April 14, 2010

  • Nundina in Spain!

    On the weekend of 24 and 25 April, Alhama de Murcia will be holding its first Roman Market since the Romans left some 1600 years ago. The Market will be held in the Plaza de la Constitución where stands the Town Hall. As the Market has “a touch of Asterix and Obelix”, there will be…

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  • Romanian Romanization

    Interesting … Director General of the UNIMPRESA Romania union of Italian employers Marco Rondina on Sunday discussed with Bucharest General Mayor Sorin Oprescu the possibility of asking Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno to loan some Roman frescoes to be mounted in the Lipscani – Bratianu Boulevard in the historic centre of Bucharest City. The Italian investors…

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  • ante diem xviii kalendas maias ludi Cereri continue (day 3) — games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. 69 A.D. — first battle at Bedriacum; the forces of emperor wannabe Vitellius eventually would defeat the forces of emperor wannabe Otho 73 A.D. — mass suicide at Masada (?) 195 A.D. — Julia Domna, wife…

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