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☆ 6,000-year-old symbols linked to the world’s oldest writing system
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were rolled across clay tablets about 6,000 years ago. Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient languages such as Sumerian on clay tablets beginning around 3400 BC. The writing system is thought to have originated from Mesopotamia, the region where the world’s earliest known civilization developed that’s now modern-day Iraq. “This gap in the origin story — where do the nonnumerical proto-cuneiform signs come from — was left unresolved,” Johnson said. Correlating seal motifs (left) with proto-cuneiform pictographs could help researchers decipher hundreds of the symbols whose meaning is still unknown.

Persons: ”, Silvia Ferrara, “, ” Ferrara, Ferrara, Kathryn Kelley et, Kathryn Kelley, Kelley, Mattia Cartolano, Eckart Frahm, John M, Musser, Frahm, ” Frahm, J, Cale Johnson, Johnson, —, ” Johnson Organizations: CNN —, University of Bologna, Civilizations, Yale University, Freie Universität Locations: Mesopotamia, Iraq, Uruk, Iran, Turkey, Asia, Eastern, Freie Universität Berlin

☆ A YouTuber recreated a recipe for 3,800-year-old beer. Here's how you can do it too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe basic ingredients for an ancient beerMax Miller relied on a hymn and expert research to try and create an ancient beer. To make his version, Miller used water, barley, barley flour, a sourdough starter, coriander, cardamom, date syrup, and brewer's yeast. Some experts aren't sure if ancient beer was even alcoholic at all. Ancient beer is different from today's alesDon't expect your hymn-inspired homebrew to resemble anything you can buy at the store. There's also no evidence that ancient beer makers used hops, which is a ubiquitous ingredient today.

Persons: —, Max Miller, Miller, Patty, Riker, Miller isn't, Tate, Paulette, There's Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Archaeologists, Beers Locations: Utah, Mesopotamia, Israel, cheesecloth, aromatics

☆ Bronze Age-style ship recreates a 4,000-year-old journey
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Fast-forward to seventh century East Anglia in the United Kingdom, where an Anglo-Saxon warrior king was buried alongside exquisite goods within a massive ship. Researchers are hoping to reconstruct the ship — and it’s not the only vessel gaining new life centuries after disappearing from time. Emily Harris/Zayed National MuseumUsing a supply list written on a clay tablet, a team of experts in the United Arab Emirates has reconstructed a Bronze Age ship. Once upon a planetScientists excavated a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin from the Siberian permafrost. Love Dalén/Stockholm UniversityThe freezing temperatures of the Siberian permafrost preserved a piece of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin so well that it contains a first-of-its-kind genetic treasure trove.

Persons: it’s, Emily Harris, Shipwrights, Jacob, Alex Braczkowski, Griffith University Jacob, Tibu, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, James Webb, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, East, Zayed National, United Arab Emirates, Zayed National Museum, Griffith University, Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth, International Space Station, NASA, Boeing, European Space Agency, James Webb Space, Penguin, —, CNN Space, Science Locations: Siberia, East Anglia, United Kingdom, Persian, Mesopotamia, Zayed, Abu Dhabi, Sweden, Denmark, Peru, Machu Picchu, Uganda’s, Stockholm, Western Australia

☆ Bronze Age-style ship sails the Persian Gulf 4,000 years after it was designed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Writings on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and sail it on a maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the world’s largest reconstruction of a Bronze Age Magan boat, according to the team. The research project’s goals were to uncover ancient craftsmanship techniques, determine the connections between Bronze Age societies and better understand the role Abu Dhabi once played in Bronze Age trade. After passing five days of trials, the ship sailed toward Saadiyat Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi and the open sea on March 2 and 3. “Seeing the Magan Boat sail on the water for the first time actually took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes.”

