January 2013
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It isn’t often that archaeologists get more than ten times the funding they asked for … from the Sofia News Agency: Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has pledged the significant amount of BGN 3 M for restoration and conservation of the historical Roman Baths in the Black Sea city of Varna.…
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Rome Reports has a nice video of the restoration: … they don’t seem to mention the Mithraeum that was hyped a couple of months ago (Mithraeum Reopening to the Public)
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ante diem v kalendas februarias 98 A.D. — dies imperii of Trajan 198 A.D. — festival in celebration of Severus‘ victory over the Parthians; possibly concurrent: dies imperii of Caracalla
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He has a wife, you know: Review: Ashmolean Museum – An Evening With the Gods.
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Mike Anderson’s Ancient History: Roman Strategy — Defending the Frontier 20 B.C. to 300 A.D..
rogue classicism 