Classical Miscellany
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In fact… with damnatio memoriae of Commodus. https://t.co/Y6LkCI9MGh — Ninoslav Šafarić (@NinoslavSafaric) March 28, 2017 http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/846754061110165510 Publio Elvio Pertinace, nato ad Alba il 1º agosto 126, imperatore romano dal #1gennaio al #28marzo 193. #Roma. https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 pic.twitter.com/UmKCD0vbXp — Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) March 28, 2017 http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/846754214827233281 64 d.C. Roma arde un llamas … (esp)https://t.co/IDGp0th0Ec pic.twitter.com/lZDGbOdABJ — Rome and…
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http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/846649162955460608 A bronze horse harness piece from the #Villanovan culture of central #Italy. 9th-8th century BCE. https://t.co/SjMzxmhPc6 pic.twitter.com/E5BkN8Y4Hb — World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) March 28, 2017 Today I had Professor Connolly of @RUClassics Skype in to answer SS questions on the Pliny letters and Mt. Vesuvius! #LatinTeach pic.twitter.com/HiX7UfGROW — Magistra K (@MagistraKiernan) March 28, 2017…
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. @holland_tom Then there's the American candy with the allegedly Swedish name, which is also Ancient Greek for 'poop' (σκῶρ, σκατός). pic.twitter.com/DQXWg3VoUW — Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) March 27, 2017 After Herod died in 4 B.C.E., he was buried at Herodium—but where? https://t.co/QUBOpIMd7p — Biblical Archaeology Review (@BibArch) March 27, 2017 "On Not Wanting to Know…
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The Temple of Augustus. Wonderful to put the architects name to the place. Thank you, @OptimoPrincipi. pic.twitter.com/f3NvzHH6tf — Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) March 26, 2017 A 'glirarium' was a special pot where dormice were fattened up. The pots had little walkways on the sides and the mice were kept in the dark — Roman Legion…