Posts by Jean Marie Carey

February 25, 2018
When Roman Emperor Hadrian died on 10 July 138, he left, as did his predecessors, an adopted son as his successor, Antoninus Pius.

February 18, 2018
As Perseus and Andromeda Rise, Medusa is the Star For stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere, the constellations of Perseus and Andromeda reach ascendance on 18 February, and are easy to see high overhead during the spring.

February 11, 2018
Two young Roman emperors met untimely ends on 11 February, Britannicus in 55 and Gordian III in 244.

February 4, 2018
Lucius Septimius Severus died 4 February 211.

January 31, 2018
Ettore Sottsass died 31 January 2007.

January 28, 2018
Much is in dispute about the history of The Etruscan School ( Scuola etrusca ), but 28 January 1883 was the day when the group of Italian and English landscape painters began a yearlong formal association in Rome.

January 28, 2018
Charlemagne died on 28 January 814.

January 21, 2018
First Etruscan Settlement Found in Sardinia An Etruscan settlement dating back to the Ninth Century BCE has been found on the Sardinian coasts near Olbia.

January 15, 2018
Sculptor, medallion maker, and draughtsman Luciano Mercante died on 15 January 1982.

January 14, 2018
It is possible that Mark Antony met the young Cleopatra when he served under the Roman general Gabinius in 55 BCE.

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