Month: May 2009

“Alexander” from Alexandria followup

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Putting together Explorator I note that Al Alhram has a much better photo of the  statue we mentioned last week (as part of a montage of photos of recent finds in Egypt):

Photo from Al Ahram
Photo from Al Ahram

Sorry … that’s an athlete in the midst of his athleting; it’s a stretch to make that into an Alexander, no matter what the hair might suggest.

This Day in Ancient History

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ante diem xi kalendas junias

  • 415 B.C. — The “mutilation of the herms” occurs, which would briefly delay the launching of the Sicilian Expedition (by one reckoning)
  • 334 B.C. — Battle of the Granicus, one of Alexander’s major victories against the Persians (by one reckoning)

This Day in Ancient History

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ante diem xii kalendas junias

  • Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities
  • 429 B.C. — birth of Plato (by one reckoning)
  • 70 A.D. — Roman forces break through Jerusalem’s middle wall
  • 293 A.D. (?) — elevation of Galerius to the rank of Caesar by Diocletian

This Day in Ancient History

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ante diem xiii kalendas junias

  • 1912 — birth of Moses Finley (Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology, among others)

This Day in Ancient History

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ante diem xv kalendas junias

  • 1692 — death of Elias Ashmole (founder of the museum that bears his name)