Month: May 2012

Blogosphere ~ Pollutant lead reveals the pre-Hellenistic occupation and ancient growth of Alexandria, Egypt

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History of the Ancient World: Pollutant lead reveals the pre-Hellenistic occupation and ancient growth of Alexandria, Egypt.

Classical Words of the Day

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damask (Merriam Webster)
demiurge (Dictionary.com)
rugose (OED)
maleficiate (Worthless Word for the Day)

… from the Latin Twitterverse:

https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/205491694504902657

… and on the Greek side:

https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/205489946524532737

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas junias

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ante diem ix kalendas junias

Germanicus
Germanicus (Photo credit: Nick in exsilio)

Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — the rex sacrorum had to perform some sort of ceremony before the day’s legal business could be conducted (possibly connected to the idea of Regifugium)

15 B.C. — birth of the emperor-to-be-who-never-was Germanicus (brother of the emperor Claudius)

299 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatian and Rogatian