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Roger Pearse · 01-14-2006, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by No Robots

Ulpian's De Officiis Proconsularis, an early third-century compendium of Roman criminal law. I would particularly like to see volume VII with the rescripts regarding Christians.

I think so too. I'd forgotten this one, the existence of which is referred to by Lactantius.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

Gracchus · 01-14-2006, 01:30 AM

The emperor Claudius's Etruscan grammar. (I just noticed that others have nominated some other Etruscan studies.)

:jump:

Mark Mc · 01-14-2006, 06:51 AM

All of Paul's missing letters. Could it be, he wrote about subjects the Apostolic church didn't agree with?

andrewcriddle · 01-14-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dancer_rnb

Religious writing of the Cathars.

Important Cathar works such as 'The Book of the Two Principles' do survive.

Andrew Criddle

Lugubert · 01-14-2006, 02:56 PM

Anything fair-sized from the Indus valley, preferably with a translation.

rob117 · 01-14-2006, 09:25 PM

Yes, some of this stuff is not actually "ancient," but it's still lost:

-Shakespeare's lost plays

-The Book of the Leoun by Geoffrey Chaucer (mentioned in his "retraction" at the end of The Canterbury Tales.)

-Any inscriptions or texts from Sub-Roman Britain.

-Copies of J, E, P, D, Q, and other Biblical source documents.

-Full copies of Gilgamesh from both the Old Babylonian and Standard Versions.

-Full copies of Manetho's Aegyptiaca and Berossus' Chaldaeiaca.

Eldarion Lathria · 01-14-2006, 09:31 PM

Sanchoniathon's history of the Phoenicians

Solon's work on Atlantis, (if it wasn't invented by Plato)

Hanno's Periplus

Eldarion Lathria

JaredM · 01-14-2006, 09:46 PM

This is an excellent list so far, though I must admit, I am not as accomplished a scholar of history as many of you are. :notworthy

I would add to this list:

The complete text of the Avesta (the Zoroastrian holy book, which was allegedly destroyed by fire at the Library of Alexandria).
Any and all lost works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Chaucer.
Any missing pre-Islamic writings of the Babyonians.
Any pre-Christian texts of the Northern European tribes (Celtic/Germanic) which existed before and during the Roman Empire.
Any missing writings of the Manichaean religion and Gnosticism.

Let me add that it is a shame that many pre-Christian/pre-Islamic pagan cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas did not have any system of writing.

--Jared

Amaleq13 · 01-14-2006, 11:12 PM

The literature of the Etruscans

Claudius' 20 volume history of the Etruscans

IRON MAN · 01-14-2006, 11:27 PM

All the stuff in the Library of Alexandria ought to just about cover it.

If that still existed I could get a copy of the user manual for my old 486.

01-14-2006, 09:46 PM	#38
JaredM Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 3,034	This is an excellent list so far, though I must admit, I am not as accomplished a scholar of history as many of you are. :notworthy I would add to this list: The complete text of the Avesta (the Zoroastrian holy book, which was allegedly destroyed by fire at the Library of Alexandria). Any and all lost works of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Chaucer. Any missing pre-Islamic writings of the Babyonians. Any pre-Christian texts of the Northern European tribes (Celtic/Germanic) which existed before and during the Roman Empire. Any missing writings of the Manichaean religion and Gnosticism. Let me add that it is a shame that many pre-Christian/pre-Islamic pagan cultures in Asia, Africa, and the Americas did not have any system of writing. --Jared

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01-14-2006, 01:30 AM	#32
Gracchus Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: California Posts: 359	The emperor Claudius's Etruscan grammar. (I just noticed that others have nominated some other Etruscan studies.) :jump:

01-14-2006, 06:51 AM	#33
Mark Mc Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 11	All of Paul's missing letters. Could it be, he wrote about subjects the Apostolic church didn't agree with?

01-14-2006, 02:56 PM	#35
Lugubert Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Sweden Posts: 3,684	Anything fair-sized from the Indus valley, preferably with a translation.

01-14-2006, 09:25 PM	#36
rob117 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York State Posts: 440	Yes, some of this stuff is not actually "ancient," but it's still lost: -Shakespeare's lost plays -The Book of the Leoun by Geoffrey Chaucer (mentioned in his "retraction" at the end of The Canterbury Tales.) -Any inscriptions or texts from Sub-Roman Britain. -Copies of J, E, P, D, Q, and other Biblical source documents. -Full copies of Gilgamesh from both the Old Babylonian and Standard Versions. -Full copies of Manetho's Aegyptiaca and Berossus' Chaldaeiaca.

01-14-2006, 09:31 PM	#37
Eldarion Lathria Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Atlantis Posts: 2,449	Sanchoniathon's history of the Phoenicians Solon's work on Atlantis, (if it wasn't invented by Plato) Hanno's Periplus Eldarion Lathria

01-14-2006, 11:12 PM	#39
Amaleq13 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Eagle River, Alaska Posts: 7,816	The literature of the Etruscans Claudius' 20 volume history of the Etruscans

01-14-2006, 11:27 PM	#40
IRON MAN Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 3,127	All the stuff in the Library of Alexandria ought to just about cover it. If that still existed I could get a copy of the user manual for my old 486.

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