August 2, 2012
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As I notice an emperor (whose birthday was yesterday) pining on twitter (and I sort of feel responsible ): Can't say how jealous I am Pliny the Elder has his own beer @plinytheelder -I'm hoping for a Claudius Cider very soon! pic.twitter.com/DxWb4wbs — Emperor Claudius (@Claudius_God) August 2, 2012 Allow me to draw folks’ attention…
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We’ll be generous and ignore the Olympic Games connection in this one, but if you’re looking for something to show the kids when dealing with the funeral games of Anchises, ecce:
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One of the things that annoys me regularly when trying to cover auction things is that I can never seem to find the original press release when announcements are made of items which aren’t available in a calendar yet. A case in point is the coverage of the following item, which is coming to auction…
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Scoop has an interesting reprise of an interview with Gore Vidal by our long-time correspondent (in the ‘original’ sense that we have corresponded by email, not that she works for us) Susan Mazur … here’s the part that pertains to us: […] My chat with Gore Vidal follows: Suzan Mazur: Did you eventually see the…
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This one is from Romania Business Insider and is kind of short on specifics, but we should probably get it ‘on record’: Several metal archeological objects and over 280 silver coins were discovered by archeologists on the track of the future Sibiu – Nadlac highway in Romania. One of the discoveries, a small iron replica…