September 20, 2011
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Interesting coverage in the Guardian of a new exhibition at the recently reopened Hunterian Museum in Glasgow: One of the Roman empire’s most enigmatic monuments – the Antonine wall between the firths of Forth and Clyde in Scotland, which briefly marked the northernmost point of the empire between the 140s and 160s AD – is…
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with Varlerian’s son, who spent most of his time fighting assorted enemies: #34 Gallienus: Emperors of Rome
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ante diem xii kalendas octobres Mercatus — after the completion of the ludi Romani, a few days were given over to restocking the cupboards 480 B.C. — battle of Salamis (one reckoning) 356 B.C. — birth of Alexander the Great (one reckoning) 91 B.C. — death of the orator Lucius Licinius Crassus (one author of…
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