February 2009
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ante diem x kalendas martias Parentalia (Day eight) — the festival for honouring/appeasing the dead continues 116 A.D. — Trajan is given the title “Parthicus” by the senate for his victories against the Parthians
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cacestogenous (Worthless Word for the Day) ellipsis (Dictionary.com) spume (… sort of; Merriam-Webster)
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From All News Web, and as with our previous ghost stories, FWIW: A hotel in Romania recently became a site of interest for ghost hunters after a local photographed what appears to be a female spirit standing above its lobby stairwell. The hotel, named the Decebal, is situated in the mountain spa resort of Baile…
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A tantalizingly brief item from l’Unita reports the discovery of a Roman City in Algeria: Alcuni resti archeologici sono stati scoperti a Zerdaza, a sud di Skikda, nell’est dell’Algeria. La scoperta e’ stata casuale, durante la costruzione di una casa. Secondo le prime analisi i resti appartenevano alla citta’ romana di Tabsus, che sorgeva sulle…
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Every week (it seems) I wade through piles of editorial flotsam and jetsam which claims the U.S. is like the Roman Empire, yadda yadda yadda, so it’s semi-refreshing when one reads a parallel like this incipit from Investor’s Chronicle: The situation of Lloyds Bank puts one in mind of Greek tragedy. For instance, Aeschylus’ “The…
rogue classicism 