The Curse of Cleopatra?
Image via Wikipedia I’ve really got to stop reading email … every time I open it, it seems, there’s something about Cleopatra’s tomb and it’s presented in such a way that I feel I HAVE to respond to it. The latest comes from the venerable Al-Ahram, whose reporter seems (as will be made clear later) [...]
Citanda: What’s So Funny About Plautus?
Interview with a recent Classics Grad: What’s so funny about Plautus? Let’s ask Mara Miller.
This Day in Ancient History:ante diem xii kalendas junias
ante diem xii kalendas junias Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities rites in honour of Vediovis 429 B.C. — birth of Plato (by one reckoning) 70 A.D. — Roman forces break through Jerusalem’s middle wall 194 A.D.(?) – Septimius Severus acclaimed as Imperator 293 A.D. (?) — elevation of Galerius to the rank [...]
