N.S.Gill's Ancient History Blog March 2004 Archive

A report by Dr. Alfred Jay Bollet on many of the world's most serious epidemic diseases.Plagues and Poxes

William Dietrich has written a novel of love and war about staid or treacherous Romans vs. wild and free Celts living along Hadrian's Wall in fourth century Roman Britain. Hadrian's Wall ... Read More

In an article in the Seattle Times on archaeological evidence for the historical Jesus, Sepphoris archaeologist James Strange conjectures that Jesus may have picked up the Greek word "hypocrite" from ... Read More

In this, the 15th Falco mystery by Lindsey Davis, coming out in the U.S. in April 2004, we readers find out what Falco's job really is. Falco is an informer, ... Read More

March was an important month in the Roman year. Originally, it was the first month of the year and was celebrated with almost constant events. March 22 was the ancient ... Read More

While enrollment in Latin is up in the U.S., a trend being helped by the popularity of Harry Potter and Mel Gibson, Scotland is planning to get rid of the ... Read More

When you're studying Latin, you're liable to run into a master of eloquence named Cicero. It may help you to take it all in stride to know that, according to ... Read More

In early days, the ten-month lunar Roman calendar began with the month of March, which was sacred to the Roman god Mars -- Greek god Ares. Mars was important because ... Read More

What an unlucky day in 44 B.C. was the Ides of March! On that day Julius Caesar was murdered, stabbed by 60 conspirators.Assassination of Julius Caesar

Read about Marcus Tullius Cicero, contemporary of Julius Caesar, familiar to generations of Latin students for his orations. The name "Cicero" came from an ancestor with a wart at the ... Read More

Pious Aeneas left the burning city of Troy with his aged father on his shoulders. Somewhere along the way he lost his wife Creusa, but he found other women to ... Read More

Read about a new woman for each of the thirty-one days of March.Women's History MonthMarch Calendar - Today in History

If the Roman word "nones" comes from the Latin for "nine," why weren't the nones on the ninth of the month? Find out: Nones FAQ

Read Benjamin Jowett's article on the cross (crux) that was used to punish criminals in various ancient cultures. There were three types, a t-shape, the traditional cross with four right ... Read More