December 1, 2010

  • There’s been another collapse at Pompeii … today’s seems ‘minor’ and the story seems to be the same as the others. An excerpt from the Reuters coverage: A small chunk of a side room in the “House of the Small Lupanar,” which was not open to the public, also fell, the statement said, adding both…

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  • Alas … this seems to be the last one in our period … hope you’ve enjoyed them: … if you want to check out some of the other (i.e. later in history) pieces, ecce …    

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  • Image via Wikipedia kalendas decembres rites in honour of Neptune (connected with an altar rededication or a temple dedication?) rites in honour of Pietas near the Circus Flaminius (not much known about this one, apparently) 147 A.D. — Annia Galeria Faustina, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, is given the title of Augusta  

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