January 19, 2009

  • This Day in Ancient History

    ante diem xiv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 3) c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    gradation (OED) cohere (Wordsmith) obscure (Dictionary.com) oxymoron (Podictionary)

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  • CONF: The New Hypereides

    The Institute of Classical Studies in co-operation with The British Academy and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will hold a one-day colloquium devoted to the newly published palimpsest text of Hypereides. The palimpsest contains fragments of two speeches and is the most exciting discovery in the area of Greek oratory for almost a century. Friday…

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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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  • Dublin Seminars

    All papers take place on Tuesdays at 5.30 in the Classics seminar room, K217, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4. 27 January 2009 Dr Helen Dixon, University College Dublin Pomponio in the bath-house: the reception of the thermae Constantinianae in Renaissance Rome 10 February 2009 Professor Judith Barringer, University of Edinburgh The Olympic…

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