April 2011
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ante diem xviii kalendas maias ludi Cereri continue (day 3) — games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. 69 A.D. — first battle at Bedriacum; the forces of emperor wannabe Vitellius eventually would defeat the forces of emperor wannabe Otho 73 A.D. — mass suicide at Masada (?) 195 A.D.…
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idus apriles ludi Cereri continue (day 2)– games in honour of the grain goddes Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. rites in honour of Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Liber 150 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpus and companions at Pergamon 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus and companions at Silistria
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with another wall builder: Antoninus Pius: Emperors of Rome
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Clearly the month of April has ushered in a new era of idiocy … in addition to the lead codices (I’ll do a round up of the latest in the next few days), and the ‘gay caveman’ (which has already been debunked), we now have Naked Archaeologist Simcha Jacobovici claiming — in the context of…
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pridie idus apriles ludi Cereri (day 1) — games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. 65 A.D. — death of Seneca (according to one reckoning) [this needs fixing] 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Vissa (or Vissia) at Fermo 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Victor in what would become Portugal
rogue classicism 