Persons: Magan, “, ”, Eric Staples, Abu Dhabi, Emily Harris, Umm, Robert B, Jackson, ” Jackson, Peter Magee, Marwan Abdullah Al, Marzouqi, ” Marzouqi, Abdallah Alremaithi, Ayesha Almansoori, Tayla Clelland, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, ” Clelland Organizations: CNN, United, United Arab Emirates, Zayed University, Zayed National Museum, Zayed National Museum , New York University, British Museum, ., Department of Culture Locations: Abu Dhabi, United Arab, Persian, UAE, Oman, Mesopotamia, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Zayed National Museum ,, Zayed National Museum , New York University Abu Dhabi, Umm, South Asia, Girsu, what’s, Saadiyat, Tourism, “

☆ Ancient text reveals details of Plato’s burial place and final evening, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

It was previously only known that he was buried in the academy, but not specifically where, Ranocchia told CNN Tuesday. A statue of ancient Greek philosopher Plato in Athens, Greece. Brigida Soriano/AlamyThe text also provides more detail about Plato’s final night – and he wasn’t a fan of the music that was played. The project, called the Greek Schools project, is a five-year study using various technologies and methods to help decipher the fragile papyri. “The new readings often draw on new and concrete facts about Plato’s Academy, Hellenistic literature, Philodemus of Gadara and ancient history in general.”

Persons: Plato, Graziano Ranocchia, Ranocchia, Roman general Sulla, Brigida Soriano, ”, ” Ranocchia, Socrates, Julius Caesar, Lorenzo Di Cola, ” Kilian Fleischer Organizations: CNN, Platonic Academy of Athens, of Philology, University of Pisa, Platonic, Spartans, University of Naples, European Union, ERC – European Research Council, Greek Schools, Plato’s Academy Locations: Vesuvius, Athens, Greece, Thrace, Naples, Mesopotamia, Aegina, Sicily, Herculaneum, Italy

☆ Opinion: Ancient superstitions about eclipses paved the way for this scientific truth
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Opinion Jason Colavito | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. Today, eclipses retain a little bit of their historic role as harbingers of doom. Many cultures imagined a solar eclipse occurred when a mythological being ate the sun. A group of people safely watching a solar eclipse in New York City in 1865. During the solar eclipse of 1842, 20,000 people of all social classes gathered in Perpignan, France, and applauded the sun’s performance.

Persons: Jason Colavito, Jimmy, James Dean, Herodotus, Thales, Miletus, Corbis, “, Pierre Gassendi, Christopher Columbus, Mark Twain, François Arago Organizations: New, Slate, CNN, puma, Thales, Connecticut Yankee, King Locations: New York, New Republic, Mesopotamia, United States, American, Vietnam, North America, China, New York City, France, Paris, Columbus, King Arthur’s, Perpignan

☆ Romantic kissing’s earliest record dates to 4,500 years ago, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Romantic kisses have long been celebrated in songs, poems and stories, commemorated in art and film. Modern scholars therefore concluded that romantic kisses likely originated in India. Across thousands of cuneiform tablets kissing isn’t the most mentioned topic, “but it is attested regularly,” he said. But Arbøll and Rasmussen suspected that romantic kissing became accepted in Bronze Age Europe, and not because of migration alone. Even today, many cultures shun romantic kissing, Arbøll and Rasmussen reported.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Guy de Maupassant, Troels Pank, Assyriology, Justin R, Garcia, ” Garcia, de Maupassant, Arbøll, Dr, Sophie Lund Rasmussen, ” Arbøll, “, primatologist Frans B.M, De, Rasmussen, isn’t, It’s, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, University of Copenhagen, Indiana University, Kinsey Institute, Oxford University, Emory University, Scientific Locations: Mesopotamia, Bloomington, India, De Waal, Atlanta, Europe, Russia

☆ An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Aatish Taseer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three great religions in Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq. The Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala the day after Ashura. “They’re poor, but they come thousands of kilometers for the love of Imam Hussein.” PILGRIMAGE WAS A great equalizer. “Labaik ya Hussein,” came the solemn chorus of surrounding voices.

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☆ A Love of Pomegranates, and a Perfect Baked Fish for Rosh Hashana
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Joan Nathan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

(Nimrod, according to biblical legend, was a great-grandson of Noah.) For Mr. Halahmy and many others, pomegranates are also a major part of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which this year begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends Sept. 17. “Pomegranates remind me of Mesopotamia, my ancestral home, whether I am in Jerusalem, Baghdad or New York,” Mr. Halahmy said. “Rosh Hashana starts in Babylon with pomegranates,” he said. Mr. Halahmy included these memories and customs in a self-published cookbook called “Iraqi Cooking: Exile Is Home,” which calls for pomegranates in stews, soups and sorbets.

