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Brasenose College, Oxford, where Reynolds taught

Leighton Durham Reynolds (1930–1999) was a British Latinist who is best known for his work on textual criticism. He spent his teaching career at Brasenose College, Oxford (pictured), where he published the most commonly cited edition of Seneca the Younger's Letters. The central academic achievement of his career was his monograph The Medieval Tradition of Seneca's Letters (1965), in which he reconstructed how the text was transmitted through the Middle Ages. He also wrote critical editions of Seneca's Dialogues, the works of the historian Sallust, and Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum. In 1968, Reynolds and his Oxford colleague Nigel Wilson co-authored a well-received introduction to textual criticism. Writing about the set of critical editions authored by Reynolds, the Latinist Michael Reeve stated that Reynolds's scholarship "cut through dozens of manuscripts to the serviceable core". When published, his work on Seneca was considered by some commentators to be difficult to surpass. (Full article...)

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SpaceX's Crew-3 mission (launch pictured) takes four astronauts to the International Space Station.
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November 15

Buran

565 – Justin II became Byzantine emperor, having allegedly been chosen by his uncle Justinian I as his successor on his deathbed.
1889 – Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca, while the country was proclaimed a republic.
1922 – Fountain of Time, in Chicago's Washington Park, was dedicated as a tribute to 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1943 – The Holocaust: Heinrich Himmler ordered that Romanies were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1988 – The Soviet Buran spacecraft (pictured), a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.

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American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has recorded songs for three studio albums, one collaborative album, one extended play and three soundtrack albums. He has also featured as a guest artist and provided background vocals to other songs. He came to prominence as a composer for other artists with Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine, who called themselves the Smeezingtons. They composed B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" (2009), and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire" (2010); Mars sang on their choruses. Mars's debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans included the songs "Just the Way You Are", "Grenade" and "Runaway Baby". Mars's second studio album Unorthodox Jukebox included the tracks "Locked Out of Heaven", "When I Was Your Man" and "Treasure". In 2014, Mark Ronson's single, "Uptown Funk", featured Mars. In 2016, Mars released his third studio album, 24K Magic. It included the songs "24K Magic", "That's What I Like", and a remix of "Finesse" featuring Cardi B. In 2021, Mars collaborated with Anderson .Paak, as Silk Sonic, to release An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021). The record included the songs "Leave the Door Open" and "Skate". (Full list...)

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The Capitolium of Brixia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia) in northern Italy. All that remains are fragmentary ruins, but the temple is part of an archaeological site, including a Roman amphitheatre and museum in central Brescia. It forms part of the Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568–774 A.D.), a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011.

Photograph credit: Wolfgang Moroder

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