Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

The Anatomical Zodiac Man

The National Ignition Facility, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

01Juba's general Saburra lured Curio's 10,000-man army into a valley in 49 BC; almost none escaped; Curio refused evacuation and died there.
02After Thapsus, Juba found no town willing to shelter him; he dined with the Roman commander Petreius, then the two men fought a duel to the death — Juba killed Petreius, then had a slave finish him.
03Years earlier, Caesar had proposed a bill to annex Numidia; Juba's hatred of Caesar was therefore partly personal legislative grudge.

Painted between 1412 and 1416 for the Duke of Berry, the February calendar page of the Très Riches Heures shows a peasant warming bare legs by a fire — the oldest surviving painted snow scene, accurate enough that meteorologists have studied it.