This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem x kalendas decembres

  • c. 70 A.D. — martyrdom of Philemon and Apphia
  • c. 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Cecilia
  • 1817  — according to Wikipedia, Frédéric Cailliaud discovered the Roman emerald mines at Sikait on this date (but I can’t track down their sources)
  • 1891 — birth of Victor Ehrenberg (Solon to Socrates, among others)
  • 1909 — birth of Allan H. Coxon (Parmenides Scholar)

Repititiationes ~ 11/21/15 (part two)

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668182663547764737

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668205360163987456
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668205418787774464

Repititiationes ~ 11/21/15 (part one)

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668046474773716994

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668047057207345152

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668048366107025408
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668048685352226816

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668051916816039936
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http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668052903320530949
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http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/668082142484799489

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This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xi kalendas decembres

ante diem xi kalendas decembres

  • 164 B.C. — Judas Maccabeus restores the Temple in Jerusalem, including removal of the Hellenistic statuary (maybe)
  • 53 B.C. – Death of Marcus Licinius Crassus in Mesopotamia shortly after his defeat at Carrhae (maybe)
  • 1912 — birth of Pierre Grimal
    Deutsch: Porträtbüste aus der späten römischen...
    Deutsch: Porträtbüste aus der späten römischen Republik, gefunden im Liciniergrab, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Kopenhagen, stellt wahrscheinlich Marcus Licinius Crassus dar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    (Classicist)

  • 1914 — birth of Michael Grant (yes, the incredibly prolific one)
  • 1931 — birth of Lewis Binford ((not Classical, but important) archaeologist)

Repititiationes ~ 11/20/15

A short one … day was too busy to monitor things:

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/667646534004142080

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/667647460123258880

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/667650365395988480

http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/667650587018838017

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