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• [LeLutka]…Distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 173
  It’s been a while…I have not been so overwhelmed with a collection like I was with Lelutka’s. Not a surprise? There were a couple of things that made this sunday, an epic fashion day.  From the background music (which was perfect), the organization (which was flawless), the detail of making the guests dress in ...
  12 hours ago

• Ancient Rome & America Exhibition @ the National Constitution Center: Coming in February

  
  Things to Do in Philadelphia: uwishunu Philly — Authority: 441
  National Constitution Center, G. Widman for GPTMC Yesterday, the National Constitution Center announced their new, upcoming exhibit, set to launch in February of 2010… Ancient Rome & America . The exhibit will showcase the cultural, political, and social connections between ancient Rome and modern America. ...
  3 days ago

• The Saturnalia of ancient Rome

  
  Wilson's Blogmanac — Authority: 128
  Four major Roman festivals were held in December, including the Saturnalia, which celebrated the returning Sun-god. Saturnalia (from the god Saturn) was the name the Romans gave to their holiday marking the Winter Solstice , and many of our Christmas customs derive from it. Saturn was a Roman cognate of the Greek ...
  5 days ago

• Watch Where Did It Come From?: Ancient Rome - The Rise of Apartments Movie Trailer Online

  
  Watch-Free.TV :: Stream Movies and TV for Free! — Authority: 165
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• Watch Where Did It Come From?: Ancient Rome - The Mobile Society Movie Trailer Online

  
  Watch-Free.TV :: Stream Movies and TV for Free! — Authority: 165
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• The Halcyon Days

  
  Wilson's Blogmanac — Authority: 128
  During the Halcyon Days, the Mediterranean was supposed to stay calm. Halcyon is Greek for a kingfisher (sea-hound). The ancient Sicilians believed that the kingfisher incubated its eggs for fourteen days on the surface of the sea, during which time, before the Winter Solstice , the waves were still ... ...
  1 week ago

• Quirinius’ Census

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Ostracon, recording a part of Quirinius census. Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. The ostracon to the right can be seen in the National Library of Austria. It was found in Elephantine in southern Egypt, and was written by someone who was obviously accustomed to writing many texts. A man named Amonios son of Amonios, tax ...
  1 week ago

• Silvestri, Berlusconi and the Emperor Tiberius

  
  Man of Roma — Authority: 103
  After the No-B(erlusconi)-day last saturday Dicember 5 in Rome (a great success I am witness of) the singer–songwriter Daniele Silvestri has posted on Youtube a rap called L’imperatore Tiberio. [It reminds me just a bit of the traditional Tammurriate danced in the South of Italy and linked to the ...
  1 week ago

• A Brief Study of American Culinary Christmas Traditions

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 136
  King Richard II of England, the 1377 Christmas Feast host Many American Christmas culinary traditions have their roots in Europe. Fourteenth century feasts were rather crude by today’s standards. King Richard II of England hosted a Christmas feast in 1377 at which twenty-eight oxen and three hundred sheep were ...
  1 week ago

• Ancient Pompeii’s Villa of Mysteries

  
  History Blog — Authority: 112
  Discovered in 1910, nearly two hundred years after the first excavations at Pompeii, the site later dubbed the Villa of Mysteries contained many finds typical of the ruined Roman city, including the ashen outlines its long dead inhabitants. But a cryptic –and remarkably well preserved — series of frescos ...
  1 week ago

• A stroll around Pompeii, courtesy of Google’s Street View

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  If you cant be one of the 2.5 million tourists who wander through the streets of Pompeii every year, you now have another option: Googles Street View. Pompeii on Street View The 360-degree panoramic street-level service debuted last week in ...
  1 week ago

• Augsburg, Römisches Museum

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Paternus Clementianus The Roman Museum in Augsburg is situated in the historical centre of the city, in the Church of St. Magdalena, which was originally the church of a Dominican monastery. The church was built between 1513 and 1515 and contained the funerary chapels of several important Augsburg families. ...
  1 week ago

• 2nd Century Roman City Found Off Libya

  
  Page in History — Authority: 123
  From Adnkronos, a wonderful discovery:Rome, 4 Dec. (AKI) - Italian archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient Roman city submerged off the coast of Libya. The remains of the city date back to the 2nd century A.D. and were found by archaeologists and experts from Sicily and the University Suor Orsola ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 Most Wanted You Tube Channels for Online History Students

  
  Online Education Blog — Authority: 117
  Looking for a video or audio piece? Stop searching the net. YouTube is one hot destination for all your needs. Whether it is a movie trailer or a song, stage drama, video clippings of some of the most sought scenes, rhymes, lectures, you name it you have it. Gone are the days when we would wait for our favorite play ...
  2 weeks ago

• Allard Piersonmuseum, Amsterdam

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Athena, on a bottle from Athens, early fifth century BCE The Allard Piersonmuseum , the home of the archaeological collection of the University of Amsterdam, is one of the nicest museums I know. I may be biased, though, because Amsterdam is my hometown. I cycle along the museum nearly every day and am a regular ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nicholas of Myra

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Nicholas strikes his opponent. Fresco from Soumela Nicholas was bishop of the Lycian port of Myra , and died on December 6. The year of his death has not been recorded, although a late tradition suggests that it may have been 342 or 343. The stories about him usually have parallels in Anatolian folklore ...
  2 weeks ago

• Common Errors (26): Et tu, Brute?

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Daggers on a coin of Brutus (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien) The last words of Julius Caesar are often quoted as Et tu Brute? , “You too, Brutus ?” They are also quoted as Tu quoque, Brute? , which means the same. The second variant has been sufficiently popular to make logicians apply these words to a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ancient Warfare III.5

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Cover of Ancient Warfare “The Imperial Nemesis” is a stock phrase and you’d be forgiven if you decided to ignore the latest issue of Ancient Warfare , but that would be a mistake. The articles on the conflict between Rome and Parthia are actually more interesting than the title suggests. Pawel ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day and Can’t Be Seen in a Day

  
  Cruise Talk Central — Authority: 130
  Rome is a fantastic city with so much art, history, architecture, and culture that I feel sorry for many cruisers who come here just as cruise ship passengers and only have a day or two to see the city. Because the city is so vast and so far from the port area of Civitivecchia, [...] *** This is a content summary ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mithra and Mithras

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 418
  Mithras killing the celestial bull. Roman relief from Dormagen, now in Bonns Rheinisches Landesmuseum. Yesterday, I received an impressive present: a book on the cult of Mithra(s). Impressive: it measures 50×31 centimeters and was published more than a century-and-a-half ago, in 1847. To be honest, I do not think ...
  3 weeks ago

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