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I thought of tying this to the Times piece (below) but it seems sufficiently different to warrant its own little chunk of rogueclassicism. The incipit of a column in the Post … where possible, I’ve interspersed bits from Youtub of the clip in question: 1. In the Stanley Kubrick epic “Spartacus,” the Romans offer slaves…
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ante diem ix kalendas junias Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — the rex sacrorum had to perform some sort of ceremony before the day’s legal business could be conducted (possibly connected to the idea of Regifugium) 15 B.C. — birth of the emperor-to-be-who-never-was Germanicus (brother of the emperor Claudius) 299 A.D. — martyrdom of Donatian and…
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Image via Wikipedia I’ve really got to stop reading email … every time I open it, it seems, there’s something about Cleopatra’s tomb and it’s presented in such a way that I feel I HAVE to respond to it. The latest comes from the venerable Al-Ahram, whose reporter seems (as will be made clear later)…
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ante diem xii kalendas junias Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities rites in honour of Vediovis 429 B.C. — birth of Plato (by one reckoning) 70 A.D. — Roman forces break through Jerusalem’s middle wall 194 A.D.(?) — Septimius Severus acclaimed as Imperator 293 A.D. (?) — elevation of Galerius to the rank…
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In my mailbox this a.m. is an interesting little piece from National Geographic which seems to be answering some of the questions I raised (again) a few days ago about the continuing claims about Taposiris Magna as the site for Tony and Cleo’s tomb (or mostly the latter, I suppose). The post is, ostensibly, about…
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