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The Goths are leaving Roman territory, and while they successfully sacked some cities there has been no lasting damage to the provinces – but the same can’t be said for the reputation of the Emperor, Decius. He rides with his troops to confront them in battle, becoming the first Roman emperor to die at the hands of a foreign enemy. Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends a winter that is very harmful to crops.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends danger for men in power from the army.
… 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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