Category: TDIAH

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas decembres

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ante diem vii kalendas decembres

  • 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood begins (according to someone’s reckoning!)
  • 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Mercurius
  • 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Moses of Rome

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia, we were looking at an interesting votive relief that was coming to auction at the time; we were also pondering the fate of some mosaics found during parking lot construction in Trastevere

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas decembres

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ante diem xii kalendas decembres

  • Mercatus — time to restock the cupboards after the Jupiterfest!
  • 63 A.D. — shipwreck of St. Paul (by one reckoning)
  • 270 (?) — birth of the future emperor Maximinus Daia
  • 284 A.D. — elevation of Diocletian to the rank of Caesar  Augustus

… a decade ago at rogueclassicism, the major news appears to be the discovery of an inscription referring to Simon the Just (if the links are dead to that one, try: Gospel verse found on ancient shrine )

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas decembres

~ David Meadows ~ rogueclassicist ~ Leave a comment

ante diem xiii kalendas decembres

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, inter alia, we we chatting about garlic being spread around Europe by the Roman army and the discovery of an ancient ‘gated community’ on the outskirts of Jerusalem …

This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas novembres

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pridie nonas novembres

  • ludi Plebei (day 1) — a major festival in honour of Jupiter
  • 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Agricola

… and ten years ago at rogueclassicism, there wasn’t a lot going on but there does seem to be some sort of cultural comment with a deeper meaning lurking in the Frank and Ernest cartoon on that day as well as Father Foster’s thing, which is a Real Audio file …