HEAT IN THE ANCIENT WORLDS
THE PAPER LOOKS BETTER, DOESN'T IT?
by Maximius Flavius
Most online communities become quite empty and silent when the summer with its vacations and heat hits us online frequents. Based on what I have heard, this summer has been extremely hot even outside Finland... Read full article
WHEN THE PANEL'S DOWN, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD TO YOUR JOURNAL
FROM JOT'S DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL, JULY 14
by Jot Ariston
The companel went out twice today. This seems to happen when the WhosOnline server, situated in New York, is not able to contact the site server, which is in Florida. Another feature made it off the drawing board today. Personal Journals are a way for members to post thoughts, ideas, musings or even reports of what they are up to... Read full article
CAESAR'S BIRTHDAY, AND OTHER TACKY QUESTIONS
A CAESAR TRIVIA CONTEST HELD ON JULY 13
by Heraklia Aelius
This July 13, AncientWorlds held a “Caesar Trivia” contest with XIII questions covering everything from Caesar’s Gallic Wars to his extravagance, the Battle of Pharsalus to his divorce of Pompeia. Several brave warriors from many cities tackled the questions and answers, found on the AncientWorlds Celebrations Trivia Thread... Read full article
NOT A LAZY DAY IN ROME
EVEN THE REPORTER ROARING WITH LAUGHTER
Rome, by Diantha Livius
Another month has flown by here at Ancient Worlds. It has been a busy month with many exciting things happening! I believe the general threads have seen most of the action. There are just so many interesting topics, I don’t know where to begin! "The lazy days of summer" don’t seem to apply to Rome this year! Read full article
NEW OFFICIALS CONFUSE THE IMPERIUM
OPPIUS STILL IN DEEP TROUBLE
Rome, Group Imperium, by Caius Livius
What a month it has been! Consuls for the year of DLX avc are Caius Livius Drusus and Lucius Cornelius Merula, a result that has led to the Plebeians in Rome complaining about the lack of a Plebeian consul. Not fair! What of Oppius Philipus? I hear you ask! yes what indeed! after sensationally dropping out of last month's consular election to instead run as Tribune of the Plebes the newly elected tribune has run into what appears to be a well orchestrated campaign of intimidation... Read full article
STILL HUNTING FOR THE SOURCE OF NILE
EGYPTIAN GROUPS JUST DON'T STOP
Egypt, by Onions Hatshepsut 
The Egyptians have been busy, going southwards, hunting down the source of the Nile, for the fabled swimming hole. Our most important news is that the roleplay and informational group, Eternal Gods, Eternal Lives, has now been formed... Read full article
KING GONE MISSING WHILE WAR IS BEING FEARED
NASTY RUMOURS ABOUT BABYLONIANS - AND EVEN REPORTERS
Babylon, by Leah Enkidu
Where is King Zig! Nasty people want to have war with Babylon!
Someone better drag him off his women and out of the Palace! I will be so angry if we get overrun and sold into slavery!
You may have heard stories during the Rome Floralia, about me and Max. There was a mix up of togas and some body parts did touch other body parts in the confusion of the dark, small room... Read full article
CELTS BREEDING AT FESTIVAL TIMES
SHOULD ROMANS BE AFRAID OF AN INVASION?
