[blam]

GGG Ping.

[billorites]

Alo?

[vladimir998]

Amazing. After all these centuries they are still making major finds in ancient Rome!

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The last thing I heard the reign of Numa Pompilius was legendary or even mythical. I wonder what makes the archaeologists so sure it was in his reign, rather than just in the earliest years of pre-Republican Rome?

Obviously it is easier to date a remnant of the Tetrarchy period in the Empire, but an object connected with the episode which led to Christianity becoming the Empire’s official religion is something spectacular!

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	there were no statues or figures because Numa forbade images of the gods in his temples, arguing that it was "impious to represent things Divine by what is perishable". Interesting. Thanks Blam. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. The quarterly FReepathon is underway. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[Antoninus]

ping.

[underbyte]

What got my interest was the Emperor Maxentius scepter. The blue orb representing the earth on top showing that they knew the earth was round not flat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/wroman27.xml

[wildbill]

They are uncovering some really cool stuff in Italy these days.

Imagine finding Maxentius’ sceptre.