15 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Vitellius (?)

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IN THE NEWS … An ancient wall discovered beneath a Paris hotel could confirm the city’s origins: “Major breakthrough” – CBS News Egypt, China unearth wine press at temple to ancient goddess | The Jerusalem Post Glimpses into lives of Roman suburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds | Archaeology | The Guardian Archaeology at…

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rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty! 484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?) 480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning) 63 B.C. — birth of Octavius, the future emperor Augustus…

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IN THE NEWS … Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece | Live Science A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records | WIRED Roman-era workshop complex discovered in Dortmund Fragment of Kadesh Peace Treaty discovered at Hattusa 15 Looted Antiquities Return to Greece from…

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Mercatus — the Romans continue the shopping spree 479 B.C. — the Persian general Mardonius is killed in the Battle of Plataea (source? … seems a little late) 36 B.C. — the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus agrees to retire after losing all his military support to Octavian 19 B.C. — another (less likely) date for…

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