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Emperor Trajan's Palace discovered in southwestern Romania
Chinaview ^
| May 15, 2009
| Xinhua (editor Mu Xuequan)
Posted on 05/25/2009 3:47:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/25/2009 3:47:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
05/25/2009 3:47:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I don't recall ever reading that Trajan had a palace in Dacia. And why 101, as opposed to 106? Can they really date it that precisely? Wouldn't he have been more likely to build a palace there
after he had actually conquered the place?
Looks like someone is trying to drum up tourism in tough economic times.
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posted on
05/25/2009 4:01:34 PM PDT
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(California -- Ya es como México)
To: SunkenCiv
These claims have to be taken cum grano salis since the Romanians (nee Rumanians) have been trying for years to claim Western heritage, hence the name change years ago.
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posted on
05/25/2009 4:18:18 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/25/2009 4:23:13 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Liz Cheney 2012)
To: InABunkerUnderSF; Mikey_1962
The headline doesn’t match the story; Trajan conquered Dacia, so the palace would have dated from his time; his successor (Hadrian) wasn’t keen on holding on to Dacia, but there was a Roman presence there for a long while. Trajan for his part didn’t stick around Dacia; he was one of the most effective conquerors the Roman Empire ever produced, maybe the most, and he had other asses to kick. He did build Trajan’s Column in Rome to commemorate the conquest of Dacia, and his reign (in particular, that very conquest) marks the economic highwater mark for Rome.
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posted on
05/25/2009 5:07:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Romania -- isn't that the place that Simona Halep comes from??
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posted on
05/25/2009 5:51:15 PM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: struggle
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posted on
05/25/2009 6:17:55 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: struggle
To: SunkenCiv; struggle
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posted on
05/25/2009 6:27:30 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(o)...Ayatollah of GlennBeckistan... keep it goin' brother...(o)
To: struggle
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:33:27 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, formerly part of the USA)
To: Mikey_1962
The fact that their language is based on Latin makes it pretty obvious.
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posted on
05/25/2009 9:36:21 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
To: struggle
Talk about busts on this thread! !
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posted on
05/26/2009 2:27:22 AM PDT
by
FastCoyote
(I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Roman Dacia existed, and the did introduce Vulgar Latin to the area but for only 100 years. The area was governed far longer by Goths Huns Gepids, Avars, Bulgars,Pechenegs,Cumans, then fell under the influence of Hungary.
When my wife speaks her native Spanish, I hear dialectic Latin. When my best friend’s wife speaks her native Romanian, its sounds like Hungarian to me, not Romance at all.
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posted on
05/26/2009 3:08:05 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
To: Mikey_1962
"
These claims have to be taken cum grano salis since the Romanians (nee Rumanians) have been trying for years to claim Western heritage, hence the name change years ago."
4 posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 7:18:18 PM by Mikey_1962
Considering the alternative choices, who can blame them?
To: Mikey_1962
Spanish and Italian are very close to Vulgar Latin, French and Romanian not so much.
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posted on
05/26/2009 8:43:27 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
To: SunkenCiv
Ah, but when in Romania, did Trajan do like the Romanians do?
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posted on
05/27/2009 3:35:10 PM PDT
by
wildbill
( The reason you're so jealous is that the voices talk only to me.)
To: wildbill
Not sure, but I think Trajan invented male contraception.
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posted on
05/27/2009 5:45:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
So, instead of being an official palace of Trajan’s, this was more some Roman villa where “Trajan slept here”?
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posted on
05/29/2009 5:08:34 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
05/30/2009 6:17:10 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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