dicho por qué no te gusta Plinio el Sobrino, pero me lo puedo imaginar. De la belleza de su prosa no puedo opinar, sólo de la naturalidad de las traducciones; y la de Betty Radice me pareció más legible que otra que consulté. Aconsejas que se comparen traducciones con el texto original pero sabes que son pocos en el mundo entero capaces hoy en día de comprender un texto latín, y menos, de valorar la calidad o la belleza de su estilo. Los demás sólo podemos confiar en los expertos como tú.

Comment on He Founded Rome by 100swallows

100swallows — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:50:05 +0000

Christopher Matthew Burt: Thanks for your comment. All the interest ended when classical studies were dropped at the end of the nineteenth century.

Comment on Great Roman Engineering by 100swallows

100swallows — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:46:26 +0000

joyofreadinglinson: Thanks. I enjoyed my visit at your site. Our ideas of history are similar: it is about personalities–or can be. I just deleted a silly comment that said I HATE ART AND HISTORY. The fact is, I do too as it is usually presented.

Comment on He Founded Rome by 100swallows

100swallows — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:39:50 +0000

giveitasecondlook: Thanks. Be kind to your friends, though, and don’t lord it over.