1546 — death of Thomas Elyot (compiler of the first major (?) Latin-English dictionary) 1859 — birth of A.E. Housman

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Roman-era ship cargo discovered in Lake Neuchâtel – SWI swissinfo.ch https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/history/roman-cargo-found-at-the-bottom-of-lake-neuch%c3%a2tel/91155472 A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological structures A 1st-century child’s tomb is discovered in Pas-de-Calais with a figurine of his parents kissing and more than 800 archaeological…

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c. 30 A.D. — crucifixion of Dismas “the Good Thief” at Jerusalem 101 A.D. — Trajan departs for his first war against the Dacians 235 A.D. — The emperor Maximinus Thrax is coopted into all the priestly colleges c. 269 A.D. — martyrdom of Cyrinus

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Egypt Unearths 1,500-Year-Old Monastic Complex in Al-Qalāyā, Second-Largest in Christian History – Arkeonews https://arkeonews.net/egypt-unearths-1500-year-old-monastic-complex-in-al-qalaya-second-largest-in-christian-history/ Archaeologist Howard Carter celebrated death of journalist who invented the ‘Curse of Tutankhamun’ as a ‘real blessing’, letter reveals | Daily Mail Online https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15674249/Howard-Carter-celebrated-death-journalist-Curse-Tutankhamun.html Croatia’s Zadar Reveals a Massive Roman Necropolis Used Continuously for 500 Years Beneath Its…

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Festival of Mars (day 24) Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — a somewhat obscure entry in the Roman calendar which seems to hearken back to the days of the monarchy. A plausible explanation connects this with the fact that this was one of the days when the ancient Comitia Calata would ‘witness’ wills, and so other…

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