Persons: Nimrod, Noah, Halahmy, ” Mr, “, Rosh Hashana, ” Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: Rosh Hashana, Jerusalem, Baghdad, New York, Jaffa, Israel, Iraq

☆ Arrowhead made from meteorite 3,000 years ago found near lake in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Bronze Age arrowhead unearthed in Switzerland was made from a meteor, a new study has found. The nearly 3,000-year-old artifact was created with iron from a meteorite that landed in Estonia, the study noted. This indicates that meteoritic iron was traded in Europe by 800 BC or earlier, the researchers said, adding how unusual it is to find meteoritic iron used so early in history. “Such evidence of an early use of meteoritic iron is extremely rare,” according to a news release on the discovery. Meteorite originsExperts previously thought the iron used in the arrowhead came from the Twannberg meteorite, which fell to Earth just a few kilometers from the pile-dwelling.

Persons: Thomas Schüpbach, “, Beda Hofmann, Amber, ”, ” Hofmann Organizations: CNN, of Bern, of, “, Archaeological Science Locations: Switzerland, Mörigen, Lake Biel, Estonia, Europe, Turkey, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Russia, China, Poland, Bern, Kaalijarv, of Bern, Cornwall, Mesopotamia, Swiss

[1/2] A view of rubble that remains at the site of the historic Siraji Mosque that was demolished for the expansion for a road in Basra, Iraq July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed AtyBASRA, Iraq July 16 (Reuters) - The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage. Built in 1727, the 11-metre (36 ft) Siraji minaret and its mosque were toppled by a bulldozer at dawn on Friday morning, its brown mud-brick spire with turquoise ornaments disappearing in a cloud of dust. Basra resident Majed al Husseini said, standing by the rubble of the mosque. The Sunni endowment did not respond immediately to a Reuters request for comment.

Persons: Mohammed Aty BASRA, Majed al Husseini, Ahmed al, Badrani, Mosul's Al, Nuri, Basra Governor Asaad Al Eidani, Mohammed Munla, Munla, Timour Azhari, Emelia Sithole Organizations: REUTERS, Islamic, Reuters, Islamic State, Thomson Locations: Basra, Iraq, Iraq's, Mesopotamia, Islamic State, Baghdad, Basra Governor

☆ Spain's entombed 'Ivory Lady' reveals leadership role of women in antiquity
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers said on Thursday an analysis of tooth enamel showed that the body entombed at the site near Seville was not a man as previously thought, a finding that indicates the leadership role women played in this ancient society that predated the pyramids of Egypt - and perhaps elsewhere. In the British Isles, it is the peak time of Stonehenge, a major megalithic monument and sanctuary," García Sanjuán said. The 'Ivory Lady' reflects all these elements," García Sanjuán said. "This study throws new light on a problem we know preciously little about: the social and political role of women among early complex pre-state societies," García Sanjuán said. The "Ivory Lady" shows that women may have held high leadership positions during the Copper Age, a transitional period between the Stone Age and the more technologically sophisticated Bronze Age.

Persons: Miriam Lucianez Trivino, Leonardo García Sanjuán, Lady, García Sanjuán, Miriam Luciañez, Triviño, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, University of Seville, University of Seville's, University of Seville's Department of, Thomson Locations: Handout, Spain, African, Seville, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iberia, University of Seville's Department, Washington

☆ Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary found in the Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to Stonehenge. “This sanctuary must have been a highly significant place where people kept track of special days in the year, performed rituals and buried their dead. Rows of poles stood along pathways used for processions.”While excavating the site in 2017, archaeologists also discovered several graves. The archaeologists took six years to research more than a million excavated objects dating from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages. Some of the discoveries will be showcased in a local museum in Tiel and in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.

Persons: ” Organizations: CNN —, Reuters, Zuma Press, Dutch National Museum of Antiquities Locations: Netherlands, England, Tiel, Rotterdam, Iraq, Roman

☆ Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] An illustration shows what the researchers believe is the 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like sanctuary that archaeologists have discovered in Tiel, a town in the centre of the Netherlands, in this handout picture obtained on June 21, 2023. Municipality of Tiel/Handout via REUTERSAMSTERDAM, June 21 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to Stonehenge. While excavating the site in 2017, archaeologists also discovered several graves. The archaeologists took six years to research more than a million excavated objects dating from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages. Some of the discoveries will be showcased in a local museum in Tiel and in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.

