January 17, 2011

  • Blue Monday

    Since this is apparently the most depressing day of the year, we’ll give you something to smile about (courtesy of Keely): [Free Range via comics.com] … which, of course, makes one think of this famous teichoskopia scene:

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  • Emperors of Rome: Caligula

    Adrian Murdoch continues his weekly look at the guys who ran Rome: Emperors of Rome: Caligula

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  • ante diem xvi kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 1) 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th) 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome 42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine  

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