April 2011
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Tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin for finding this one … from ANSA: An ancient ship has emerged from the ground at the Imperial Roman port of Ostia in a find Culture Minister Giancarlo Galan said “gives you goose bumps”. An 11-metre section of one of the ship’s sides has so far been discovered,…
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ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who…
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From the Hot Springs Star: HSHS graduate Dr. Keely Lake, who currently teaches at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisc., has been recognized with a meritorious service award, an Ovatio, by the Classical Association of the Middle, West, and South CAMWS.CAMWS includes 32 states and three Canadian provinces.The award is given for outstanding service to…
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