June 23, 2010

  • Roman Fort in Cornwall?

    Image via Wikipedia From the Telegraph: Pottery and other evidence suggesting the presence of an ironworks have been found at the undisclosed location near St Austell, Cornwall. Experts say the discovery challenges the belief that Romans did not settle in the county and stopped in neighbouring Devon. The site had previously been regarded as an…

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  • More from Sofia/Serdica

    On the heels of last week’s announcement of the opening of a major Roman site to the public, the Sofia News Agency tells us that archaeologists are on the trail (they hope) of Constantine’s palace there too: A large ancient building located under the St. Nedelya Cathedral in downtown Sofia might turn out to be…

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  • ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias 47 B.C. — birth of Caesarion, a.k.a Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor (son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra) 79 A.D. — death of the emperor Vespasian 1986 — death of Moses Finley

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