July 2013
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From the Courier, which seems to have the fullest quotations: Many people wrongly believe the Romans never ventured further north than the Antonine Wall or even Hadrian’s Wall, according to archaeologists. However, evidence shows that they marched as far north as Elgin and a network of forts between Stirling and Stracathro, near Brechin, suggests they…
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Although it isn’t actually Cleopatran at all, folks might want to get in on this:
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Another one from the IAA, somewhat excerpted: […] Recently a small cistern belonging to a building was exposed in an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting near the Western Wall, in the vicinity of Robinson’s Arch in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park. Inside the cistern were three intact cooking pots and a small ceramic…
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From the IAA press release (which seems to be rewritten to a greater or lesser degree in all of the other press coverage): An ancient road leading from Yafo to Jerusalem, which dates to the Roman period (second–fourth centuries CE), was exposed this past fortnight in the Beit Hanina neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. The road…
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I know all the readers of rogueclassicism know the difference, but in case you get tired of explaining it, you can point folks to this video from the Merriam-Webster folks (there are a pile of other Latin abbreviations mentioned too:
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