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IN THE NEWS … 120 Roman-Era Inscriptions Found Deep in a Spanish Cave Point to a Mysterious Goddess Named ‘Domina’ Ancient Roman firehouse may have been found near Rome’s famed Colosseum | Fox News Hyksos-era complex – The Past Marina el-Alamein tombs – The Past ‘A sucker born every minute’: The man who duped tourists…
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rites in honour of Luna at the Graecostasis mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November eighth) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and…
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IN THE NEWS … Pompeii restores mosaic depicting marriage of Dionysus, Ariadne | The Jerusalem Post Search for Napried wreck revives debate over Cyprus antiquities – Cyprus Inform Ancient Amphorae Reveal How Etruscans Produced Their Own Goods Despite Strong Greek Trade Ties – GreekReporter.com Lost for 1800 Years, a Mysterious Altar Linked to an Ancient…
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Vulcanalia — a festival in honour of Vulcan, which included games in the Circus Maximus rites in honour of Maia and the Nymphs rites in honour of Ops Opifera and Hora Quirini 93 A.D. — death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, father-in-law of the historian Tacitus, and subject of the latter’s biography 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Asterius and companions
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1540 – Death of Guillaume Bude 1752 – Death of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, among other talents)
