March 2009
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If you look very closely at the official ball for the Champions League final, you will see a number of figures on the ‘mosaic stars’ (as they’re being referred to). Mosaic figures representing key sporting and Roman values such as speed, teamwork, justice and power are featured in each star – honouring European club football’s…
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A bit of a mindboggler from Kathimerini: More than three years after the roof over the ancient Akrotiri site on Santorini collapsed, killing a British tourist, the project to build a new structure appears to have completely stalled, prompting local officials to demand a meeting with a government minister to resolve the situation. Cyclades Prefect…
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A brief item from GR Reporter: This year the Earth Hour will start from Greece, which managed to get ahead of Australia and will be the first one to turn off all lights on March 28th as symbol protest against climate changes. All together 270 municipalities and 18 thousand citizens will participate in this protest.…
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When I first read this I had to double check the calendar and make sure it wasn’t April Fool’s Day … it wasn’t, but apparently it was a very slow news day for the ABC folks … or perhaps it was a very busy day for something so freakin’ bizarre to make it past the…
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ante diem xv kalendas apriles Festival of Mars (Day 19) Quinquatrus (Day 1) — a festival celebrating Minerva’s birthday (maybe) rites in honour of Minerva (obviously connected to the above) 11 B.C.E. — Herod dedicates his renovated Temple in Jerusalem 303 A.D. — Martyrdom of Pancharius of Nicomedia 363 A.D. — fire destroys the Temple…
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