Nero
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Interesting essay on Girolamo Cardano’s Encomium Neronis, which has been recently translated: A Cold Case of Historical Bias
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LiveScience’s Owen Jarus has put a good one out there … from the latest volume of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, it’s a recently-translated poem all about Nero and Poppaea Sabina, and the latter’s ‘deification’ … here are some excerpts from Jarus’ piece: A just-deciphered ancient Greek poem discovered in Egypt, deifies Poppaea Sabina, the wife of…
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ante diem v idus junias Vestalia — festival in honour of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth 53 B.C. — the Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus (Dives) suffers a massive defeat at the hand of the Persians under Surenas near Carrhae; Crassus dies as a result of the battle 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii…
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ante diem vii idus junias the ‘inner sanctum’ of the Temple of Vesta was opened to the (female) public ludi piscatorii (?) — a private festival celebrated by fishermen 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 3) 20 A.D. — Nero Julius Caesar, son of the emperor-in-waiting Germanicus, dons his toga virilis; a congiarium is given…
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