IN THE NEWS … Ancient shipwreck packed with luxury tableware found untouched after 2,100 years beneath the Mediterranean Sea | Daily Mail Online Rare bronze ring depicting Alexandria’s lighthouse discovered A Newly Discovered 3,000-Year-Old Fortress the Size of 17 Football Fields May Be Urartu’s Lost First Capital | Arkeonews Underwater archaeologists discover seal ring depicting…

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IN THE NEWS … Blue Roman cremation urn found at Cambridgeshire dig | The Hunts Post First-Ever Seal Ring Showing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Found in the Sunken Royal Quarter | Arkeonews Archaeologists Uncover a Large Iron Age Residence with Imported Mediterranean Ceramics in Spain | Arkeonews An ‘Ancient Las Vegas’? More Than 1,000 Bone…

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rites in honour of Jupiter Fulgur — the deity who was responsible for daytime lightning was worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius rites in honour of Juno Quiritis — a divinity possibly originally from Falerii and brought to Rome by in 241 B.C. was also worshipped at a shrine in the Campus Martius…

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IN THE NEWS … Secret chambers in Tutankhamun’s tomb could hold the burial of a lost Egyptian queen – we may get answers soon The Roman City of Claudivium Disappeared From Historical Records Almost 2,000 Years Ago. It May Have Been Hiding in Austria New discoveries at Rossett Roman villa shed light on life in…

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ludi Augustales scaenici (day 2 — from 11-19 A.D. and post 23 A.D.) — — festival in honour of Augustus involving primarily mime and pantomime theatrical displays ludi Augustales scaenici (day 4 — from 19-23 A.D.) 105 B.C. — the Cimbri inflict a massive defeat on Roman legions at Arausio 68 B.C. — Romans under…

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