January 29, 2010
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Tip o’ the pileus to Randolph Bragg for this bit o’ fun: McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Medical Case Histories on Mount Olympus..
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A nice video from the BBC (tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch) more about “BBC News – Secret source of a Roman a…“, posted with vodpod Our earlier coverage here …
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ante diem iv kalendas februarias 164 B.C. — death of Antiochus Epiphanes (according to one reckoning) 1 B.C. — departure of Gaius Caesar to the east (?) 275 A.D. — death of Aurelian (according to one reckoning, which doesn’t seem right)