January 2010
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ante diem xi kalendas januarias ludi palatini (day 2/5) – the theatrefest continues
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): The Spring 2010 issue of Iris is out this month, and the theme of this edition is travel in the ancient world. Contents include: Herodotus Earth: The ancient world in Google Roman Holiday: Following the Classical tourist…
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ante diem xiv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 3) c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina
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ante diem xv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 2) — the theatrefest continues 52 B.C. — murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher near Bovillae 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Moseus 1898 — death of H.G. Liddell (Greek lexicographer and father of Alice-in-wonderland)
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… in the courtyard of a condominium development in the Fuorigrotta neighbourhood of Naples! The carabinieri were in a ‘race against time’ to find the item, apparently originally found in the 1930s and destined for the black market, of course. Here’s the coverage from Libero: Una statua in marmo bianco raffigurante un imperatore di epoca…
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