February 2026
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Traditional end of the Roman year (followed by a period of intercalation) Terminalia — a festival in honour of Terminus, the divinity who presided over boundaries. In Rome itself, Terminus had a shrine within the Temple of Jupiter beneath an opening in the roof because, it is said, when they were building the Temple of…
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Earliest evidence of indigo-dyed textiles and single-needle knitting discovered in Bronze Age Anatolia https://phys.org/news/2026-02-earliest-evidence-indigo-dyed-textiles.html A mysterious Greek inscription reignites debate on whether a Syrian mosque stands atop Roman Emperor Elagabalus’ Temple of the Sun – Scimex https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/a-mysterious-greek-inscription-reignites-debate-on-whether-a-syrian-mosque-stands-atop-roman-emperor-elagabalus-temple-of-the-sun The Time I Learned Greek Scholars Are Canonically Hotter Than Roman Scholars https://www.jezebel.com/the-time-i-learned-greek-scholars-are-canonically-hotter-than-roman-scholars U of…
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Parentalia probably comes to and end with the festival of Caristia, which was a sort of ‘kiss and make up’ festival. The idea was that people had made peace with their dead, so now it was right to bring to an end any quarrels they were having with living members of their family. There was…
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Parentalia possibly comes to an end with the festival of Feralia, during which sheep were sacrificed to the dead; the additional rites mentioned by Ovid (Fasti 2.565 ff) apparently in connection with the Feralia probably have nothing to do specifically with the festival. 4 A.D. — death of hoped-for-successor-to-Augustus Gaius Caesar (either February 21 or…
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== German builders accidentally discover ancient Roman ruins while working on LVR-Jewish Museum | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-germany-lvr-jewish-museum-b2923638.html In a ‘race against time,’ archaeologists uncovered Roman-era footprints from a Scottish beach before the tide washed them away | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/in-a-race-against-time-archaeologists-uncovered-roman-era-footprints-from-a-scottish-beach-before-the-tide-washed-them-away Agesilaus II, the great warrior king of Sparta who fought in Egypt in…
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