June 2011
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From the Cyprus Mail: ARCHAEOLOGICAL investigations at the edges and to the south of the Hellenistic-Roman theatre of Nea Paphos have identified significant structures of the ancient city, according to an official announcement by the Department of Antiquities yesterday. The investigations were carried out October 6 to November 17 of last year by the University…
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From the BBC: Archaeologists at the Roman Vindolanda Fort & Museum have unearthed dozens of circular huts which they believe could have been used as temporary refuges. The excavation at the site in Hexham, Northumberland, has unearthed various finds from Roman Britain including letters, murder victims and shoes. It is thought the huts were built…
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A very interesting item from Nature: Hadrian’s villa 30 kilometres east of Rome was a place where the Roman Emperor could relax in marble baths and forget about the burdens of power. But he could never completely lose track of time, says Marina De Franceschini, an Italian archaeologist who believes that some of the villa’s…
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ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian 265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius
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Rather peripheral, but perhaps of interest to readers of rogueclassicism … some academics have actually written (and have had published) a paper analyzing 700+ brain injuries in the Asterix comic series … here’s a bit from the middle of the Telegraph coverage: […] The main characters “thump” Romans, pirates and Goths but a “detailed analysis…
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