IN THE NEWS … Technician cracks 1,600-year-old mystery to replicate Roman masterpiece | News | The University of Sheffield The Island That Gave Copper Its Name Had a 3,600-Year-Old Port City that Received Goods From Sardinia, the Baltic and India During the Bronze Age Completion of excavation season at Marchello archaeological site Research around ancient…

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ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 1) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 1656 B.C. — Noah enters the ark (this must be Bishop Ussher again) 31 A.D. — suicide of Apicata, wife of the disgraced Praetorian Praefect Sejanus ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Lucian and…

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IN THE NEWS … 2,400-Year-Old Greek Temple in Albania Reveals Ancient Coins and Imported Marble | Arkeonews Ancient Building with Frescoed Walls Discovered in Libya | Arkeonews Cybele marble relief discovered in pagan religious centre Archaeologists discover major Roman roadside station Littleport dig helps solve early Roman field system mystery ‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how…

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322 B.C. — death of Demosthenes (by one reckoning) 237 A.D. — martyrdom of Daria and Chrysanthus 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Minias 286 A.D. — martyrdom of twin saints Crispin and Crispian

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31 A.D. — execution of Strabo, son of the Praetorian Praefect L. Aelius Sejanus 51 A.D. — birth of the future emperor T. Flavius Domitianus, better known as Domitian 69 A.D. — forces loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Vitellius in the Second Battle of Bedriacum (not sure how the date was arrived at) 2000…

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