October 4, 2012
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A note on the Classicists list alerted us to some free content from the latest Papers of the British School at Rome (celebrating its 80th volume) … it’s kind of awkward to link to the individual articles, for some reason, so this link will take you to the relevant page: Papers of the British School…
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From Ancient Warfare Magazine: The Imperial Nemesis: Rome vs Parthia
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agita (Dictionary.com) bacchanal (Wordsmith) chirotony (Wordnik) Latinitweets: noun 2: forum , fori, n => forum, market place http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) October 4, 2012 deus: god: noun. Example sentence:Cur dei potentes et immortales oculos a rebus humanis avertunt?Translation:Why… http://t.co/uC7gXGHM — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) October 4, 2012
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ante diem iv nonas octobres fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly closely…
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About.com Ancient / Classical History: Augustan Games – Ludi Augustales.