Today is March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day. While people all over the world celebrate everything that it means to be Irish, things would have been different two thousand years ago. Tradition states that Saint Patrick died on March 17, but… Read More ›
March
March 16 – The Procession to the Argei
By mid-March, Spring had definitely come to central Italy. The weather was getting warmer and the first green shoots were emerging from the soil. It was also a date of important astrological significance. As the poet Ovid states, “When the… Read More ›
March 15 – The Ides of March
La Morte di Cesare (“The Death of Caesar”), painted by Vincenzo Camuccini (1805). Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy. Beware the Ides of March! Or should you? Well, for Julius Caesar, he certainly had reason to be wary of the… Read More ›
March 1 – The Month of Mars
Ancient Roman re-enactors marching at Xanten, Germany. Photograph by Judith Meyer (June 23, 2012). CC0 Creative Commons. March is the month dedicated to the ancient Roman war god Mars. By now, the weather is warming up, the snows have melted,… Read More ›
DINOSAURS AND BARBARIANS 