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Post longum tōtīus aestatis intervallum nuntiōs Latīnōs dēnuō ēdimus. Referenda autem nobis videntur pauca sed magnī momentī habenda, quae aestate ēvēnērunt….
The use of ancient DNA analysis looks set to revolutionise our understanding of the end of Roman Britain. In this episode, we are joined by Professor Duncan Sayer to discuss a major new ancient DNA project and what it can tell us about the origins and family networks of people in post-Roman Britain.
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends drought. There will be an abundant harvest from nut trees but they will be destroyed in late autumn.
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends the rise of a tyrant from civil unrest, but he will fall and the powerful will be utterly destroyed and inflicted with serious penalties.
… 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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