May 2011
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Adrian Murdoch continues his series with the guy I always thought was the quintessential Roman emperor for some reason (and no, I really can’t explain why I thought that …): #21 Caracalla: Emperors of Rome
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ante diem x kalendas junias Tubilustrium — a purification of the battle trumpets which, like the one which occurred in March, was designed to prepare the troops for war (perhaps … this tubilustrium is somehow connected with the following) Festival of Vulcan 1270 B.C. — Pierre Henri-Archer suggests this day for the fall of Troy…
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As many of my readers know, I am very active on Twitter and Facebook; Facebook doesn’t seem to get a reaction from people any more, but people often wonder what the point of Twitter is. When I do tell people I’m on Twitter, the “I really don’t care what you had for breakfast” reaction is…
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Sorry … couldn’t resist: Generate your own memes here …
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Not sure how many folks have seen the scattered mentions of the Nero exhibition at the Colosseum that have popped up in various RSS and Twitter feeds, but Martin Conde has a link to the exhibition catalog (as a pdf) as part of his flickr photostream (look for the pdf link about half way down,…
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