About.com Ancient / Classical HistoryGet the latest headlines from the About.com Ancient / Classical History GuideSite.Stonehenge Has Been Dated- September 22, 2008 Stonehenge, Facing the Midwinter Sunset CC Alun Salt at Flickr.com Perhaps solving one of its many mysteries, the UK Telegraph reports that archaeologists, led by Professors Timothy Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright, have...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/22/stonehenge-has-been-dated.htm Birthday of Augustus Sept. 23- September 22, 2008 Before he died, Julius Caesar adopted his great-nephew Octavian, in his will. Octavian would become the first Roman emperor. We know of him as "Augustus". Early in its history, Rome...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/22/birthday-of-augustus-sept-23.htm This Day in Ancient History - Vergil's Death- September 21, 2008 On the 21 of September, in 19 B.C., the Roman poet Vergil died. 19 B.C. was after the Battle of Actium and during the reign of the first Roman emperor,...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/21/vergil.htm On This Day in Ancient History - September 19- September 19, 2008 Clipart.comRoman Emperor Antoninus Pius was born on September 19, 86 A.D. He ruled as Roman Emperor from A.D. 138-161, and earned his pious nickname for his treatment...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/19/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-19.h... This Day in Ancient History - September 18- September 18, 2008 On this day in ancient history, in A.D. 53, the future Roman Emperor Trajan was born. Trajan added the name Dacicus to his titles after his march across the...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/18/this-day-in-ancient-history-september-18.htm Wordless Wednesday - Bronze Age Minoans- September 17, 2008 Labrys. Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikipedia.Click on the photo to learn about it. Wordless Wednesday and About.com's Wordless Wednesday ...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/17/wordless-wednesday-bronze-age-minoans.htm On This Day in Ancient History - September 16- September 16, 2008 Diocletian Clipart.comThe Roman Emperor Severus II was part of the four-part imperial division set up by Diocletian and known as the Tetrarchy. Diocletian didn't know much about Severus (and...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/16/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-16.h... On this day in Ancient History September 14- September 14, 2008 The Triumph of Titus, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Oil on canvas, 1885At the front in white is Vespasian as the pontifex maximus. Behind him are Domitian and Domitia Longina followed by...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/14/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-14-d... On This Day in Ancient History September 13- September 13, 2008 Photo of the ruins of the colosseum, Judith Geary On this day in Ancient Rome, the Ludi Romani continued and the Flavian emperor Titus (Imperator Titus Caesar Vespasianus Augustus) died...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/13/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-13.h... On This Day in Ancient History - September 10- September 10, 2008 Cyril Patriarch of Alexandria Wikipedia On this day in A.D. 422 Celestine (I) was elected pope, a position he kept until April 6, 432. He opposed the Nestorians,...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/09/10/on-this-day-in-ancient-history-september-10.h... |