Julius Caesar
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A zillion versions of this one bouncing around the interwebs right now … the clearest seems to be AFP via France 24: Archaeologists said Wednesday they believe they have found the exact spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on March 15, 44 BC. The stabbing of the dictator by Roman senators…
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This one seems to be just filtering out to the English press … the most coherent so far is News.com’s coverage: THE remains of a Roman military camp in Germany have been linked to Julius Caesar, making it the oldest Roman site in the country. The ruins, near the present-day town of Hermeskeil in western…
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I’m always interested in seeing how folks in different eras portrayed the big names of the folks within our purview and, as it happens, the Metropolitan Museum’s ‘Featured Artwork of the Day’ (via Facebook) is Colin Nouailher’s plaque of Alexander the Great, which forms part of a series of depictions of the ‘Nine Worthies’ a.k.a.…
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I could have sworn I mentioned this museum when it opened, but I guess not (it’s probably lurking way in the bottom of my email) … anyhoo, here’s a nice AFP video report:
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Okay, this is officially ridiculous … first it was the Volvo nonsense, then Lamborghini with its Deimos nonsense, and now some town in Turkey has managed to trademark Julius Caesar’s phrase? From Hurriyet: The municipality of Zile in the northern province of Tokat has announced the acquisition of the Turkish patent license for the Roman…
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