MetaFilter posts tagged with romans

Not cool Rome, not cool at all.

Lizc — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:46:56 -0800

New Scientist reports today that inhabitants of the former Roman Empire have much lower levels of a gene variant that protects against the virus that causes AIDS - CCR5-Delta32 to be exact. Previously, this genetic mutation had been attributed to the spread of the Black Death.

Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology

Kattullus — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:33:33 -0800

Theoi Greek Mythology is an internet encyclopedia with over 1500 pages on various characters from classical myth, covering everything from famous gods and goddesses to obscure nymphs, titans and monsters. If the confusing familial relations of the Greek gods vex you, there are 10 different family trees to help you make sense of it all. There's also an extensive library of ancient works concerning classical mythology and a bibliography should you long for more to read. Last but not least, Theoi has a gallery of over 1200 artworks from antiquity, which I have been happily browsing for a good while.

"I prophesy a mighty burning soon"

paduasoy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:26:30 -0800

O Hammers, Head : discussion of a freakish reference in Philodemus's On Methods of Inference, found in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. See also: the Philodemus Project, an examination of the scrolls from the Villa;
epigrams by Philodemus in the Greek Anthology, on love (2),
on the "human comedy" (1),
life (1),
a prayer
and on family (1);
Wikipedia on the Villa of the Papyri;
a talk on Studies, Excavation, and Prospects of the Villa, touching on the controversy about future excavation;
the Villa previously on MetaFilter.

Where am I?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:52:59 -0800

CDX: great Flash adventure by BBC History (in association with Preloaded) for their "Ancient Rome" series.

rory — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:01:10 -0800

Before the Berlin Wall, there was Hadrian's Wall, one of the most successful attempts ever to keep noisy neighbours at bay. It's still an impressive sight, even though most of its stone has been recycled over the centuries. Nothing beats walking it in person, but thanks to the web you can see a 3D VRML model of one of its forts, read about the digital imaging of thousands of written documents unearthed at another, and even read a 2000-year-old request to "send me some cash as soon as possible".

zeoslap — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:59:42 -0800

Mmmmm. Hu-ming. A British archaeologist finds evidence that cannibalism still existed amongst the Celts as recently as two thousand years ago, during Roman Times.

One grisly find includes a femur which had been split lengthways in order to scrape the marrow out. Tastemungus mates :)

D.C. — Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:38:28 -0800

Happy Saturnalia, everyone. (See also "The Saturnalia: its Legacies")