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New Ben-Hur Trailer and Chariot Race Featurette

Edit Coming Soon 14 Jun 2016
The new Ben-Hur trailer and chariot race featurette ... Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army ... ....

Xbox One Games with Gold July 2016 Predictions

Edit ThisGenGaming 09 Jun 2016
This month gives us Super Meat Boy, Goat Simulator, The Crew and Xcom ... Dead Rising 3. Just 3 days ago we reported that Dead Rising 4 was real and is set to be revealed at E3 2016 at Microsoft’s conference ... Watch_Dogs ... Ryse. Son of Rome. Ryse. Son of Rome plunges you into the chaos and depravity of the late Roman Empire ... He joins the Roman army in Britannia and quickly rises through the ranks to become a General ... Forza Horizon 2 ... ....

Glasgow Romans ate ‘porridge but suffered worms and fleas’

Edit Scotsman 03 Jun 2016
Roman soldiers stationed in Scotland nearly 2,000 years ago dined on porridge, figs, coriander and wine – but were infested with parasites and fleas, according to a new book analysing archaeological evidence ... A Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall ... “Excavations in the 1970s revealed the plan and history of a Roman fort,” he said ... It was at the time the most complex frontier ever constructed by the Roman army....

York Minster Mystery Plays review – an epic medieval disaster movie

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2016
4 / 5 stars. York Minster ... Twitter ... And Noah’s floating menagerie is a delight; the two-by-two parade – constructed, as are all props and costumes, by an army of local volunteers – is brought up in the rear by a pair of late-arriving dodos who unfortunately miss the boat ... Breen’s production makes a strong reminder that the Bible is also the story of an occupation – the imperial presence of the Roman army is never far from view ... ....

Earliest handwritten documents in Britain discovered in London dig

Edit Belfast Telegraph 01 Jun 2016
The earliest handwritten documents in Britain have been found among hundreds of Roman w axed writing tablets uncovered in an archaeological dig ... before it was cited by Roman historian Tacitus ... "It was the new wild west frontier of the Roman Empire, with people streaming in behind the Roman army and exploiting the new province," he said....

Roman Tablets Found In London Dig Contain Earliest Handwritten Documents In Britain

Edit Huffington Post 01 Jun 2016
The earliest handwritten documents in Britain have been discovered among hundreds of Roman waxed writing tablets uncovered in an archaeological dig.  ... by Roman historian Tacitus ... “It was the new wild west frontier of the Roman Empire, with people streaming in behind the Roman army and exploiting the new province,” he said. ....

The Offensive Romans Come To Dumfries Museum (Dumfries and Galloway Council)

Edit Public Technologies 30 May 2016
Is Burnswark Hill the site of a bloody conflict between invading Romans and he Iron Age people of southern Scotland? The 2015 Burnswark Project, coordinated by The Trimontium Trust and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, set out to answer this question ... It compares their abilities to defend themselves with the might of the Roman army and its highly trained soldiers....

Air strikes on Isis in Iraq and Syria are reducing their cities to ruins

Edit The Independent 27 May 2016
“They make a desert and they call it peace,” is the bitter line Tacitus attributed to the British tribal leader Calgacus speaking 2,000 years ago of the devastation inflicted by the Roman army on the rebellious British ... 3 show all ....

More than £2.4 million of funding for museums (Arts Council England)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Arts Council England). Ready to Borrow. upgrading exhibition spaces. We're making £2.4 million available to museums through the second round of the Ready to Borrow scheme ... Interested organisations should contact their local Museum Development provider ... It's central to our understanding not only of life at the frontier fort of Vindolanda, but of life on the northern frontier of Roman Britain and of the Roman army internationally....

New funding and Designation awards announced for museums (Arts Council England)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Arts Council England) ... Ready to Borrow. Small Scale Capital Development Scheme. £2.4 million is being made available to museums in the second round of the Ready to Borrow ... Chesterholm Museum's unique Vindolanda collection is central to our understanding of life at the frontier fort of Vindolanda but, more generally, of life on the northern frontier of Roman Britain, and of the Roman army internationally ... (noodl. 33784641) ....

Games with Gold Games for June 2016: Games That are Going to be Included (Predictions)

Edit ThisGenGaming 20 May 2016
Since June will be the big E3 month, it makes sense that Microsoft will want to make a big splash with their GWG lineup, similar to how they did with April’s lineup. Without further ado, let’s get right into the predictions. Forza Motorsport 5 ... Ryse. Son of Rome. Ryse. Son of Rome plunges you into the chaos and depravity of the late Roman Empire ... He joins the Roman army in Britannia and quickly rises through the ranks to become a General ... ....

Warhammer Review

Edit Eurogamer 19 May 2016
If you've played Rome. Total War, you have to remember the first time you encountered the Carthaginians. Here you'd been, building proper Roman armies, with swords and shields and bows and arrows, designed to defeat nations with fewer resources and aging technology ... ....

Archeologists found an early Roman fort buried under London's banking centre

Edit Business Insider 14 May 2016
A previously unknown Roman fort has been found on Fenchurch Street in the City of London ... "The revolt razed the early Roman town to the ground in AD60/61 but until now little ... Mola states that the Roman army were experts in construction; proficiently sourcing local materials from nearby woods and even using debris from buildings burnt in the revolt....
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