Hodie est  a.d. IV Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 14 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Roman made jewellery found on the body of a 2,000 year old barbarian woman from the Caucasus | Daily Mail Online Horses return to Colchester’s Roman Circus after 1,700 years | Gazette  Ancient…

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As allegations about Dirk Obbink are causing reactions throughout academe for the past while (I do have a blog post in progress on this; stay tuned), and especially in light of Eidolon’s recent issue devoted to papyrus thefts, it seems timely to bring up a conversation I’ve been having over the past couple of weeks.…

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Hodie est  a.d. VI Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Ancient Pinocchio unearthed in western Turkey  Troy boy! Meet Achilles at the British Museum’s new blockbuster show | The Times Researchers lay out first genetic history of Rome  Greece: New bid to understand…

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Hodie est  a.d. VII Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Underwater excavation findings in Portitxol bay * Euro Weekly News Spain  New revelations about life on the edge of the Roman empire almost two thousand years ago – Chronicle Live  First Roman-era cemetery discovered in…

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Hodie est  a.d. VIII Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 10 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News 3 ancient shipwrecks discovered off Aegean island of Kasos  Team excavates first Roman catacomb tomb discovered in Saqqara – Egypt Independent  Colchester’s unique Roman Wall to be scanned and digitised for first time…

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