November 24, 2010
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OMG! The whole Crassus-lost-army-siring-Chinese-folks thing is getting increasingly silly. We mentioned the other day a piece from a Chinese source which brought up the story again, reminding folks of what the “study” in question actually said. As far as I can tell from the original report, there hasn’t been any ‘new’ study other than the…
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Since the Pompeii one (below) is kind of depressing, here’s one that will put a smile on your face:
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This one’s a bit different … good for establishing a mood or closing off your class about the eruption of Vesuvius:
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem viii kalendas decembres 29/30 A.D. — partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion 62 A.D. — death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina 1977 — the discovery of a tomb believed to be that…
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