David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist
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538 B.C. — Accession of Cyrus the Great to the Persian throne (according to one reckoning)* 196 B.C.– Ptolemy V Epiphanes becomes pharaoh of Egypt (accordingto one reckoning)* 47 B.C. — Gaius Julius Caesar is victorious in Alexandria 47 B.C. — Ptolemy XIII drowns while trying to cross the Nile (related to the foregoing event?)
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Rare Roman treasures found on shipwreck in Swiss lake https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/03/rare-roman-treasures-found-on-shipwreck-in-swiss-lake/157564 Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study finds | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-mosaic-shows-topless-woman-battling-leopard-in-arena-study-finds From Iron Age to Roman Empire: A Child’s Tomb, a Kissing Figurine, and 800 Ancient Remains – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/from-iron-age-to-roman-empire-a-childs-tomb-a-kissing-figurine-and-800-ancient-remains/ One of world’s largest Ionic temples endures in…
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1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary) 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman
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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Roman-era ship cargo discovered in Lake Neuchâtel – SWI swissinfo.ch https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/history/roman-cargo-found-at-the-bottom-of-lake-neuch%c3%a2tel/91155472 A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological structures A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological…
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c. 30 A.D. — crucifixion of Dismas “the Good Thief” at Jerusalem 101 A.D. — Trajan departs for his first war against the Dacians 235 A.D. — The emperor Maximinus Thrax is coopted into all the priestly colleges c. 269 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyrinus
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