Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 2 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
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With the unexpected death of Ptolemy IV and the Great Rebellion in full swing, Antiochus III and Philip V form a secret pact to destroy the Ptolemaic Kingdom, partitioning the territories for themselves. Their invasions of Coele Syria and Asia Minor sent shockwaves across the eastern Mediterranean, leading several Greek states to request military assistance from the one power that could prevent their subjugation: the Roman Republic.
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends war and the downfall of the powerful. At the same time there will be an abundance of grain.
… 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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