October 14, 2010

  • Red Bull Chariot Races

    Nice to see this sort of thing still going on: Hundreds of college students around the San Diego area showed up at JT’s Pub and Grill on Saturday to represent their university pride. Home of the San Diego Red Bull Chariot Races, JT’s hosted teams of “Roman gladiators” from USD, San Diego State and UCSD.…

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  • pridie idus octobres rites in honour of the Penates Dei — the Penates Dei were originally the penates who watched over the storehouse of the king (when Rome had such, obviously); at some point, the Penates Dei came to be identified with Castor and Pollux, but they still had a temple under their own name on…

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