January 15, 2009
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ante diem xviii kalendas februarias carmentalia (day 2) — an annual festival in honour of the nymph Carmenta (a divinity associated with prophecy and childbirth; also the mother of Evander) celebrated primarily by women on the 11th and 15th of January 69 A.D. — murder of Galba and his adopted son Piso; dies imperii of…
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trattoria (Merriam-Webster) kinetic (Dictionary.com) neuston (Wordsmith)
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Late Antique and Byzantine Historiography A one day colloquium at Cardiff University Hosted by the Centre for Late Antique Religion and Culture Date: 21 January 2009, 10.00am-5pm Place: Humanities Building, Colum Drive, Room 2.03 Provisional Programme: 10.00am: Mark Humphries (Swansea), Visa vel lecta? Ammianus Marcellinus and the monuments of Rome 10.45: Andy Fear (Manchester), A…
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Special Lunchtime Seminar, Hilary Term 2009: Recent Archaeology in Turkey 1 pm Tuesdays First floor seminar room, Ioannou Classics Centre, 66 St. Giles’, Oxford Programme Week 2 (Jan. 27) – Burcu Erciyas (Middle East Technical University [METU], Ankara), Komana Archaelogical Research Project Week 4 (Feb. 10) – Bert Smith (Oxford), Recent Work at Aphrodisias in Caria…
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Edinburgh Classics Research Seminars – Semester 2 All seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5pm and, unless otherwise stated, in Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh Week 2 | 21 January Professor TIMOTHY BARNES (Toronto/Edinburgh) ‘Christians in the Severan Empire’ Week 3 | 28 January Professor KEITH RUTTER (Edinburgh) ‘Coins and…
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