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26 Jul 20 UTC	Autumn, 1: Headlines from the Carthage Gazette: "Rome abandons Sicily to head out to Sea." "Israel's out of Egypt and back to the Holy Land" "This is Sparta! War plans are conCrete!"
27 Jul 20 UTC	Spring, 2: Fun Fact: Ancient Persia is home to the first listing of human rights. during the reign of King Cyrus in 539 BC. King Cyrus demonstrated his commitment to this when after he captured Babylon he freed the Hebrews living in exile there allowing them to return to Jerusalem. Under his reign the Second Temple was built.
27 Jul 20 UTC	Spring, 2: Related to Billy Ray?
27 Jul 20 UTC	Autumn, 2: Fun Fact of the Day: Greece and Rome both had public toilets. In fact the Roman Emperor Vespasian taxed the use of public toilets. When one of his sons, a senator, criticised him for this low move. Vespasian pressed a coin that had been collected from the tax under his son's nose and asked "Does this smell like urine?"
28 Jul 20 UTC	Spring, 3: Headlines for The Daily Carthaginian: "You have some Gaul: Hannibal Preps Elephants for the Alps" "Cleopatra and Marc Anthony? Egypt heading towards Rome" "Dam-asc-us about the mounting tension on Greco-Persian Borders."
29 Jul 20 UTC	Spring, 3: Fun Fact of the Day: In Ancient Egypt crocodile dung was used as a contraceptive pessary. Other Ancient contraceptives you ask? Tree sap, Lemons, Wool, Cotton, Sea Sponges, and of course elephant dung.
30 Jul 20 UTC	Autumn, 3: Fun Fact of the Day: Brewing beer began around 3100BC in Mesopotamia (modern day Iran/Iraq). One of the oldest known pieces of writing is actually a receipt for 4 1/2 liters of "the best beer" dating to 2050 BC.
31 Jul 20 UTC	Autumn, 4: Headlines for the Daily Carthaginian: "The Last of the Sarmatians: Persia isolates army." "Sauce or Gravy? Carthage and Egypt pour over tomes in Roman city States" "Dance of the Sugar Plum Navies: the Ballet of Seas Continues."
31 Jul 20 UTC	Autumn, 4: Fun Fact of the Day: Carthage was founded by Phoenecians from Tyre. Carthage means "New City" in Phoenecian.
02 Aug 20 UTC	Spring, 5: Fun Fact of the Day: While people have been making alcohol since basically there were people "the toast" developed in Ancient Greece. Early people's all drank from the same cup but that fell out of favor as people formed larger communities. So a toast was a way to still unify this traditionally communal event. In Greece the host would toast and drink first to demonstrate the drink was safe. Poisoned wine, intentionally or from bad fermenting processes, was a real problem. The Romans as they often did built upon this by adding charred breadcrumbs to their wine to reduce the acidity. That burned bread was called, toast.
04 Aug 20 UTC	Autumn, 5: Headlines from the Daily Thapsus: "Alexander Not So Great? Persia and Greece team up?" "Roma is nearly no-ma; The fall of the Empire." "This! Is! Egypt?! Egyptian fleet storms the shores of Sparta."
04 Aug 20 UTC	Spring, 6: Fun Fact of the Day: Ancient Persia used chemical warfare against Roman Soldiers in Duro-Eurpos, in modern day Syria. The Persians released gas into Roman tunnels that when contacted water, like inside of your lungs, turned to sulphuric acid. Roman accounts describe fumes of hell. The attack killed 19 Roman Soldiers and one Persian soldier, likely the one tasked with igniting the fire that released the gas. While other forms of biological warfare such as sending diseased bodies into the enemy, scorpion bombs (https://carnegiemnh.org/scorpion-bombs/) and chemical warfare such as Greek Fire were common, this is the first confirmed incident of the use of a chemical gas.
11 Aug 20 UTC	Spring, 8: GameMaster: Game was extended due to at least 1 member failing to enter orders and having an excused missed turn available. This has un-readied all orders.
13 Aug 20 UTC	Spring, 10: Fun Fact: Ancient Egyptians developed a relatively accurate pregnancy test. Women would urinate on wheat and barley seeds. If the seeds sprouted quickly this was a sign she was pregnant. Dismissed as silly ancient medicine modern studies have shown the test to be between 70-85% accurate. (http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/pee-pregnant-history-science-urine-based-pregnancy-tests/)