May 19, 2011

  • In various posts in the past — usually ones associated with reportage about spurious claims — I have often pointed out that the folks involved have titles (usually something like “historian” or “archaeologist” or whatever) which they really have no legitimate claim to have (although one might cynically observe no one claims to be a…

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  • ante diem xiv kalendas junias c. 160 A.D. — martyrdom of Pudentiana 175 A.D. — Commodus departs for Germany 307 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyriaca and companions at Nicomedia 1795 — death of James Boswell, author of Life of Dr. Johnson

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