Persons: Charlotte Van Campenhout, Alex Richardson Organizations: REUTERS, Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, Thomson Locations: Tiel, Netherlands, Handout, REUTERS AMSTERDAM, England, Rotterdam, Iraq, Roman

Tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet/Google have seized a large lead in shaping our potentially A.I.-dominated future. of Alphabet/Google, unveiled a suite of A.I. While there is some discussion as to whether Meta’s recent decision to give away its A.I. History has repeatedly demonstrated that control over information is central to who has power and what they can do with it. At the beginning of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, most scribes were the sons of elite families, primarily because education was expensive.

Persons: Sundar Pichai Organizations: Tech, Microsoft Locations: ChatGPT, Mesopotamia, Europe

"The fresh water is finished," said Khamis Adel, a lifelong fishermen and indigenous Marsh Arab from Al-Khora in Basra. It's a question asked by many who once lived off Iraq's marshlands, rich waterways which gave birth to civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. As the rivers and marshlands dry out, so too does the economy that they sustain. "Now a fisherman is nothing, they are like beggars," he said, pushing his boat along the canal in humid heat. Even after the 2003 U.S. invasion, when parts of the marshes were flooded again, water levels did not fully recover.

Persons: Essam, Khamis Adel, Mohsen, Hasan Moussa, Hasan, Naame Hasan, Adel, Saddam Hussein, Ahmed Saeed, Issam, Timour Azhari, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, UNESCO, of, U.N's, Organization for Migration, WE, Thomson Locations: Iraqi, Basra, Iraq, BASRA, NAJAF, Al, Khora, of Eden, Mesopotamia, Turkey, Iran, Najaf, U.S, Issam Sudani, Timour, Baghdad

☆ Evidence of the first recorded romantic kiss dating back 4,500 years has been discovered
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New research into Ancient Mesopotamia suggests people kissed romantically 4,500 years ago. Ancient Mesopotamia is considered to be roughly the land that is now modern-day Iraq and Syria. It was previously believed the earliest evidence of romantic-sexual lip kissing in humans originated in South Asia 3,500 years ago. The new research challenges these theories and suggests kissing was common across many different regions and cultures, starting much earlier. While the exact origins of romantic kissing remain uncertain, the study said, there is some possible evidence that it may have occurred even before the advent of writing.

☆ 12 amazing archaeological discoveries of 2022: From the world's oldest limb amputation to the fighting sausage dogs of the Roman Colosseum
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Iraq's extreme drought reveals a 3,400-year-old cityAerial view of the excavation site with Bronze Age architecture partly submerged. While this did, in parts, cause ecological devastation and ravaged wildlife hotspots, it also revealed some incredible secrets that were hidden underwater. In June, Insider's Paola Rosa-Aquino reported that successive droughts had revealed the hidden city, which dates back to the Empire of Mittani. Experts say burial beneath the fallen walls might have helped preserve the ancient structures after years of submerging underwater. You can read the full story on the hidden city here and learn about the ancient artifacts that survived over 3,000 years.

☆ Solstițiul de iarnă 2020 și „Marea Conjuncție”. Tradiții și obiceiuri în cea mai scurtă zi din an
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +8 min

Solstiţiul de iarnă 2020, ce marchează începutul iernii astronomice, are loc la 21 decembrie. „Marea Conjuncție” ar putea fi o explicație pentru „Steaua Magilor”Dacă ar fi să puteți obseva cerul doar o noapte în 2020, alegeți noaptea de 21 decembrie! Este ziua anului în care lumina zilei are cea mai scurtă durată în emisfera nordică şi cea mai lungă durată în cea sudică. Aceasta explică, pentru latitudinile medii ale Terrei, inegalitatea zilelor și a nopților, precum și succesiunea anotimpurilor, arată Observatorul Astronomic „Amiral Vasile Urseanu”. În 2019, de exemplu, solstițiul de iarnă a avut loc în 22 decembrie, la ora 06:19.

