David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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50 A.D. — The emperor Claudius adopts the future emperor Nero 116 A.D.– supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 1) 138 A.D. — The emperor Hadrian adopts the future emperor Antoninus Pius
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Ancient tombs packed with pottery and jewelry unearthed from Egyptian necropolis https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/ancient-tombs-packed-with-pottery-and-jewelry-unearthed-from-egyptian-necropolis/3839090 Greek Inscription Found in Great Mosque of Homs Reveals Lost Temple of the Sun of Emperor Elagabalus – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/greek-inscription-found-in-great-mosque-of-homs-reveals-lost-temple-of-the-sun-of-emperor-elagabalus/ The Ancient Greeks’ Contribution to the Development of Modern Laws – GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/24/ancient-greeks-contribution-modern-laws/ Ten of the Acropolis Museum’s Most Beautiful…
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Regifugium — a festival which didn’t really happen on “February 24” but actually six days before the kalends of March, which was usually during a period of intercalation. Roman writers suggested this festival was a celebration of the expulsion of the Tarquins, although modern scholars have their doubts. Whatever the case, on this day the…
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract A Funerary Complex from the Age of the Great Pyramids during the Old Kingdom Discovered near Aswan and the First Cataract Mixed-ancestry woman discovered in Roman grave in Bulgaria https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/mixed-ancestry-woman-discovered-in-roman-grave-in-bulgaria/157088 Viking…
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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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