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Researchers claim to have worked out the exact spot where Caesar was assassinated.
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Yeah, but they haven't though, really ;-)
"Researchers have begun to study the remains of the Portico of the Hundred Columns (Hecatostylon), the Torre Argentina, in addition to the Curia of Pompey. The aim is to identify links between archaeology and art history that connect to the death of Julius Caesar. Monterroso says: “We also aim to better understand that sense of physical closure of the murder scene described in classical texts”
Which isn't saying much... I always thought that the assassination site was in the basement of the pizza restaurant on the left side of Largo Torre di Argentina.
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Why are they looking in Argentina anyway? I'd think Italy would be a more likely place. Especially Rome.
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Hah ha John!
Yes, it is a bit inconclusive, they go on to say they have discovered the concrete slab which may have been erected by Augustus to mourn GJC assassination, thne the yare investigating the series of pillars as well..sounds slightly undecided to me!
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Well, they know it is there...somewhere. In Argentina.
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I love watching archaeologists getting excited everytime they claim to have found ancient locations or items due to "art history" or vague ancient sources. I believe that archaeologists have found Noah's ark several times already. 8-)
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There are probably more bits of Noah's Ark than there are bits of the true cross by now. Didn't one of the astronauts who landed on the Moon claim to have discovered the location of Noah's Ark?
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Is this a competition like in the '70's, "spot the ball" where one had to put an X where the ball was, is there a pic i can put an X on Ceaser?
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I think I will have the edge then, Kevin! :evil:
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While in Argentina checking out Caesar's Last Stand, look for Noah's Ark too :-P
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So was it the Hand of God (Maradona) who was responsible for striking the first blow??? :lol:
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Didn´t that Caesar-bloke have sthg. to do with Pirates? For that´s where all the Pirates live, in ARRRRRRRRgentina.
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:???: ....don't cry for me Argentina ? :errr:
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Quote:Researchers claim to have worked out the exact spot where Caesar was assassinated.
Like I said on FB, there is no 'discovery of the spot', as by their own admisssion it was not lost: “We always knew that Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey on March 15, 44 BC, because of the classical texts". The only new-ish info is that the seem to have found some monument that stood there, or close to it. Modern journalism, more like. 
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Quote:Vindex post=322593 Wrote:Researchers claim to have worked out the exact spot where Caesar was assassinated.
Like I said on FB, there is no 'discovery of the spot', as by their own admisssion it was not lost: “We always knew that Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey on March 15, 44 BC, because of the classical texts". The only new-ish info is that the seem to have found some monument that stood there, or close to it. Modern journalism, more like.
This reminds me of a story a British newspaper ran a few years ago on Valentine's Day. It claimed that historians had found 'New' evidence that Cleopatra wasn't the stunning beauty that everybody thought she may have been. As proof they showed some coins showing Cleopatra's profile (including her big nose) and said that these coins had only recently been discovered, even though they'd been in museums for a long time.
Dafydd
Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem.
What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race.
Virgil, The Aeneid.
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