Ancient Rome
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Interesting item by Robert Garland at History Today: Celebrity in the Ancient World
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This probably won’t last long at ANSA: Archaeologists working on the remains of an ancient dwelling in northern Italy have reassessed their ideas about the site after uncovering lavish decorations and imposing architectural features. The building in Aquileia, which previously appeared to be a normal Roman villa, has now emerged as a majestic mansion complex,…
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem vii idus quinctilias ludi Apollinares (day 4) 597 B.C. — a suggested date for Thales‘ eclipse (or so it was thought in several 19th century (and earlier) sources 118 A.D. — Hadrian finally arrives in Rome as emperor
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[a couple of years ago I was experimenting with this format] ante diem iii nonas quinctilias Poplifugia — a festival the origins of which were forgotten by the time folks began writing about things; it possibly commemorates the flight of the people from Gauls in the fourth century, but that seems a rather strange thing…
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On the heels of last week’s announcement of the opening of a major Roman site to the public, the Sofia News Agency tells us that archaeologists are on the trail (they hope) of Constantine’s palace there too: A large ancient building located under the St. Nedelya Cathedral in downtown Sofia might turn out to be…
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