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rites in honour of Jupiter (as on all Ides) rites in honour of Diana on the Aventine rites in honour of Vortumnus on the Aventine rites in honour of Fortuna Equestris rites in honour of Hercules the Victor rites in honour of Hercules Invictus at the Porta Trigemina rites in honour of Castor and Pollux in…
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IN THE NEWS … A Mysterious Room in a Roman Villa May Be Iberia’s Oldest Known Library 3,200-year-old tomb revealed as burial place of King Midas’ father Archaeologists Think a 2,400-Year-Old Grave Belongs to an Ancient Greek Wrestler Egyptian blue in Iron Age Iran points to ancient connections Divers Uncover Ancient Wheat, Bronze Age Pots,…
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rites in honour of Hercules Invictus in the Circus Maximus rites in honour of Venus Victrix, Honos, Virtus, and Felicitas in Pompey’s theatre 3 A.D. — conjunction of Jupiter and Venus (one suggestion for the ‘Star of Bethlehem’) 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Anicetus and companions at Nicomedia 1867 — birth of Edith Hamilton (The Greek Way)
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IN THE NEWS … 3,000-year-old spelt and pottery discovered in sunken settlement beneath Italian lake New 2,300-Year-Old Tombs Discovered in Hittite Capital of Hattusa | Arkeonews 2,400-Year-Old Tomb of a Possible Ancient Wrestler Discovered at Aspendos | Arkeonews 2,400-year-old tomb discovered in Turkey may hold the remains of an athlete, ‘perhaps even a wrestler’ |…
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480 B.C. — Battle of Thermopylae ; death of Leonidas et al (by one reckoning) 480 B.C. — Battle of Artemesium (by one reckoning) 117 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Hadrian 275 A.D. — martyrdom of Alexander the Charcoal Burner at Cremona 295 A.D. — martyrdom of Susanna at Rome 1928 — birth of Emily Vermeule (Greece in the Bronze Age)
