December 12, 2011
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From the Australian: ACCOUNTANTS and bank clerks in Germany’s oldest city have decided to forsake their familiar beer and sausages for tunics and swords instead and have joined the country’s latest sports craze: gladiator duelling. This is no mere re-enactment. Many of those joining in the fun in Trier’s 2000-year-old Roman arena end up with…
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Love of History Blog: Versace for H&M and ancient Greek inspiration. [I’ve noticed for the past while that ‘ancient’ inspiration for fashion is very loosely applied … seems to be some sort of shorthand for something]
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Blogging Pompeii: Un parco a tema su Pompei. [yet another Disney-like theme park proposal]
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History of the Ancient World: Carmina: Odes and Carmen Saeculare.
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pridie idus decembres Rites in honour of Consus on the Aventine Hill; this possibly relates to a restoration of a temple of Consus by Augustus. 404 B.C. — death of Darius II ‘Nothus’ (according to one reckoning) 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Dionysia 287 A.D. — martyrdom of Crescentius
rogue classicism 