Hot on the heels of yesterday’s little piece from the BBC, the Classics Confidential folks were talking to Mary Beard about her upcoming three-part series. Sounds like it’s going to be a good one (hopefully it makes it to the web or at least to our local channels within a reasonable time):

pridie idus apriles

• ludi Cereri (day 1) — games in honour of the grain goddes Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C.
• 65 A.D. — death of Seneca
• 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Vissa (or Vissia) at Fermo
• 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Victor in what would become Portugal