The eyes have it.(Ireland and the Classical World )(Book Review)

From: Irish Literary Supplement | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: McDonough, Christopher | Copyright information

Philip Freeman

Ireland and the Classical World University of Texas Press, 2000, $35.00

THE FIRST ROMAN EVER TO LAY EYES ON IRELAND MAY have been an eye doctor, if we take at face value one of the earliest pieces of archaeological evidence discovered on Irish soil, an inscribed oculist's stamp stating that its owner was named Marcus Juventus Tutianus. But then again, this item probably indicates nothing of the sort. Had this stamp been found in some other part...

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