David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist

214 (?) A.D. — birth of the future emperor Claudius II Gothicus 232 A.D. — martyrdom of Felix and Palmatius 238 A.D. — murder of Maximinus Thrax (by one reckoning) 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Epimachus at Alexandria 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Alphius, Philadelphus, Cyrinus, and Benedicta

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Lemuria (day 1) — a Roman festival involving assorted rituals to keep the ghosts of one’s ancestors happy

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== The Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of Days – Archaeology https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-05-07/ty-article/the-mysterious-copper-scroll-and-the-end-of-days/0000019d-fce2-dda2-adff-ffefc6d50000 4,000-year-old texts to reach new audiences in digital project https://phys.org/news/2026-05-year-texts-audiences-digital.html 3200-Year-Old Bronze Age Towers in Sardinia Continued as Ritual Centers Into Iron Age – GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/08/bronze-age-towers-sardinia-ritual-centers-iron-age/ Researchers Discover Hidden Structures Beneath Ancient Olympia – GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/hidden-structures-ancient-olympia/ Inscriptions from ancient Teos…

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1737 — birth of Edward Gibbon (Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire)

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== ‘Tryphe’: How a Greek Word Found in Turkey Defines Ancient Roman Extravagance – GreekReporter.com https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/tryphe-single-greek-word-found-turkey-defines-ancient-roman-extravagance/ Researchers Tracked the Journey of a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck By Analyzing Pollen https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/ A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in Ancient Nineveh Reveals That Assyrian Scribes Never Fired or Carefully Prepared Them A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in…

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