Parentalia (Day 7) — the period for honouring the dead continues 198 A.D. — death of emperor wannabe Clodius Albinus 1806 — death of Elizabeth Carter (Classicist who translated Epictetus)

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Ancient assembly building to be restored https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-assembly-building-to-be-restored-219012 The Chemical Formula of the Ancient Greeks’ “Magic Elixir” Discovered: A Study Reveals the Hallucinogenic Secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries The Chemical Formula of the Ancient Greeks’ “Magic Elixir” Discovered: A Study Reveals the Hallucinogenic Secret of the Eleusinian Mysteries Greece to return small group…

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Parentalia (Day 5) — the period for appeasing the dead continued Quirinalia — festival honouring the namesake of the Quirinal hill, the Sabine divinity Quirinus, who was later identified with Romulus. Little else is known about the festival. 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatus and 80+ others near Venice 1776 — Edward Gibbon publishes the…

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=========================================================== LEGENDA =========================================================== Archaeologists Reveal the Gigantic Scale of the Roman “Lapis Specularis” Mines in Segóbriga, the Crystal with Which Tiberius Built the First Greenhouses in History Archaeologists Reveal the Gigantic Scale of the Roman “Lapis Specularis” Mines in Segóbriga, the Crystal with Which Tiberius Built the First Greenhouses in History British Museum removes word…

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Parentalia (Day 4) — the period for appeasing the dead continued 309 A.D. — martyrdom of Pamphilius

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