May 24, 2012
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damask (Merriam Webster) demiurge (Dictionary.com) rugose (OED) maleficiate (Worthless Word for the Day) … from the Latin Twitterverse: mori: to die: verb. Example sentence:Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur.Translation:Whom the gods love dies young. http://t.co/obcbs0Wx — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) May 24, 2012 https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/205491694504902657 … and on the Greek side: https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/205489946524532737
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ante diem ix kalendas junias Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — the rex sacrorum had to perform some sort of ceremony before the day’s legal business could be conducted (possibly connected to the idea of Regifugium) 15 B.C. — birth of the emperor-to-be-who-never-was Germanicus (brother of the emperor Claudius) 299 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatian and…
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History of the Ancient World: Livia the Poisoner: Genesis of an Historical Myth.
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Laudator Temporis Acti: Attic Greek.
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About.com Ancient / Classical History: Thargelia Celebrated in Ancient Athens.
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