December 2010
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ante diem vi idus decembres Rites in honour of Tiberinus and Gaia — not a lot is known about these rites; Tiberinus had a temple on the Tiber island and presided over the Tiber (of course); Gaia seems to have originally given the Campus Martius (a.k.a. Campus Tiberinus) to the Roman people. 65 B.C. —…
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Amazingly brief item in Kathimerini: The Culture Ministry yesterday rebuffed a report in the Times newspaper suggesting that Minister Pavlos Geroulanos had offered to forgo its claims to the Parthenon Marbles, which are on display at the British Museum, in return for a long-term loan of the artifacts. Sources at the ministry told Skai that…
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ante diem vii idus decembres 424 B.C. — accession of Darius II (according to one reckoning) 424 B.C. — battle of Amphipolis (according to one reckoning) 424 B.C. — battle of Delium (according to one reckoning) 43 B.C. — death of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) as he half-heartedly fled the proscription of Marcus Antonius et…
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Really? Bloomberg reporting on something in the (now behind a payfer wall) Times: Greece offered to end the long- running dispute with Britain over the Elgin Marbles by saying it would forgo its claim in return for a long-term loan of the artefacts, once a frieze on the Parthenon, the London-based Times reported, citing Greek…
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Interesting item from EurekAlert which will likely be picked up by a few sources: Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium on Egyptian soil, has long captured the imagination of archaeologists and historians. Not only is the presence of a Greek trading settlement in Egypt during the 7th and 6th century B.C.E. surprising, but the Greeks that…
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