October 2009
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ante diem xi kalendas novembres 4004 B.C. — 9.00 a.m. … according to Bishop Ussher, God created the universe some time during the ‘preceding night’ 50 B.C. — the ‘Civil War’ between Pompey and Caesar began (not sure of my source for this one)
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ante diem xii kalendas novembres 1558 – death of Julius Caesar Scaliger
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ante diem xiii kalendas novembres 480 B.C. — Battle of Salamis (one reckoning; seems a bit late) 127 A.D. — ludi votivi decennales pro salute Augusti c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus of Aquila 1524 — death of Thomas Linacre … “the best Greek and Latin scholar of his age” 1952 — death of…
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seen on the Classicists list: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – ROMAN HISTORY The Departments of Classics and History at the University of Southern California are conducting a multi-department search for a Roman historian at the rank of assistant or early-career associate professor. If junior in rank, the successful candidate will be expected to hold appointment…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Call for papers: Integration and identity in the Roman Republic Manchester, 1-3 July 2010 The project ‘Integration and identity in the Roman Republic’ is currently carried out by Saskia Roselaar at the University of Manchester. It aims to clarify the processes of integration between Italians and Romans in the period…
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