December 2010
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ante diem xvii kalendas januarias ca. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Albina at Formiae
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem xviii kalendas januarias Consualia — a festival in honour of Consus which likely involved a similar celebration held on August 21 (i.e. horse races, chariot races, and garlanding of the steeds) 337 B.C. — death of Timoleon (according to one reckoning) 215 B.C. — assassination of Hieronymus, one of the…
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Image via Wikipedia Interesting how Assange’s Classical background (apparently) is slowly leaking out … today’s excerpt comes from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: She said that, influenced by his mother, Assange came to love the Greek classics, including Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles, and that he read them to his own son, Daniel, who now works in software…
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ante diem xix kalendas januarias 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Heron 283 A.D. — martyrdom of Justus and Abundius
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idus decembres Rites in honour of Tellus, the earth goddess which perhaps included a lectisternium (a ‘dinner party’ at which images of the god(s) would ‘dine’ with participants) in honour of Ceres. 405 B.C. — battle of Aegospotami (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Lucy of Syracuse 1783 — Death of Samuel Johnson…
rogue classicism 