July 14, 2010
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Image via Wikipedia Francesca Tronchin and I have been virtually shaking our heads at an item in the Guardian which includes a headlinish sort of thing: Ecce: The Romans built a 50km aqueduct from Uzès to Nîmes in France with an overall fall of about 17 metres and an average gradient of 1/3000. How did…
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pridie idus quinctilias Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
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