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Pompeii Find Shows Secrets Of The Samnites
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 7-5-2004
| Bruce Johnston
Posted on 07/04/2004 5:44:51 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
07/04/2004 5:44:51 PM PDT
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blam
To: FairOpinion
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07/04/2004 5:45:24 PM PDT
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blam
To: *Gods, Graves, Glyphs; A.J.Armitage; abner; adam_az; AdmSmith; Alas Babylon!; blam; NukeMan; ...
"The discovery in Pompeii of a pre-Roman temple is being hailed as evidence that the city was sophisticated and thriving 300 years before Vesuvius erupted. "
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posted on
07/04/2004 5:49:47 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
To: blam
Ah yes...the Samnites....a mysterious ancient people where it is thought girls from good families worked briefly in "sacred prostitution" and made fine luggage.
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posted on
07/04/2004 5:54:10 PM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Proud Scottish/HillBilly - We perfected "The Art of the Grudge")
To: blam
When you think 'cosmopolitan' you might think Naples.
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posted on
07/04/2004 5:56:09 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: blam
The temple complex includes a sanctuary where it is thought girls from good families worked briefly in "sacred prostitution" as a rite of passage to full womanhood. Like Monica Lewinski?
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posted on
07/04/2004 5:56:11 PM PDT
by
The Duke
To: The Duke
No, those were the Clinonites...
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:03:35 PM PDT
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pierrem15
To: Khurkris
and made fine luggageI thought those were the Samsonites...
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:04:19 PM PDT
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pierrem15
To: FairOpinion
Well, read Livy and you know the Samnites were formidable opponents of the Romans. Came real close to defeating them. Livy tells a great story where the Samnites captured an entire Roman army. The wisest Samnite counselor said to let them go. When that was not accepted he advised killing them all. His reason was that anything other than complete friendship or warfare with the Romans would end in disaster. The Samintes did not follow his advice. They sent the Roman army "under the yoke" earning their hatred and ultimately their own destruction.
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:05:05 PM PDT
by
Martin Tell
(I will not be terrified or Kerrified.)
To: blam
The temple complex includes a sanctuary where it is thought girls from good families worked briefly in "sacred prostitution" as a rite of passage to full womanhood. And they know this how? Of all the things they could say and comment on they refer to child sex. Why?
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:05:44 PM PDT
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Lester Moore
(Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord of All)
To: The Duke
"Like Monica Lewinski?" Yup. Apparently the fathers approved of this too.
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:06:54 PM PDT
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blam
To: Lester Moore
they know this That is the way it was all over the western world.
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:09:55 PM PDT
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RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: Khurkris
At least the Supreme Court hasn't ordered "sacred prostitution" yet.
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:15:03 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: blam
The temple is said to be of Mephitis, a female deity worshipped by the Samnites...Archaeologists say the finds suggest that theirs was an advanced society in its own right. -Bruce Johnston in Rome I picked the wrong week to sell my Radical Feminism stock.
To: blam
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:33:00 PM PDT
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LiteKeeper
(Secularization of America)
To: A.J.Armitage; AdmSmith; Alas Babylon!; abner; adam_az; blam; DannyTN; FairOpinion; Khurkris; ...
The girl died before her time, but was basically a wife of her owner from age 8 or so.
Cambridge Latin Course Stage 6
the bracelet
the hoard
Gold bracelet found on arm of (slave?) girl killed near Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. On the inside of the bracelet is carved "from the Master to his slave girl" (DOM[I]NUS ANCILLAE SUAE).
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07/04/2004 6:44:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: LiteKeeper
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:44:42 PM PDT
by
Martin Tell
(I will not be terrified or Kerrified.)
To: Martin Tell
I am a retired Army Chaplain (ret 1995); VietNam vet - 1967-1969 (Field Artillery Officer in those days)
I am currently teaching a Comparative Worldview (biblical vs humanist) class in the evenings at the Air Force Academy Prep School, Colorado Springs. Third year at Air Force Academy. Taught same class at the West Point Prep school for five years.
I also have the privilege of teaching several classes in Colorado Springs to high school, college, and adults on comparative worldviews (biblical vs secular). As I read the various threads, some impress me as good for illustrating different worldviews. So, using some Army terminology, I mark threads as
- SPOTREPS (spot report) - incidents"
- SITREP (situation reports) - &descriptions of the current world scene"
- INTREP (Intelligence Report) - information of an event involving those of the "opposition;"
- INTSUM (Intelligence Summary) provides more general information.
- OB (Order of Battle) - identifies liberals, and other such Rats to watch out for
When I get home, I download these reports to a database for future class use.
Hope that helps?
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:45:48 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Secularization of America)
To: LiteKeeper
Thanks. I had seen the acronym before and had gathered the gist of it. I just could not resist the slight pun on "SPQR" (Senate and People of Rome) given the topic.
Best Freeper Regards,
MT
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posted on
07/04/2004 6:49:39 PM PDT
by
Martin Tell
(I will not be terrified or Kerrified.)
To: Martin Tell
Didn't Shakeaspere write a play about these people?
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