August 24, 2011

E.S. Posthumus ~ Pompeii

It being the traditional day for the eruption of Pompeii (I don’t think I’ve blogged yet about the alternate day theory), here’s something a bit different I found while poking around looking for Classics-inspired music t’other day: … it’s just audio, so sit back, relax, and imagine August 24, 79 to get in the gloomy,…

Circumundique ~ August 23, 2011

Around the Classical blogosphere (and environs) yesterday: Decline and Fall of Mr. Gibbon August 23, 2011 Michael Gilleland Bibliographies: Roman Army and Navy August 23, 2011 classicslibrarian Who owns Numismatics? August 23, 2011 Dave Welsh Lead Codices: “Genuine” Forgeries? August 23, 2011 Steve Caruso All the Ways You Can Win Cleopatra’s Moon August 23, 2011 …

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas septembres

ante diem ix kalendas septembres rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November 8) at which time the gates of the underworld…