November 2010
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Philip and Alexander’s campaigns in this one:
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ante diem vii kalendas decembres 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood begins (according to someone’s reckoning!) 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Mercurius 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Moses of Rome
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OMG! The whole Crassus-lost-army-siring-Chinese-folks thing is getting increasingly silly. We mentioned the other day a piece from a Chinese source which brought up the story again, reminding folks of what the “study” in question actually said. As far as I can tell from the original report, there hasn’t been any ‘new’ study other than the…
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Since the Pompeii one (below) is kind of depressing, here’s one that will put a smile on your face:
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This one’s a bit different … good for establishing a mood or closing off your class about the eruption of Vesuvius:
rogue classicism 