Babylon, by CathBran Niall
Activities in Celtia seem to be picking up. We have had at least 60 more Celts arrive since the beginning of June. Also, Celtia plans to celebrate Lugnasad on August 1st through the 3rd... Read full article
NORTHERN NIGHTS AT THEIR LIGHTEST
HIGH BEER SALES DO NOT STOP GROUP ACTIVITY
by Yngvildr Scylding
You guys in Rome, Greece or Babylon might think Germania is a cold and obscure country. This might be certainly valid for the winters but it is not always so: It has been hot for weeks now, and this might be the reason that group activity is somewhat on the low side at the moment. Group leaders seem to hang around outside spending their time going swimming or enjoying warm summer evenings at the beergardens, though not all of them... Read full article
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A PART OF CAESAR'S TRIUMPH: VERCINGETORIX
by Lucius Aelius
In 53 BC, when Caesar had left for Italy after the summer campaign season, the Gallic tribes rebelled under the leadership of Vercingetorix, who raised an army against the Roman legions still wintering in Gaul. To deprive the Romans of food and supplies, Vercingetorix had ordered a scorched-earth policy, and all the neighboring villages and farms were burned, "until fires were visible in all directions." But one tribe, already having torched twenty towns in a single day, refused to destroy its capital at Avaricum... Read full article
SOME ASPECTS OF AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN ETRURIA
Part One
by Aulus Sergius
Finding a site for archaeological purposes is not always simple, especially in Etruria. Aerial archaeological techniques can help, however. Just as the viewer of a painting sometimes stands back a few feet to grasp the scope of the work, so too, the archaeologist takes to the air to get the big picture of a site or potential site. In Etruscan archaeology, a great deal of interest has focused on the tombs and necropoli, and so, too, in its aerial applications. I will deal primarily with that, but touch on its use in other areas... Read full article
THE RISE OF PHILIP II OF MACEDON
by Drakus Domitius
The rise of the kingdom of Macedon to power in the fourth century B.C. can rightly be said to be the accomplishment of one man, the son of Amyntas III, Philip II. Over the twenty-three years of his reign, Philip would use both diplomacy and military force to achieve his goals, employing deceit to help him to buy the time he needed in order to effectively deploy his diplomatic and military strategies... Read full article
BACK TO THE BEGINNING: SUMERIA
by Leah Enkidu
At the dawn of history in the middle of the fifth millennium BC, we find in the Euphrates Valley a number of city-states, or rather city-monarchies, in rivalry with one another and in such a condition of culture and progress, that this valley has been called the cradle of civilization... Read full article
AND HOW IT ALL ENDS: RAGNAROK
by Anya Gepid
There will be great upheaval and turmoil because of this. Morality will disappear and feuds and wars will break out between all mankind, including families. Father and son will fight against on another in battle. Siblings will join each other in incestuous acts. Mothers will leave their husbands and seduce their own sons, while brothers rip at each others' hearts... Read full article
AIFA'S ARCHAEOLOGY NOTES
by Aifa Niafer
Egypt – Three mummies were found in the Minya region while archaeologists were studying the terrain in order to grant a farmer permission to begin working it. An underground burial site made of stone was discovered containing the mummies of an old man, a woman and a young man. Most finds in the Minya region are from the Grecco-Roman period spanning from 332 BC to 395 AD... Read full article
FEATURED ARTICLES
THE NECTAR OF THE GODS
A WINE COLUMN
by Louisa Agis
No one has yet determined exactly where and when mankind’s fascination with a beverage called wine began. Ancient man’s first encounter with the fermented juice was most likely an accident, hence wine was quite likely “discovered” as opposed to “invented”. After this initial discovery it is possible that wine was then made intentionally, since ancient Middle Eastern cultures were known to have made fermented, alcoholic beverages from other things such as honey, grains, and other fruits. The same process could have been applied to wild grapes before vines became cultivated. The earliest wines made from wild grapes and would only have been consumable for a short time each year... Read full article
HISTORY OF ANCIENTWORLDS
PART III
by Heraklia Aelius
In January, 1997, the small-but-faithful group following the online adventures of S.P.Q.R. at Pathfinder’s “The Rostra” board started receiving inquiries from “Emperor Hadrianus” regarding what they would like to see in an online “community” based on ancient history. Hard to believe, but this was so early in the comparative development of online sites that the idea was new and thrilling! The Cybergods were interested in developing “cities” to follow the games; obviously, Rome (for the S.P.Q.R. chapters), but also Athens (as work was proceeding on an online mystery set in the time of Pericles’ Athens) as well as old Nieu Amsterdam (yet a third online mystery was developing set in 17th century New York). These three cities, it was agreed, would be founding community areas in the new “community” of AncientSites; but what others? Read full article
THE MAN WHO COMBINED KNOWLEDGE AND FUN
GAIUS TRAIANUS MARCIUS IN MEMORIAM
by QuintusCinna Cocceius
What is it about antiquity that fascinates us so? Like centuries of archaeologists who have explored the ancient world, we have always been intrigued by the ancient cultures that populate Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. GaiusTraianus Marcius combined the importance of knowledge with that of fun and made the Regia stunning... Read full article
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