rites in honour of Carna, a nymph who was somehow associated with the health of bodily organs Saecular Games (day 1) — celebrating Rome’s thousand-year anniversary 388 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Mars (and associated rites thereafter) 344 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Moneta (and associated rites thereafter) 259 B.C. — dedication of a Temple…

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IN THE NEWS … Complete funerary cachette uncovered at Panehsy tomb in Heliopolis necropolis – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online A kohl bottle from York may hint at an ancient Egyptian in Roman-Britain The Art of the Unpaid Denarius: Tax Evasion in Ancient Rome – Archaeology Bronze Age 5-year-old’s skull found in Uzbekistan…

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70 A.D. — Titus captures Jerusalem’s outermost wall. 1st century — martyrdom of Petronilla 170 A.D. — martyrdom of Hermias at Cappadocia 1723 — death of William Baxter (grammarian and translator of Latin)

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339 A.D. — death of Eusebius (by one reckoning)

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IN THE NEWS … New discoveries highlight size of Greek tomb associated with Alexander the Great – The Greek Herald US returns piece of ‘Gypsy Girl’ mosaic to Turkey | The Jerusalem Post MONASTERACE (Rc). 300 amphorae from the 5th-4th centuries BC discovered off the coast – Online Archaeology – Archeomedia Construction workers clearing old…

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