August 2010
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Saw this fieldwork notice in the latest AIA eBulletin: Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin – Pompeii Food and Drink Project.
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ante diem vi kalendas septembres Volturnalia — rites in honour of a divinity associated with fountains/waters 479 B.C. — Greek forces defeat Persian forces under Mardonius at Plataea (according to one reckoning) 413 B.C. — lunar eclipse which caused hesitation amongst Athenian forces under Nikias in Sicily; the subsequent delay ultimately led to their destruction
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Newspapers in the UK are starting to get agog over a recent find … the Telegraph seems typical: New evidence from an archaeological dig has found that legionnaires wore socks with sandals. Rust on a nail from a Roman sandal found in newly discovered ruins in North Yorkshire appears to contain fibres which could suggest…
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ante diem vii kalendas septembres 55 B.C. — Julius Caesar invades Britain, but doesn’t stick around very long 1875 — Birth of John Buchan, 1st Baron of Tweedsmuir and Governor-General of Canada … and author of a decent biography of Augustus
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Interesting feature by Carly Silver: Bull-Killer, Sun Lord | Archaeology Magazine.
rogue classicism 