November 2010
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pridie kalendas decembres 406 B.C. — death of Euripides (by one reckoning) 147 A.D. — birth of Annia Galeria Faustina, the daughter of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius 1817 — birth of Theodor Mommsen, Nobel prize winning ancient historian
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Yay! Discover Magazine gets it!!!! Will we see retractions from the Telegraph et al? No Romans needed to explain Chinese blondes | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine. … in case you missed our previous posts, most recently: Crassus’ Lost Army … Spinning out of Control
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… also in memory of Leslie Neilsen:
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ante diem iii kalendas decembres 257 A.D. — martyrdom of Saturninus of Toulouse 275 A.D. — martyrdom of Philomenus of Ancyra
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… as told by Penelope:
rogue classicism 