January 26, 2013
-
ante diem vii kalendas februarias Sementivae or Paganalia (day ?) — Sementivae was a festival of sowing which was actually a moveable feast (although I’m not sure of the moveability criteria; I’m guessing that the first day falls between January 24 and 26). By Ovid’s time it appears to have been coincident with Paganalia, which…
-
History of the Ancient World: Technology and Autonomous Mechanisms in the Mediterranean: From Ancient Greece to Byzantium.
-
Pompeii Today: Bill Jennings: The Twitter Twacker.
-
Ancient and Modern Olympics: Ball sports in the Roman empire.
-
Mike Anderson’s Ancient History: Composition and Organization of the Spartan Army.