September 2009
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seen on the Classicists list: The Oxford Roman Economy Project will be hold a confererence on Trade, Commerce and the State on 1-3 October, 2009 at the Stelios Ioannou Centre for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford. For the programme and instructions of registration, please see: http://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=41
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Helen of Troy to Host Conference Call Discussing Financial Results We’ll see if that whole Paris/Menelaus takeover was worth it, no doubt …
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ante diem vi kalendas octobres 46 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Venus Genetrix (and associated rites thereafter) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyprian 1687 — a Venetian mortar ignites a store of Turkish gunpowder being stored in the Parthenon, causing much damage.
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ante diem vii kalendas octobres 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Herculanus 233 A.D. — the emperor Severus Alexander celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians 1808 — death of Richard Porson 1931 — death of Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellendorff
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ante diem viii kalendas octobres 15 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vitellius (?)
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