Boris Johnson Orates Armand D’Angour’s Olympian Ode!!

Several tips ‘o the pileus accrue to Caroline Lawrence, who attended the unveiling of the official plaque — they’re big on plaques in the UK — commemorating Dr D’Angour’s Pindar-inspired Olympian Ode, at which event Boris Johnson reprised his performance thereof. It does not appear to be the sort of thing which could have been presented in a toga; not sure about Greek garb, but:

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas sextilias

ante diem iii nonas sextilias
¶  supplicia canum — a ritual which was the ‘fallout’ from the story of the geese saving Rome from the Gauls; as punishment to the ‘watchdogs’ who didn’t bark, every year the Romans would crucify a dog
¶ 8 A.D. — victory of the future emperor Tiberius at Illyricum
¶ 178 A.D. — the emperor Marcus Aurelius and Commodus depart on their second campaign against the Germans