ludi Plebeii (day 8) — the Jupiterfest continues 109 A.D. — the emperor Trajan stages a naumachia 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Athenodorus

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Explore Tutankhamun’s tomb through the excavation records of Howard Carter and his team in the 1920s | Tutankhamun Spatial Archive https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/ Unearthing the Birthplace of the Alphabet: Archaeologists Return After 14 Years of Silence – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/unearthing-the-birthplace-of-the-alphabet-archaeologists-return-after-14-years-of-silence/ Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in…

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ludi Plebeii (day 7) — the festival in honour of Jupiter continues 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Trypho (maybe … maybe not) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Tiberius 1870 — birth of Michael Rostovtzeff (author of The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire and the Social and Economic History of the Hellenistic World…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== A stone of pride: The story behind Tehran’s new statue of a Roman emperor’s surrender – Tehran Times https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/520146/A-stone-of-pride-The-story-behind-Tehran-s-new-statue-of-a-Roman 2,000-Year-Old Roman ‘Fridgerator’ and Luxury Terra Sigillata Unearthed in Germany – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/2000-year-old-roman-fridgerator-and-luxury-terra-sigillata-unearthed-in-germany/ Ancient Roman pool in Türkiye revealed as healing sanctuary, not just water source – Türkiye Today https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/ancient-roman-pool-in-turkiye-revealed-as-healing-sanctuary-not-just-water-source-3209581 ‘A millennium-long monopoly’:…

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Ludi Plebeii (day 6) — the Jupiterfest continues 2348 B.C. — the Great Flood began (according to Polyhistor) 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Orestes in Cappadocia

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