August 2009
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We haven’t had a story about a claim in regards to some Asian people being descendents of Alexander’s army in quite a while … here’s one from the Independent (Ireland): A road being built in a remote part of the Himalayas is putting researchers on course to study descendants of Alexander the Great’s army. According…
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Another one I’ve been sitting on and a bit out of our period of purview, but I like this sort of thing (and I find it interesting that the pottery looks ‘Halstatt’ to me, but that’s very likely not even close) … At the beach at Nettuno, south of Rome, a ‘warrior burial’ has been…
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I initially was sitting on this one because I was hoping to get some really good coverage … then things came up and it’s sort of old news, but there is much conflicting opinion involved with it. The ‘bottom line’ which all media reports seem to agree with is that Italian archaeologists have excavated a…
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pridie idus sextiles rites in honour of Hercules Invictus in the Circus Maximus rites in honour of Venus Victrix, Honos, Virtus, and Felicitas in Pompey’s theatre 3 A.D. — conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (one suggestion for the ‘Star of Bethlehem’) 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Anicetus and companions at Nicomedia 1867 — birth of…
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Seen on the Classicists list: TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF SOLITUDE Exile After Ovid This is a final reminder about the international conference to be held on the reception of Ovid as an exile figure at St. John’s College, Durham University, 3rd-4th September 2009 under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of the Classical…
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