Shutr: A fragmentary view on history.
-
Sousse Roman
Sousse Roman mosaic showing April. From Sousse Archaeological Museum, Tunisia.
-
Caracalla was Born today 188AD.
Caracalla was Born today 188AD. He had his brother Geta murdered later in 211AD. Caracalla introduce the Antoninianus, a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at 2 denarii.
-
8 november 1598
Born on this day in 1598: the great Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán.
-
St. Begga
Jacob Jordaens’ St. Begga, in the collection of the Phoebus Foundation.
-
Oceanus, titan god
An unusual mosaic portrait of Oceanus, titan god of the great ocean encircling the world, surrounded by sea creatures and with a fabulous endlessly tumbling beard.
-
Herodotes and the Persians
Greek historian Herodotus (484-425/413 BC), often criticized for inaccuracy in his Histories, he is frequently-anthologized. On the Customs of Persians is regarded as accurate. The passage is all more interesting in that he contrasts the behavior and values of Persians with those of Greeks with Persians shown in a much more flattering light.
-
November 1669
William Penn & leading Irish Quakers meet in the Dublin house of Samuel Claridge to compile a dossier of Quaker sufferings in Leinster & Munster for a petition to the Lord Lieutenant.
-
6 November 1494
Born on this day: Suleiman the Magnificent is born. (1494 CE).
-
On this day 5 november 1688
Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). (1688 CE).