June 2011
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pridie kalendas quinctilis Outside of the wedding anniversary of the rogueclassicist, the closest thing to anything ‘Classical’ for this date is the commemoration of the Protomartyrs of Rome (given a date of 64 A.D.) who were the Christians scapegoated by Nero for the big fire …
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ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias 179 B.C. (?) — dedication of a Temple of Hercules and the Muses (and associated rites thereafter) 29 B.C. — restoration of the Temple of Quirinus
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Tip o’ the pileus to Superpunch for alerting us to this ad for Scion, featuring our favourite Greek God (for now) … Enjoy: Even better, there’s a series of behind the scenes/on the set items, where Zeus tries to pick up the Muse in various cheesy, Zeusy ways (in the third one he kind…
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ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias 4 A.D. –the future emperor Tiberius adopts his nephew Germanicus 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Irenaeus at Lugdunum c. 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Potamiaena 1701 — Death of Thomas Creech (translator of various Latin poets)
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the emperor who had the coolest name evah: #26 Maximinus Thrax: Emperors of Rome
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