I have returned from my out-of-country excursion and wish to report that there is now a gravel roadway and a stone slab walkway in front of the villa. The exterior walls are up as I have mentioned and the kitchen and storeroom are walled in as well. As soon as I am able to get to it, we will plant grass around the villa and paint the room floors, When that is done, I will take a picture for the blog to show the advance in construction.
For the moment however, the basement has flooded a few inches deep and until I can get that cleaned up, I will be spending my free time in putting together the three navigational instrument models that I ordered before leaving. These items consist of a "Mariner's Astrolabe," "A Trilogy Of Time" (three time-determining instruments), and a "Planispheric Astrolabe." The description of these items can be found on the internet
http://celestaire.com
if anyone is interested. These instruments were originally developed by the Islamic culture and brought to Europe during the occupation of Spain and what is now Portugal. These are somewhat out of the Roman time period, however, it is well known that the Roman military and merchant vessels used the stars for guidance and these tools, of which I speak, are simply items to make star observations in regard to time and latitude easier and more accurate to find.
I managed to finish the walk through of the Roman city of Lucentum, just outside of Alicante, Spain, and I shall be pleased to continue the articles about that city in the "Roman Times Quarterly" which will first be published to the Militarium and New Roman Lists and then later to the Nova-Roma List, if anyone there is remotely interested in anything besides politics and argument (Rueful Grin!!!).
Respectfully;
Marcus Audens
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