June 2011
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with a sunny sort of fellow: #24 Elagabalus: Emperors of Rome
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idus junias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 1) ? — dedication of a Temple of Jupiter Invictus (and associated rites thereafter) 323 B.C.– death of Alexander the Great after a brief illness (according to one reckoning) 40 A.D. — birth of Gnaeus Julius Agricola 313 A.D. — Edict of Toleration of Licinius
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Tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch for alerting us via Twitter to some of the German/Austrian coverage of this very interesting publication of recent restoration of frescoes from the Hypogeum of the Aurelii, which has been under study by a Vatican-associated archaeology team. The fullest coverage is in L’Osservatore Romano … it waxes on…
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Nestor is an international bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics, and related fields. It is published monthly from September to May (each volume covers one calendar year) by the Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. May 2011 Issue.
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Here’s something to occupy your weekend … from Fox (who, no doubt, will turn this into a documentary involving aliens): Can you do what the world’s archaeologists can’t? Can you explain this — thing? It’s been called a war weapon, a candlestick, a child’s toy, a weather gauge, an astronomical instrument, and a religious symbol…
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