November 9, 2011
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Normally I wouldn’t give something like this the time of day, but a) it just caused me to spew coffee on my scree and b) it’s so incredibly bizarre I can’t resist. From Focus-Fen (whose credibility just took another hit): It is believed that the tomb of Alexander the Great and the Ark of the…
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Interesting item from MIT News: When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon — a river in northern Italy — in 49 B.C., leading what was effectively his own personal army, he triggered a set of changes that resonated through the ancient world for centuries afterward. Caesar soon occupied Rome, defeated Pompey the Great and his other…
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ante diem v idus novembres ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor) 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia
rogue classicism 