Hodie est a.d. V Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 24 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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n.b Sententiae Antiquae’s multiple posts are related to the Reading the Odyssey Around the World Event … see below in the Youtubery section for the link …
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends the downfall of a famous man.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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