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Books on Ancient Rome Posted by on Jan 8, 2011

If you still have some money left over from the holiday season, why not buy some books on Ancient Rome? I haven’t personally bought this book yet, but a friend of mine recommended it to me. It’s called The Fall of the Roman Empire : A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by P…

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Baby Names Posted by on Jan 4, 2011

If you want to give your child a unique name or recommend a name for someone else’s baby, try looking at Ancient Roman names. The Ancient Roman aristocrats had interesting naming conventions for their children. For example, the praenomen or first name was usually selected by the parents. Sometimes the praenomen was decided by naming…

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