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HAIL CAESAR! 6th Annual Toga Pub Crawl in Downtown Melbourne Set for Saturday, June 26

Space Coast Daily 22 Jun 2021

EVENT SPOTLIGHT • THINGS TO DO. The 6th Annual Toga Pub Crawl in Downtown Melbourne is set for Saturday, June 26, beginning at 5 p.m. The action will start at Off The Traxx, 918 E ... “Look for ME, the Mad Hatter, dressed in the Roman tunic! Come dressed in your favorite toga, as a Roman soldier, Egyptian queen, slave, barbarian, whatever ... .

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This QAnon Militia of Ex-Cops and Soldiers Is Training 'Patriots' for Revolution

Democratic Underground 19 Jun 2021

This QAnon Militia of Ex-Cops and Soldiers Is Training Patriots for Revolution ... https.//www.vice.com/en/article/4avnxn/qanon-militia-of-ex-cops-and-soldiers-is-training-patriots-for-revolution ... Lewis is a full-fledged QAnon believer and founder of the 1st Amendment Praetorians, named after the elite Roman soldiers who protected the emperor ... *snip*. .

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Something to do when it rains

The People's Defender 19 Jun 2021

Since it has been around forever and the “whet” is part of the name, I have to think it was invented in a rainy season when a bored Roman soldier picked up a stone and decided just maybe this might help sharpen his sword. Unbelievably, maybe but you find an old Roman soldier and ask him.

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Commit Your Spirit

The Rolla Daily News 17 Jun 2021

Psalm 31.5 & 6 “Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.” ... Jesus’ commitment did not melt when the Roman soldiers were pounding nails into his flesh, or when the Pharisee’s were tearing out his beard ... Commit is already there ... .

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Haredi Kotel riot, prayer book desecration a repeat of Romans - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 14 Jun 2021

The Roman soldiers who carried out the destruction of the Temple did so under orders from Heaven, the result of the baseless hatred our people displayed to one another over so many years; the consequence of refusing to bridge differences and at the very least agree to disagree – respectfully. .

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What the discovery of a shackled skeleton in a ditch reveals about slavery in Roman Britain

The Conversation 11 Jun 2021

Roman burial shackles found on the skeleton in Great Casterton MOLA A body found buried in a ditch by construction workers in the village of Great Casterton, in the east Midlands of England, has shed new light on Roman slavery in Britain ... The body was not carefully laid out, as is the norm in Roman burials.

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Discovery of shackled skeleton in a ditch: Slavery in Roman Britain

Phys Dot Org 11 Jun 2021

A body found buried in a ditch by construction workers in the village of Great Casterton, in the east Midlands of England, has shed new light on Roman slavery in Britain ... The body was not carefully laid out, as is the norm in Roman burials ... Common narratives tend to stress the perceived benefits of the Roman empire to civilisation.

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Successful Living: 'Love God, Hate Sin'

The Daily Post-Athenian 11 Jun 2021

It was an easy tune to sing ... It pushed the envelope of acceptability among even progressive congregations ... It was the Apostle Paul who instructed us to, “Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good” (Romans 12.9) ... Some historians believe that the Roman soldiers were actually paid with salt, hence the phrase, not worth his salt ... ....

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Afghan Hazara, Grand Bargain 2.0, and France’s seven years in the Sahel: The Cheat Sheet

The New Humanitarian 11 Jun 2021

Clashes between the Taliban and government soldiers have forced schools to close in Ghazni, south of Kabul ... In the past two weeks, at least six Roman Catholic priests and missionaries have been abducted and tortured – with two killed. Government soldiers and separatist fighters both accuse the clergy of taking sides in the four-year conflict. DROUGHT.

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‘The Underground Railroad’ star Aaron Pierre: “Certain doors are now being opened”

NME 10 Jun 2021

Inspired by everyone from Viola Davis and Ava DuVernay to telly stalwart Adrian Lester and his own dad (also an actor), Pierre found his first roles on TV – joining a couple of episodes of autism drama The A Word, and playing a Roman soldier in Sky Atlantic’s Britannia before getting a meatier role in short-lived Superman origin series Krypton ... .

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‘Disinformation efforts’ target Belarusian journalist

Taipei Times 09 Jun 2021

Not long after Belarus diverted an international flight, forced it to land in Minsk and then arrested journalist Roman Protasevich on board, an online campaign to discredit him began ... Likewise, Protasevich’s father, Dmitry, who lives in Poland, has said that Roman Protasevich never fought as a soldier.

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‘Disinformation efforts’ to discredit Belarus activist

Arab News 09 Jun 2021

Not long after Belarus diverted an international flight, forced it to land in Minsk and then arrested activist journalist Roman Protasevich on board, an online campaign to discredit him began ... Likewise, Protasevich’s father Dmitry, who lives in Poland, has said that Roman never actively fought as a soldier.

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'Exceptionally unusual' skeleton discovered in Rutland is identified as a Roman slave who was thrown ...

The Daily Mail 07 Jun 2021

Archaeologists have identified an 'exceptionally unusual' skeleton of a Roman slave in Rutland, who could have been a criminal thrown to a degrading death ... The Great Casterton Roman burial shackles ... 228AD - The Romans were being attacked by barbarian tribes and soldiers stationed in the country started to be recalled to Rome ... Roman Britain .

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Shackled skeleton identified as rare evidence of slavery in Roman Britain

The Observer 07 Jun 2021

Now the discovery of the shackled male skeleton by workers in Rutland – thought to have been aged in his late 20s or early 30s – has been identified as rare and important evidence of slavery in Roman Britain and “an internationally significant find” ... Roman soldiers direct people to build a road in Roman Britain.

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Salt of the earth… light of the world

Manila Bulletin 07 Jun 2021

REFLECTIONS TODAY. REFLECT. In the ancient world, salt was very important. the Greeks thought it contained something almost divine. The Romans even sometimes paid their soldiers with salt. Jesus reminds his audience how valuable they are in society. He calls his hearers to be like salt. They are to keep society from spoiling and decay ... ” SOURCE ... .