IN THE NEWS … Troy’s First Musical Instrument Discovered Alongside 4,500-Year-Old Idol Head | Arkeonews Late Bronze Age fortifications discovered at ancient Palaepaphos Ancient DNA Reunites Siblings Buried 725 Kilometers Apart 1,600 Years Ago | Arkeonews Gold Plaque Found at Roman Fort May Belong to Wealthy Merchant Who Supplied Rome’s Legions | Arkeonews Unique 2,000-Year-Old…

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42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide 12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia 524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius

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IN THE NEWS … Rare Roman sarcophagus bearing protective Silenos face unearthed in Ancient Attouda Pompeii mansion to be restored after £1.1m donation from private sponsor | The Independent Mystery of the skeleton discovered at Westminster Abbey is SOLVED: Remains found in Roman sarcophagus in 1869 belong to a high-ranking medieval monk, experts say |…

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IN THE NEWS … Archaeologists Found a 2,100-Year-Old Warrior Buried With a Gold Coin to Pay His Way Into the Afterlife Romans May Be Behind Malta’s Thousands of Mysterious Stone Tracks | Arkeonews Mystery of Abbey’s Roman sarcophagus solved | Westminster Abbey Face of a man from Roman Scotland revealed after nearly 2,000 years |…

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1558 – death of Julius Caesar Scaliger

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