June 15, 2010
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Image via Wikipedia A piece on the horrible answers folks get from Yahoo Answers includes this little excerpt: Daniel was fortunate that Matt’s answer was serious. Some responders purposely gave misleading answers. When Kyla asked, “What was the Delian League?”, one responder, phrasing his response in academic prose, told her it was the distance from…
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ante diem xvii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 3 of a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva ) Quando stercus delatus fas (“When the ‘trash’ is taken out”) and the Temple of Vesta is closed to the public 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Vitus (and companions)
rogue classicism 