tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post6630513485347366968..comments2024-03-29T07:22:38.372+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: The Roman Mysteries: The Legionary from LondiniumJuliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-52868238145672283592013-04-25T10:17:02.968+01:002013-04-25T10:17:02.968+01:00I don't remember them, but they sounds fascina...I don't remember them, but they sounds fascinating - let me know if you find out what they were! :)Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-9985234042496002182013-04-25T03:23:56.597+01:002013-04-25T03:23:56.597+01:00Do you recall a series of children's books (I ...Do you recall a series of children's books (I can remember 2) which take place in Ancient Greece or Rome where a group of children solve a mystery? The books were published sometime before 1985. I really would love to find them for my girls who've become voracious readers!Scottbghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119820365573640340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-15123607053418926662010-03-04T18:48:06.888+00:002010-03-04T18:48:06.888+00:00I definitely need to track this series down. It so...I definitely need to track this series down. It sounds good.<br /><br />Just a minor quibble, but there are Roman sites in Scotland to visit, though they are admittedly almost all fortifications. Apart from the Antonine Wall, there are a number of sites on Gask Ridge, forts and fortlets in Perthshire, Dumfries, and West Calder, a section of Roman road in Midlothian, and some building outlines in Edinburgh that were scheduled to be developed into a visitor's center. And varying theories have placed Mons Graupius as far north as Inverness (though I don't buy that for a minute).<br /><br />(I took that list of sites from <i>The Last Frontier</i> by Anthony Kamm. Which I mention only because I sort of know him in an Internet way and got an acknowledgment in the book. I figure I owe him a plug or two.)DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-55922969870501976712010-03-04T08:34:19.984+00:002010-03-04T08:34:19.984+00:00I don't think Roman parents were too worried a...I don't think Roman parents were too worried about that sort of thing anyway, considering they kept giving all their children the same names!<br /><br />It'll be great if these lead kids to consider reading classics like Sherlock Holmes - and I really must read more myself! My brother has pointed out that he has the complete works of Conan Doyle and the compelte Granada TV series, so I have no excuse!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-50566084566624192722010-03-04T07:24:09.426+00:002010-03-04T07:24:09.426+00:00Hi Juliette
You're right about Quartus and Qui...Hi Juliette<br />You're right about Quartus and Quintus. I never was good at maths and presunably neither were their parents! <br />Re Sherlock Holmes, one father emailed me to say this: <br />"You have another minor triumph in our household, by the way; I've been trying to get my eldest boy, Daniel to read Conan Doyle/Dickens and broaden his horizons a bit , though with only limited success; but since the Lion's Mane and orange pips references he has picked up my rather dog-eared Sherlock Holmes compendium and started to make inroads into it!"Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com