c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Venantius 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Theodotus 1692 — death of Elias Ashmole (founder of the museum that bears his name)

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IN THE NEWS … Akragas reveals its secrets: new excavations begin among the houses of the Valley of the Temples – Sicily Charred 2,000-year-old Roman bread found in Switzerland for first time | Fox News Scythian tomb over 2,000 years old discovered in east Moldova settlement Pompeii victim identified as Roman physician killed while fleeing…

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303 A.D. — martyrdom of Heradius 1510 — death of Botticelli (Birth of Venus, among other Classical subjects) 1875 — a horse named Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby (he ‘just’ won)

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Today’s headlines … [We’re still testing] High-status Roman woman was buried in a lead coffin with jet hairpins and exotic resins, archaeologists find | Live Science At the Threshold of Night — The Sacred Procession of Hecate | Turkish Archaeological News Fieldwork in the Hala Sultan Tekke Hinterland Archaeologists unearth hidden coffin cache at Luxor’s…

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Today’s headlines … High-status Roman woman discovered buried in ornate lead coffin The Lexden Lady to go on display in Colchester US returns two ancient coins to Israel after antiquities theft probe | The Jerusalem Post Imperial purple cloth discovered in Roman infant burials in York

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