Beware the Ides of March

Julius Caesar was brutally assassinated 2056 years ago. The story is well known and there is no point in repeating it all over again. As we cannot undo history, we can at least commemorate the Ides of March properly with a glass of wine or some freshly baked Roman bread. Just like Caesar would have liked.

For some Roman bread ideas, see Coquinaria.

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So it seems the Romans did not invent cement after all...

It seems that the Romans have been wrongfully credited for inventing cement, according to archaeologists in charge of digging at Vergina, Northern Greece. A collection of some of the finest ancient treasures of Greece displayed at the Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum suggests that the Macedonians used cement 300 years before the Romans. Who would have thought that Alexander the Great's people were innovative builders on top of being excellent fighters?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13046299

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