David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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1861 — birth of J.B. Bury, author of History of the Later Roman Empire, among other ‘standard’ texts
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IN THE NEWS … After more than 2,000 years, a neighborhood of ancient Akragas buried by the Carthaginian siege has been discovered – Sicily A New Contender for the World’s Oldest Shipwreck Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of Turkey. Its Ancient Cargo Is a ‘Time Capsule’ From 4,700 Years Ago World’s oldest shipwreck discovered…
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festival of Jupiter — all ides were sacred to Jupiter Rite of the ‘October Horse’ — one of the many rituals which makes the study of Roman religion so fascinating. On this day a race between two-horse chariots would be held in the Campus Martius, and the right hand horse of the victorious pair would…
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IN THE NEWS … Israel returns stolen Greek artefacts as Athens intensifies Elgin Marbles campaign | The Independent A Villager Found a Carved Block Near His House — It Led to Two Colossal Statues of Ramesses II Near a Temple Built Nearly 900 Years Later Ancient Etruscan Statue May Have Been Intentionally Turned Black 2,200…
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rites in honour of the Penates Dei — the Penates Dei were originally the penates who watched over the storehouse of the king (when Rome had such, obviously); at some point, the Penates Dei came to be identified with Castor and Pollux, but they still had a temple under their own name on the Velian…
