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IN THE NEWS … New discovery puts ‘women at the centre of early Bronze Age society’ Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily | Archaeology | The Guardian 450 Mice Found in a 2,700-Year-Old Sanctuary in Crete Point to an Unknown Cult | Arkeonews Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City…
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30 B.C. — Suicide of Cleopatra 7 A.D. — dedication of the ara Cereris Matris et Opis Augustae and associated rites thereafter 70 A.D. — Roman forces breach the walls of Jerusalem 1911 — birth of A.N. Sherwin-White (The Roman Citizenship)
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IN THE NEWS … A 1,500-Year-Old Tax Scandal in Western Anatolia Reveals Corruption in the Late Roman Empire | Arkeonews The Emperor’s Revenge? Roman Villa Bones Hint at a Fourth-Century Massacre in Britain | Arkeonews Rare sculptures of Asklepios and Telesphoros unearthed in Turkey Archaeologists discover high-status Roman villa and bathhouse in Devon Giugliano (Naples):…
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IN THE NEWS … Egypt uncovers 18 tombs, golden tongues amid remains of ancient coastal city | The Jerusalem Post Archaeologists Discover a 3,200-Year-Old Ceremonial Kitchen in Azerbaijan, Unique in the Caucasus | Arkeonews Roman villa unearthed in Devon holds westernmost mosaic in Roman Britain | Fox News Scattered Roman bones point to potential fourth-century…
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Greek Reporter is suggested today was the day for the battle of Thermopylae: Molon Labe: Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) … I’ve got it down as August 11, but given the vagaries of calendars and assorted people’s reckoning, it’s a possibility
