About Ancient / Classical HistoryAncient / Classical HistoryOn This Day in Ancient History - Battle of Lake Trasimene- June 24, 2008 The Battle of Lake TrasimeneOn the 24th of June 217 B.C., the Carthaginian leader Hannibal defeated the Romans under consul Gaius Flaminius at Lake Trasimene. Hannibal was waiting in ambush...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/24/on-this-day-in-history-3.htm Eclipse Used to Date Odysseus' Massacre of the Suitors- June 23, 2008 Odysseus and EurycleaThe news is abuzz with the discovery of the exact day on which Odysseus, having finally returned from the Trojan War, took aim at...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/23/eclipse-used-to-date-odysseus-massacre-of-the... This Day in History - Moses Finley- June 23, 2008 Moses Finley, the author of The World of Odysseus, who was born on May 20, 1912, died on June 23, in 1986. During the McCarthy era, the New York...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/23/this-day-in-history-2.htm On This Day in Ancient History - Vespasian- June 23, 2008 Vespasian, the founder of the short-lived Flavian Dynasty in ancient Rome, died on this day in A.D. 79. It's Vespasian and his sons that are the imperial family in Lindsey...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/23/vespasian.htm This Day in History - Battle of Chalons- June 20, 2008 On this day (according to J.B. Bury) in 451 A.D. Attila the Hun and his forces met the Roman forces of Theodoric and Flavius Aetius (like Justinian, one of the...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/20/this-day-in-history-battle-of-chalons.htm Wordy Thursday Solstice- June 19, 2008 Taking a slight break from the automated word of the day for wordy Thursday, here's a topical once, solstice, since the solstice starts late tomorrow. The solstice occurs twice in...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/19/happy-solstice.htm Wordless Wednesday - Amber and the Fall of Phaethon- June 18, 2008 Wordless Wednesday and About.com's Wordless WednesdayPhoto of The Fall of Phaethon, by Johann Liss, is courtesy of Wikipedia....http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/18/wordless-wednesday-amber-and-the-fall-of-phae... This Day in Ancient History - Lesser Quinquatrus- June 15, 2008 June 13-15 was the time of the Lesser Quinquatrus, which was a festival of fluteplayers. The story that Ovid tells in his Fasti is that this day was celebrated to...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/15/today-in-roman-history.htm Most Important People in Ancient History- June 15, 2008 Marble Bust of Solon. Public DomainYou could look at the lists of biographies on this site to find the names of the important people in ancient history,...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/15/most-important-people-in-ancient-history.htm Wordy Thursday Word of the Day- June 12, 2008 The Latin-based word of the day is Contesseration con-tes-ser-a-shun - harmonious union. From Latin 'contessero' (to contract friendship by means of the tesserae). Tesserae are dice. ...http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2008/06/12/wordy-thursday-word-of-the-day-2.htm |