David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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36 B.C. — Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa’s fleet defeats that of Sextus Pompeius at Naulochus
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IN THE NEWS … New rooms, wall paintings found at ancient Smyrna in Türkiye | Daily Sabah Roman villa in Forest may enter public hands for excavation | The Ross Gazette BTA :: Archaeologists Continue Excavations of Roman Baths at Ancient Ratiaria 9,000-year-old mining workshop unearthed at Çayönü Hill Great Pyramid Radar Study Retracted, but…
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31 B.C. — Octavian defeats Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra at Actium 490 B.C. — Pheidippides runs to Sparta for help against Persians at Marathon (one traditional date)
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IN THE NEWS … A snake-headed vessel hints at a mysterious Roman cult Researchers Develop Method to Tell Authentic Artifacts from Fakes An Egyptian Tomb’s 4,000-Year-Old False Door Reveals How the Living Honored the Dead | Discover Magazine Ancient Smyrna excavations reveal rare wall paintings and previously unknown rooms Colchester fossil gives glimpse into Roman…
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rites in honour of Jupiter Liber 392 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Regina on the Aventine (and associated rites thereafter) 22 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans (and associated rites thereafter) 69 A.D. — traditional date for the sacking of Jerusalem 118 A.D. — martyrdom of Terentian in Umbria 1987 — death of Arnaldo Momigliano
