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From: David Meadows <dmeadows@idirect.com>
Subject: In the latest explorator
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Some items of interest from issue 2.75 of Explorator:

The Telegraph reports on the discovery of a Roman harbour near Shrewsbury 
(watch the wrap):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000405944438668&rtmo=Q0xzHQSR&atmo=HHHHHH8L&pg=/et/00/1/18/nharb18.html

Also on the Roman front is a Discovery.com newsbrief which points to 
evidence that a group of newly-discovered victims of Vesuvius died from 
thermal shock (i.e. not from toxic gas):

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief2.html?ct=38941c11


AT THE NEWSSTANDS

Military History Quarterly has a nice online feature on the Battle of 
Cannae, along with a sidebar on the use of elephants in ancient armies:

http://www.thehistorynet.com/MilitaryHistory/articles/2000/02002_text.htm



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