December 1, 2012
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From the Teesdale Mercury … pity no photos: A major archaeological discovery was made in Teesdale after men working on a £1million spa found the remains of a Roman building – along with coins, pottery, glass and a roof tile with a Roman handprint on it. The discovery was made by a construction team digging…
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A bit outside our purview, but worth noting, is a study which did some genomic type research and found a possible connection (not overly stressed) with Justinian’s plague … read about it here: Yersinia pestis: New Evidence for an Old Infection (PLOSone) Here’s the abstract, just for tl;dr purposes: The successful reconstruction of an ancient…
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kalendas decembres rites in honour of Neptune (connected with an altar rededication or a temple dedication?) rites in honour of Pietas near the Circus Flaminius (not much known about this one, apparently) 147 A.D. — Annia Galeria Faustina, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, is given the title of Augusta
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Latin for Addicts: Latin Distributives.
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He has a wife, you know: On prostitutes in Pompeii.
rogue classicism 