January 21, 2009

  • This Day in Ancient History

    ante diem xii kalendas februarias ludi palatini (day 1/4) 63 A.D. — birth of Claudia (daughter of Nero and Poppaea) 1609 — death of Joseph Justus Scaliger

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    encomiastic (Worthless Word for the Day) palatable (Merriam Webster) qualitative (Dictionary.com) endemic (endemic)

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  • CONF: Cardiff Seminars

    CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SEMINAR PROGRAMME Spring Semester 2009 Cardiff School of History and Archaeology Humanities Building Colum Drive Cardiff CF10 3EU All meetings start at 5.10 p.m. Monday 2 February 2009 room 4..45 Alex Smith (Cardiff) Eclipses and mentalities in the Ancient World Monday 2 March 2009 room 4.45 Dr Suzanne Turner (Cardiff), Absent presences on…

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