October 13, 2011

Major Shoe Find at Camelon Fort Dig

This is one I’ve been sitting on in hopes of getting something with a few more details, but to no avail (so far) … we first mentioned this dig (and the shoe find) a week or so ago (see: https://rogueclassicism.com/2011/10/03/roman-fort-in-scotland/). This week, National Geographic (quite rightly, I think) picked up the story and is focussing…

Classical Words of the Day ~ 10/13/11

Past couple of days, actually: facinorous, adj. October 13, 2011 (OED) sop October 13, 2011 (… sort of … Merriam-Webster) venal October 12, 2011 (Wordsmith) languid October 12, 2011 (Merriam-Webster) etiology: Dictionary.com Word of the Day October 12, 2011 (Dictionary.com)

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus octobres

ante diem iii idus octobres Fontinalia — a festival in honour of the divinity Fons, who presided over springs and wells; such sources of water were festooned with garlands for the occasion 54 A.D. — death of the emperor Claudius, purportedly succumbing to a plate of poisoned mushrooms dished up by his niece/wife Agrippina; dies…