June 28, 2010

  • Image via Wikipedia Since I seem to have a wonky internet connection this a.m., I’ll link to this very interesting blog post based on: a study just published in PLoS ONE by Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, Pierpaolo Petrone, Lucia Pappalardo and Fabio Guarino, entitled Lethal Thermal Impact at Periphery of Pyroclastic Surges: Evidences at Pompeii. How did…

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  • ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias 4 A.D. –the future emperor Tiberius adopts his nephew Germanicus 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Irenaeus at Lugdunum c. 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Potamiaena 1701 — Death of Thomas Creech (translator of various Latin poets)

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