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ludi Romani (day 12) 253 A.D. — martyrdom of Cornelius at Rome

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ludi Romani (day 11)

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A recently-revealed mosaic from Adramytteion includes, among its fifteen panels, depictions of a cat labelled ‘Emerald’ (ΖΜΑΡΑΓΔΙΝ) and a dog named ‘Ocean’ (ΩΚΕΑΝΟΣ) which sre naturally presumed to be pets of whoever commissioned the mosaic. The work is dated to the late second/early third cnturies CE. RANDOM NOTES measures 5 x 3.6m and located in…

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