ante diem viii kalendas septembres

• Opiconsivia — rites in honour of Ops, an old Italian earth deity and usually considered the spouse of Consus
• 79 A.D. — death of Pliny the Elder in the wake of the eruption at Pompeii
• 325 A.D. — Council of Nicaea comes to an end, having come up with the Nicene Creed, the ‘Twenty Canons’, etc..

It being the traditional day for the eruption of Pompeii (I don’t think I’ve blogged yet about the alternate day theory), here’s something a bit different I found while poking around looking for Classics-inspired music t’other day:

… it’s just audio, so sit back, relax, and imagine August 24, 79 to get in the gloomy, epic mood of the day …

Around the Classical blogosphere (and environs) yesterday:

• Decline and Fall of Mr. Gibbon August 23, 2011 Michael Gilleland
• Bibliographies: Roman Army and Navy August 23, 2011 classicslibrarian
• Who owns Numismatics? August 23, 2011 Dave Welsh
• Lead Codices: “Genuine” Forgeries? August 23, 2011 Steve Caruso
• All the Ways You Can Win Cleopatra’s Moon August 23, 2011  (Vicky Alvear Shecter)
• Narrowing Down The Lead Codices Script August 23, 2011 Steve Caruso
• Jordan Lead Codices: DELETE! DELETE! August 23, 2011 Steve Caruso
• More Reader Mail: How Do We Save Classics? August 23, 2011 wopro
• Fake fake metal codices vs. real fake metal codices? August 23, 2011  (Jim Davila)
• Xena Warrior Princess: The Black Wolf August 23, 2011  (Juliette)

Singling out a thought-provoking (hopefully)  blogpost over at Wopro: More Reader Mail: How Do We Save Classics?

… you’re invited to join the convo … for the record, I’m a big proponent of the ‘promotion’ side of things (obviously … I’ve been ranting about the lack of same from the ‘big organizations’ on that score for years) and I think much of Dr Krauss’ subsquent points all connect to that …