Persons: Urseanu, Jupiter, Marduk, Ion, Crăciun, . Organizations: Saturn, Google, Astronomic București, Jupiter, Agerpres Locations: România, București, Mesopotamia, Brezaia, Porcilor, Europa, Americi, Asia, Orientul Mijlociu, Stonehenge, Anglia, Irlanda

☆ Mâine vom avea cea mai lungă noapte din acest an. Tot ce trebuie să știi despre solstițiul de iarnă al anului 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Mâine vom avea cea mai lungă noapte din acest an. Tot ce trebuie să știi despre solstițiul de iarnă al anului 2020Solstițiul de iarnă reprezintă începutul iernii astronomice, atunci când înălțimea Soarelui deasupra orizontului și intervalul diurn sunt minime și are loc în emisfera nordică. Solstițiul de iarnă 2020 va avea loc pe 21 decembrie, la ora 12.02. De la solstițiul de iarnă 2020 și până la solstițiul de vară din 2021, durata zilelor va crește continuu, iar durata nopților va scădea în mod corespunzător. Solstițiul de iarnă în următorii ani 2021:# 2021: 21 decembrie, ora 17.59;# 2022: 21 decembrie, ora 5.27;# 2023: 22 decembrie, ora 17.03;# 2024: 21 decembrie, ora 11.20;# 2025: 21 decembrie, ora 17.03;# 2026: 21 decembrie, ora 22.50;# 2027: 22 decembrie, ora 4.42;# 2028: 21 decembrie, ora 10.19;# 2029: 21 decembrie, ora 16.14;# 2030: 21 decembrie, ora 22.09.

Persons: Marduk Locations: Antichitate, Mesopotamia, Europa, Americi, Asia, Orientul Mijlociu

☆ De ce visele noastre ar putea fi cheia pentru călătoria în timp; Fenomenul studiat din ce în ce mai mult de psihologi
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Ideea că visele din timpul somnului pot prezice viitorul a fost parte din cultura oamenilor încă de la începutul civilizației. Dr Julia Mossbridge a dus mai departe aceste cercetări și a făcut recent progrese semnificative. Dacă ar exista un mod de a transcende timpul și spațiul, poate că cea mai complexă mașinărie din Univers, creierul uman, ar fi mijlocul pentru a face acest lucru. Timpul atunci când visăm ar putea fi foarte diferit de timpul în timp ce suntem în stare de gândire logică. În timp ce visăm, am putea intra într-o stare de conștiență în care timpul se comportă diferit”, spune Krippner.

Persons: Ghilgameș, Carl Jung, . Jung, Albert Einstein, Dr . Stanley Krippner, Dr Julia Mossbridge Organizations: BC, Universitatea Saybrook Locations: Mesopotamia, California

☆ (foto) Cum arătau în realitate împărații Imperiului Roman. Chipurile acestora au fost reconstruite după modelul propriilor busturi
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +18 min

Flavius Iulius ConstansFlavius Iulius Constans a fost împărat roman care a domnit din 337 până în 350. DiadumenianMarcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus sau Diadumenian a fost fiul împăratului roman Macrinus și a fost pentru scurt timp Cezar și Augustus. El a fost fiul lui Gordian I. Gordian II a fost fiul lui Gordian I și al Fabiei Orestilla. Iulian ApostatulFlavius Claudius Iulianus a fost un împărat roman care a domnit între 361 și 363, el fiind ultimul împărat roman păgân. Valentinian al II-leaValentinian al II-lea a fost împărat roman din anul 375 până în anul 392, când a fost asasinat.

