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Old Roman Specularis Mines
Spain used to be a kind of Eldorado. It was fabulously rich in minerals. Rome and Carthage both financied their wars with Spanish gold and silver. Roman gold mine of Las Medulas, Leon, Spain GNFD photo by Rafael Ibez … Continue reading
Posted in 1, archaeology, engineering, mines, mining, Romans, Spain
Tagged graffiti, lapis specularis, Las Médulas, lucerna, Nero, Pliny the Elder, Roman circus, Roman Empire, Roman mines, Rome, Segóbriga, windows
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Early Christians and a Conscientious Roman Governor
Pliny the Younger didn’t know what to do with the Christians. Bust of Trajan (reign 98–117 ), in the Glyptothek, Munich (public domain photo by User:Bibi Saint-Pol) The Emperor Trajan had appointed him governor and sent him to Bithynia in … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, literature, religion, Romans
Tagged Christians, early Christian martyrs, Pliny the Younger, Roman Empire, Roman governor, Rome, Trajan
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The Cicero You Never Knew 2
Educated Romans knew Greek. It was the language of culture. You needed it to talk about art, literature, philosophy. The greatest ancient poet: Homer, quoted for a thousand years. Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd c. … Continue reading