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Spike Milligan and Aeschylus
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Month: October 2013
N.S.Gill | Brutus Lost
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Brutus Lost
http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2013/10/23/on-this-day-in-ancient-history.htm
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas novembres
ante diem x kalendas novembres
42 B.C. — the forces of Marcus Antonius defeat those of Cassius and Brutus in the second Battle of Phillipi; Brutus subsequently commited suicide
12 A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius celebrates a triumph for his victories in Pannonia and Dalmatia
524 or 525 — martyrdom of Boethius
… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia we were getting our first hints that maybe the Bactrian Hoard had been saved from the Taliban …
Classical Words of the Day
- recidivism (Wordsmith)
- syrtos (OED)
Linguatweets:
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas novembres
ante diem xi kalendas novembres
- 4004 B.C. — 9.00 a.m. … according to Bishop Ussher, God created the universe some time during the ‘preceding night’
- 50 B.C. — the ‘Civil War’ between Pompey and Caesar began (not sure where my source got this one).
… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, after gossiping about Angelina Jolie as mother of Alexander and Brad Pitt having aging problems, we mentioned the find of the ‘bath house of Jesus’, which, fortunately doesn’t seem to have had legs …
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