Persons: Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus, Maur, Aemilian, Cornelia Supera, Titus Aurelius Fulvus, Antoninus Pius Titus Aurelius Fulvus, Antoninus Pius, Aurelius Fulvus, Asia . Octavianus Augustus Octavianus Augustus, Octavius, Lucius Domitius, Lucius Domitius Aurelianus, Aurelian, Claudius II . Decimus, Decius Caelius, Balbinus Decimus, Decius Caelius Calvinus Balbinus, Balbinus, Pupienus, . Caligula Caligula, Gaius, . Caligula, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Caracalla, Septimius Severus, Caesar, Augustus, Marcus Aurelius Carinus Marcus Aurelius Carinus, Carinus, Nigrinianus . Carinus, Carus, Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, Claudius II, Gallienus, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Gemanicus Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Gemanicus, Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, Faustinei, Commodus, Flavius Iulius Constans Flavius Iulius Constans, Constantin cel Mare, Constant, Constantin II, Constanțiu II, Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, Constantin I, Împărat, Gaius Flavius Valerius Constantius Gaius Flavius Valerius Constantius, Constanțiu I, Constantius Chlorus, Constantin cel Mare . Constanțiu al II - lea Constanțiu al II - lea, Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius, Diadumenian, Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus, Macrinus, Cezar, Augustus . Didius Iulianus Didius Iulianus, Didius Iulianus, Gallia . Dioclețian Dioclețian, dioclețiană, Domițian Titus Flavius Domitianus, Domițian, Eliogabal, Aurelius Antoninus, Florianus Marcus Annius Florianus Pius, Tacitus, Florianus, Galba Servius Sulpicius Galba, Terracina, Galba, Galerius Galerius Maximianus, Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Felix Romuliana, Galerius, Probus, Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus, El, Valerian ., Geta Publius Septimius Geta, Geta, Gordian I Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus, Gordian I, Gordian al II - lea Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus, Gordian II, Gordian I . Gordian, Gordian al III - lea Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius, Gordian al III - lea, Grațian Flavius Gratianus Augustus, Grațian, Hadrian Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus, Hadrian, Împărat Roman . Hadrian, Honorius Flavius Honorius, Teodosiu I, Arcadius, Hostilian Gaius Valens, Quintus, Hostilian, Trebonianus Gallus, Decius, Herennius Etruscus . Hostilian, Iulian Apostatul Flavius Claudius Iulianus, . Licinius Flavius Galerius Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Licinius, Lucius Verus Lucius, Commodus Verus Armeniacus, Lucius Verus, Macrinus Marcus Opellius Macrinus, Magnus Maximus Magnus Maximus, Maximianus, Teodosie I . Marc Aureliu Marc Aureliu, ., Marcus Annius Verus, Marcus Catilius Severus, Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus . Maxentius, Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, Maximian, Maxentius, Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius, Maximinus Daia Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Galerius . Maximin Tracul Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus, Maximin Tracul, . Maximin Tracul, Imperiul Roman . Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Nero, Nerva Nerva, Nerva, Aurelius Numerius Numerianus, Carinus ., Carus . Otho, Salvius Otho, Pertinax Publius Helvius Pertinax, Pertinax, Filip Arabul Filip, Iulius Marinus, Filip, Probus Marcus Aurelius Probus, Valerian, Tacit, Pupienus Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, Balbinus . Quintillus, Aurelius Claudius Quintillus, Claudius Gothicus, Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus, Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus, Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus, Septimius Sever, Alexandru Sever Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus, Alexandru Sever, Marcus Julius Gessius, Corneliu Tacit, Pliniu cel Tânăr, Teodosiu I Flavius Theodosius, Teodosiu cel Mare, Flavius Theodosius, Teodosiu, Tiberius Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Titus Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Vespasian, Traian Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, Trebonianus Gallus Gaius, Gallus, Gaius Vibius, Valens Flavius Julius Valens, Valentinian I Flavius Valentinianus, Valentinian, Valentinian al II - lea Valentinian al II - lea, Valentinian al III - lea Flavius Placidius Valentinianus, Valentinian III, Constanțiu III, Valentinian I . Publius Licinius, Aemilianus ., Aemilianus, Vespasian Vespasian, Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Vitellius Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, Volusianus Gaius, Trebonianus Gallus . El Locations: Imperiului Roman, Africa, Roman, Italia, Lanuvium, Asia ., Moesia, Sirmium, Galia, Lugdunum, Imperiul Roman, Dalmația, Balcani, Roma, Italiei, Africii, Împărat Roman, Imperiului Roman de Apus, Gallia ., Orient, Hispania Tarraconensis, Gamzigrad, Imperiul Roman de Apus, Romuliana, Moesia Superioară, Dacia Ripensis, Dacia, Caesarea, romană Mauretania, Mesopotamia, Țara Galilor, Tibru, Daia, Dunăre, Narnia, Tarent, Liguria, Shahba, Damasc, romană Siria, Pannonia, Cauca, Cibalae, Ravenna, Rin, Noricum, Raetia, Spoleto, senatul

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