David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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rites in honour of Hercules Invictus in the Circus Maximus rites in honour of Venus Victrix, Honos, Virtus, and Felicitas in Pompey’s theatre 3 A.D. — conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (one suggestion for the ‘Star of Bethlehem’) 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Anicetus and companions at Nicomedia 1867 — birth of Edith Hamilton (The Greek Way)
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IN THE NEWS … 3,000-year-old spelt and pottery discovered in sunken settlement beneath Italian lake New 2,300-Year-Old Tombs Discovered in Hittite Capital of Hattusa | Arkeonews 2,400-Year-Old Tomb of a Possible Ancient Wrestler Discovered at Aspendos | Arkeonews 2,400-year-old tomb discovered in Turkey may hold the remains of an athlete, ‘perhaps even a wrestler’ |…
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480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning) 480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning) 117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian 275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona 295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome 1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule (Greece in the Bronze Age)
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IN THE NEWS … New discovery puts ‘women at the centre of early Bronze Age society’ Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily | Archaeology | The Guardian 450 Mice Found in a 2,700-Year-Old Sanctuary in Crete Point to an Unknown Cult | Arkeonews Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City…
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30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)
