=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== New Pompeii discovery uncovers Ancient Roman slaves’ surprising diet | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/pompeii-ancient-roman-slaves-food-diet-b2881765.html Country diary: An unlikely job for a farmer – preserving a roman fort | Heritage | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/10/country-diary-an-unlikely-job-for-a-farmer-preserving-a-roman-fort Kition-Bamboula 2025 excavation completed Kition-Bamboula 2025 excavation completed A 2,000-Year-Old Pleasure Barge Resurfaces in Cleopatra’s Harbor, Telling Us of Life…

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The tribunes of the plebs would enter their office on this day during the Roman Republic. ca 300 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpophorus

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://news.mit.edu/2025/pompeii-offers-insights-ancient-roman-building-technology-1209 We Finally Know Why Roman Concrete Has Survived For Nearly 2,000 Years : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-roman-concrete-has-survived-for-nearly-2000-years [AI?] Maccabean wall segment unearthed by Antiquities Authority | The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-879650 Ancient Marble Mystery: Rare 2,500-Year-Old Greek Sculpture…

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297 A.D. — martyrs of Samosata 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Leocadia 1667 — birth of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, although better known for other reasons) 1717 — birth of Johann Winckelmann

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Wreck of 2,000-year-old pleasure boat discovered off Egypt’s coast – CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-ancient-pleasure-boat-discovered-egypt-coast/ Archaeologists probe ancient Roman army camp: ‘Possibly the largest in Belgium’ | VRT NWS: news https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/12/08/archaeologists-probe-ancient-roman-army-camp-possibly-the-large/ The victims of Pompeii wore tunic and thick wool cloak, which calls into question the historical date of the eruption The victims of…

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