David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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ludi Megalensia continue (day 5) 217 A.D. — murder of the emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla) 1898 — Birth of Maurice Bowra (The Greek Experience) 1979 — death of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational)
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use A 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Bread Found in Türkiye Reveals an Unusual Ritual Use Roman sanctuary unearthed beneath Frankfurt may have a dark past involving ritual human sacrifice | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/human-sacrifice-roman-site-frankfurt-b2952336.html Archaeologists Discover the Hidden History of the Ancient…
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities – Egypt Independent Egyptian police in Minya arrest man possessing hundreds of antiquities The treasure in the mud: the bronzes of San Casciano, history of discovery https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/the-treasure-in-the-mud-the-bronzes-of-san-casciano-history-of-discovery A Roman submerged port structure discovered off Asini in the Argolid, with foundations of several…
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ludi Megalesia in honour of Cybele (day 2) rites in honour of Fortuna Publica 347 B.C. — death of Plato (by one reckoning)
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357 B.C. — Aristotle observes the transit of the moon past Mars (source?) ludi Megalesia (day 1 … associated with the next item, obviously) 204 B.C. — the image and cult of the Mater Magna (a.k.a. Cybele) is brought to Rome during the conflict with Hannibal on the advice of the Sybilline books 37 A.D.…
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