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Roman lighting
#31
Something went wrong with the link so I will try again:<br>
www2.andrews.edu/~samuele...ble/3.html <p></p><i></i>
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#32
As I understand our wine is a bit different from the ancients; however, any wine drinker will tell you that once a bottle is opened, it may last anywhere from less than a day to several days, before it goes 'off'. Now, it won't go moldy; it will just turn sour and lose all its scent. I have had opened bottles on the counter that sit half full for weeks (with a cork in it) but they never get mold.<br>
I do not think grape juice could do that.<br>
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Remember that Roman wine had several price levels, and there was posca, a mixture of wine vinegar and water. So they may have had a use for older wines, which fits in with any restaurant's recycling of yesterday's leftovers. <p>Legio XX<br>
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#33
Phew Thank goodness they did use candles as Ive nearly completed my Lounge re decorated in the style of 'Roman Palace ' ( well near enough ) and was looking forward to switching the lights off during the long winter nights and just useing candle light in order to re create the feel of the era with the light reflecting off the walls it will make the freschos look stunning ahtlo' may just nip over to Ebay to bid on few repro' Roman oil lamps<br>
or even the originals if they dont go for a silly price <p></p><i></i>
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#34
there are a number of barrels which have survived- i dont know if their contents did??<br>
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but also a number of carvings of the transportation of liquid in barrels and liquid being scooped out of a large vat into a very small barrel <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/forum/mark.gif
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#35
Not sure what made me ask about this, probably as I'm re working the caupona, but here is a long list of Roman lighting books and references:

http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/booklist/booklist.shtml
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
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#36
Always funny to reply to 8 year old questions. :mrgreen:

Quote:I seem to recall some reference to parts of lanterns being found but have never seen any pictures or diagrams of one.

See a Roman wind lantern hanging off a galley deckhouse next to Trajan.
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
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#37
Quote:there are a number of barrels which have survived- i dont know if their contents did??<br>
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but also a number of carvings of the transportation of liquid in barrels and liquid being scooped out of a large vat into a very small barrel

One of the earliest wine-producing centers west of Italy was in Gaul. The Gallic word for a wine barrel was "tonna," a large barrel by modern standards. Something similar to these sat in my grandparents' basement in Vermont about 60 years ago. They came from Piedmont and tried establishing grapes. The experiment failed, and they used the tonna to collect apple cider. Also, I've seen barrels in original illustrations depicting Roman ships. :grin:
Alan J. Campbell

member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians

Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)

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             Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
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