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Today 456AD Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire
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Today 52BC Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. Vercingetorix was imprisoned for 6 years before being publicly displayed during Caesar's triumph in 46BC & then strangled to death
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Born Today Pompey the Great 106 BC. In mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar in the unofficial military-political alliance known as the First Triumvirate
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Ancient Roman ship that belonged to the Roman Emperor Caligula. Found at the bottom of a lake after it was drained by Mussolini in Italy in the 1920s
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Died today 421AD Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51. A prominent general and politician. Constantius died without having been recognized by the eastern emperor, Theodosius II.
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Today 31BC Battle of Actium: decisive naval battle that effectively ends the Roman Republic. Octavian's forces defeat those under Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece
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Hodie dolorem testamur tot familiarum dissipatarum, sive ob stupefactivorum usum sive ob violentiam sive ob filios ad scelera patranda allectos sive ob paupertatem vel opportunitatum inopiam, quibus homines ad viae margines impelluntur.
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Looks like William Murray and I are moving forward with a monograph on the 27 naval rams discovered at the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 BCE), to be published by Texas A&M University Press. We’re excited to be working with our colleagues in Europe and the USA on this project!
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Today 475AD Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna
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Meet Faustus, father of our main character Sabina. Faustus runs the insula but he's got his flaws. How do your students feel about Faustus?
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Did you know that "pert" originally meant "unconcealed, apparent to the eye" and didn't acquire it's meaning of "impudent" until the late 14th century? It can also be defined as "lively & vivacious". Learn more derivatives of "aperiō" in Ch. 22 #suburani #derivativeoftheday
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On this day in 14 AD, the first emperor of Rome died of natural causes. Augustus left behind a written account of his life's work called Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
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Hermione the teacher was a real person! This mummy portrait from Egypt has "Hermione Grammatike" written on it in Greek. Can you see the resemblance to our character in Book 2?
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Meet Quartilla! The mother of loveable Currax, she works in the popina with Rufina. Life isn't easy for an enslaved woman in the Subura. Find out more in Book 1 of Suburani!
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