Veneralia
Sunday March 31, 2013
The month of April honored the foam-born goddess Venus, just as March honored the war god Mars, even if the etymology is less clear in April's case. Rome's legendary ... Read More
Emperor Pertinax Murdered
Thursday March 28, 2013
Pertinax © Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme
On this day, March 28, in A.D. 193: The Roman emperor Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax) ... Read More
Guess....
Wednesday March 27, 2013
Michelangelo Pistoletto Venere degli stracci (1967) CC Flickr User Cea
This sculpture features a statue of the love goddess Venus behind a pile of rags. It is part of the art ... Read More
The Cyrus Cylinder Tours the U.S.
Monday March 25, 2013
The Cyrus Cylinder, somewhat smaller than an American football, was inscribed with cuneiform about the Babylonian conquest by the sixth century B.C. Persian king Cyrus the Great. Many ... Read More
The Day of Blood
Friday March 22, 2013
On this day in ancient history, March 24:
In ancient Roman history, the 24th of March (VIII Kal Apriles) was the Dies sanguinis 'day of blood,' possibly a precursor of Good ... Read More
Guess Who
Wednesday March 20, 2013
PD Courtesy of Wikipedia. Painting by Velazquez.
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End of the Severans
Monday March 18, 2013
On this day in ancient history- March 18:On this day in A.D. 235, the last of the Severan emperors was assassinated. He was Alexander Severus (r. A.D. 222-235; born 208), ... Read More
Tiberius Died
Saturday March 16, 2013
On this day in ancient history - March 16:
Tiberius Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikipedia
On this day in A.D. 37, the second emperor of Rome, Tiberius, died. When Tiberius took ... Read More
The Ides of March
Friday March 15, 2013
On This Day in Ancient History: March 15: The Ides of MarchThere was a day known as the Ides (originally set to correspond with the full moon) in each month ... Read More
Equiria Races Run
Thursday March 14, 2013
On this day in ancient history - March 14:March 14, the day before the Ides of March, was the second annual occasion of Roman horse races known as Equir(r)ia. The ... Read More
Guess Who
Wednesday March 13, 2013
Mars Festival
Saturday March 9, 2013
On this day in ancient history - March 9: On this day, the ancient Romans continued to celebrate the Festival of Mars. As part of the occasion, the priests of ... Read More
The Death of Marcus Aurelius' Predecessor
Thursday March 7, 2013
On this day in ancient history - March 7:On this day in ancient Roman history, in A.D. 161, Emperor Antoninus Pius (86 - March 7, 161) died. Marcus Aurelius ... Read More
Augustus Made Head Priest
Wednesday March 6, 2013
On this day in ancient history - March 6:
Augustus - From the St Petersburg Hermitage. First half of the 1st century A.D. marble.CC Flickr User thiisbossi
On this day, in ancient ... Read More
Guess Who
Wednesday March 6, 2013
PD Courtesy of Wikipedia
This may or may not be correctly ascribed, but you are to guess the name of the likely king or the area he ruled.Hint: ... Read More
A Month for Roman Holidays
Monday March 4, 2013
Martius (March), the Roman month devoted to and named after the god of war, Mars, was so filled with celebrations -- fasti -- that there was a special day in ... Read More
Possible Birthday of Juvenal
Saturday March 2, 2013
On This Day in Ancient History - March 2:
Although we don't know for sure, this may be the date the great Roman satirist Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis) was born in ... Read More