This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas quinctilis

pridie kalendas quinctilis

Outside of the wedding anniversary of the rogueclassicist, the closest thing to anything ‘Classical’ for this date is the commemoration of the Protomartyrs of Rome (given a date of 64 A.D.) who were the Christians scapegoated by Nero for the big fire …

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias

ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias

Zeus Sells Out

Tip o’ the pileus to Superpunch for alerting us to this ad for Scion, featuring our favourite Greek God (for now) … Enjoy:

 

Even better, there’s a series of behind the scenes/on the set items, where Zeus tries to pick up the Muse in various cheesy, Zeusy ways (in the third one he kind of messes up what Athena is goddess of):

 

 

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias

Bust of Germanicus. Marble, copy of the archet...
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ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias