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
rogueclassicism
quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
Archive for the month “January, 2009”
Classical Words of the Day
- gradation (OED)
- cohere (Wordsmith)
- obscure (Dictionary.com)
- oxymoron (Podictionary)
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 30 January 2009
Programme
10.00 Arrival, welcome and coffee
10.30 The palimpsest: image and decipherment (Alex Lee)
11.00 The Hypereides manuscript: codicology, palaeography (Natalie
Tchernetska and Giuseppe Ucciardello)
12.00 Hypereides, Demosthenes and Philip (Laszlo Horváth and P.J. Rhodes)
1.15 Lunch
2.30 Hypereides Against Diondas and the rhetoric of political failure
(Stephen Todd)
Hyperides’ Against Diondas and the rhetoric of revolt (Jud Herrman)
4.00 Tea
4.30 Law, language and rhetoric in the Timandros (Lene Rubinstein, David
Whitehead)
5.30 Reception
There is no fee for attendance; but places are limited and anyone wishing
to attend must register with The Secretary of the Institute of Classical
Studies at admin.icls AT sas.ac.uk by 21 January 2009.
CONF: Late Antique and Byzantine Historiography
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 new chosen people? Orosius and the epic of Rome
11.30: Coffee break
12: Josef Lössl (Cardiff), Prophecy in historiography
Lunch break
2pm: Peter Van Nuffelen (Exeter), Procopius of Caesarea on past and present
2.45: Conor Whately (Warwick), Textual unity in Procopius’ Wars
3.30: Tea break
4pm: Frank Trombley (Cardiff), Michael Attaleiates: professional experience and history writing
For further information please contact:
Dr Shaun Tougher, Cardiff School of History and Archaeology, Humanities Building, Colum Drive,
Cardiff CF10 3XU, tel: 029-20876228, Email: TougherSF AT cardiff.ac.uk
If you wish to attend please confirm by e-mail to:
TougherSF AT cardiff.ac.uk
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 Altis in 476?
24 February 2009
Dr Konstantin Doulamis, University College Cork
Letter-writing by the book: the rhetoric of epistolary communication in the Greek novels
24 March 2009
Dr Giannis Stamatellos, Athens
Plotinus and Giordano Bruno
21 April 2009
Professor Robert Zaborowski, University of Warmia and Mazury, at Olsztyn
Homer on emotions
For further details, offers of papers, to be put on the circulation list, please contact Theresa Urbainczyk, urbain AT ucd.ie
CONF: Oxford Classical Literature Seminars
University of Oxford Classical Language and Literature Subfaculty Seminar, Hilary 2009
‘Current Research in Classics’
Thursdays at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Classics Centre (except 5th wk).
Convenors: Ruth Parkes, Sarah Harden, Bob Cowan
1st wk (22nd Jan.): ‘Oops! Accidental death and the poetics of contingency in Greek and Roman
epic.’ Bob Cowan (Balliol).
2nd wk (29th Jan.): ‘Teaching, Learning and Reading in Lucretius and Plato.’ Emma Park (Univ).
3rd wk (5th Feb.): ‘Towards a commentary on Fasti 3.393-458.’ Stephen Heyworth (Wadham).
4th wk (12th Feb.): ‘The Art of Mock-epic.’ James Worthen (BNC).
5th wk (19th Feb.): ‘What is Lucan doing in Tacitus’ Histories?’ Melanie Marshall (BNC) (NB venue
will be the Outreach Room, Classics Centre).
6th wk (26th Feb.): ‘Eros through the looking glass? Erotic Ecphrasis in Hellenistic Poetry.’ Sarah
Harden (Univ).
7th wk (5th Mar.): ‘The Rhetoric of Greek Tragedy.’ Richard Rutherford (Christchurch).
8th wk (12th Mar.): Dionysius the Periegete (title TBC) Jane Lightfoot (New).
All welcome.
CFP: Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning
CALL FOR PAPERS
Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning:
Fields of Dreams (Landscapes of Myth and Imagination)
October 1-3, 2009, Brock University
Our landscapes have long been the unconscious repository of cultural hopes, fears and desires. >From the Garden of Eden to Aboriginal Dreamtime, societies have perceived their surrounding natural environment to express cultural values reflected in their myths, legends, sacred texts and belief systems. The occupation, transition, or representation of landscape constitutes an imaginative exercise for both subject and object. Yet imagination is not a consciously controllable process, and dreams can be unsettling portents as well as expressions of wish-fulfillment. We welcome papers that explore landscapes of myth and imagination in real and virtual sites, literary texts, images, and installations and invite proposals on the following topics:
• Landscapes of allusion (texts, myths, folktales, legends)
• Sacred and Secular Utopias
• Profane imagination: ruin, decay and social transgression
• Gardens of the ‘first time’: origin myths and social legends
• Dream landscapes: fear, desire, and exploring the unconscious
Please send abstracts (up to 250 words) and a brief biography to greenscapes AT brocku.ca by February 20, 2009.
The conference will take place at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. Giles Blunt, author of Forty Words for Sorrow, The Delicate Storm, and Black Fly Season, will deliver the opening keynote on the subject of landscape and fiction.
Conference organizers: Keri Cronin (Visual Arts, Brock University), David Galbraith (Royal Botanical Gardens), Sharilyn J. Ingram (School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University), Leah Knight (English Language and Literature, Brock University), Katharine T. von Stackelberg (Classics, Brock University).
We acknowledge with gratitude the support of the Humanities Research Institute at Brock University.
JOB: Executive Director CAAS
The Classical Association of the Atlantic States is seeking to appoint a part-time Executive Director, effective October 2009, for a renewable term of three years. A member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for coordinating CAAS’s ongoing operations and provides continuity in planning, budgeting and policy. The Executive Director acts as Conference Coordinator, working closely with the Program Coordinator on CAAS’s annual conference. A full job description can be found in the Regulations on CAAS’s website.
The Executive Director is normally a faculty member or administrator in a school, college, or university in the CAAS region, who can secure clerical help. All qualified persons, however, are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be a trained classicist who has demonstrated administrative, technological and interpersonal skills. The candidate must be a member of CAAS and must have been involved with CAAS in the past. The eventual Executive Director designate should plan to gain familiarity with the position by assisting current Executive Director, Professor Mary English, in preparing CAAS’s 2009 conference.
Compensation for the Executive Director will be negotiated between the candidate and the Search Committee. The Executive Director’s travel and lodging on CAAS business (unless covered by his/her home institution) and possible course coverage as well as office expenses are paid for by the Association. Since the successful candidate’s institution will become the Association’s headquarters, short-listed candidates will be asked to provide evidence of the support that their institution will provide to enable them to undertake this service to the profession. Fiscal arrangements and the appointment of the Executive Director are subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the CAAS Board of Directors.
Members of the Search Committee: David Murphy, Chair (Nightingale-Bamford School, emeritus), Mary English, ex-officio (Montclair State University), Ann Raia (College of New Rochelle, emerita), Matthew Santirocco (New York University), and Karin Suzadail (Owen J. Roberts High School).
Applications should consist of a cover letter and CV and include the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of two or three referees. Applications and nominations should be sent to Dr. David J. Murphy, President of CAAS, at 370 Central Park West, Apt. 504, New York, NY 10025, or electronically at david.murphy20 AT verizon.net. The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications and interviewing in January and will continue until the position is filled.
JOB: Postdoc in Roman Archaeology @ UManitoba
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology, 2009-2010
University of Manitoba, Canada
With funding from the Canada Research Council (CRC) Chair in Roman Archaeology, the Department of Classics, University of Manitoba, will offer a one-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology to commence July 1, 2009 (start date flexible). This postdoctoral fellowship will have an annual value of $40,000 Canadian, with a research allowance of $2000. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to undertake an independent research project dealing with a topic in Roman Archaeology or Art. The supervisor of this postdoctoral fellowship is Dr. Lea Stirling, CRC Chair in Roman Archaeology (Tier 2), whose interests encompass both archaeology and ancient art. Applicants should be not more than three years beyond their completed PhD; candidates with a defense scheduled by May 2009 are welcome to apply.
Although no teaching is required, the Postdoctoral fellow may also have the opportunity to teach up to 6 credits for additional remuneration subject to the availability of funds and the needs of the Department of Classics.
Qualified scholars may apply by sending a description of their proposed research project and curriculum vitae, and arranging for three confidential letters of reference to be sent to:
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Roman Archaeology
Department of Classics
University of Manitoba
220 Dysart Rd.
Winnipeg MB
R3T 2M8
CANADA
The successful candidate must have the Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2009. The University exercises a Canadian-first policy; however, all those qualified are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is February 20, 2009. Inquiries can be sent to Dr. Lea Stirling, CRC Chair in Roman Archaeology (Tier 2), at Lea_Stirling AT umanitoba.ca, or (phone) 204-474-7357.
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Manitoba).
JOB: Postdoc @ Brown
Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Humanities
Department of Classics, Brown University
The Department of Classics seeks applications for a post-doctoral fellowship
in classical reception studies for a tenure of two academic years: 2009-2010
and 2010-2011. We are looking for a scholar who specializes in the reception
of classical antiquity in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. The candidate
would be expected to be competent in Greek or Latin as well as the languages
necessary to his or her specific research. The Department of Classics would
house the fellow, who would also have the opportunity to participate in
departments and programs representing the relevant area studies.
Postdoctoral fellows will teach one course per semester, and participate as
well in the many activities of the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown.
Applicants should have received their doctorate from an institution other
than Brown University within the last five years. Applicants from outside
North America are strongly encouraged to apply. The two-year appointment
will begin July 1, 2009, or as soon as possible thereafter. Ph.D. or
equivalent is required by the time of appointment. Interested candidates
should send a letter of application, c.v., writing sample, and three letters
of reference to: Chair, Postdoctoral Fellowship Search, Department of
Classics, Brown University, Box 1856, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA.
Inquiries about the position and expressions of interest may be directed to
Kenneth_Haynes AT brown.edu. Review of applications will begin February 16th,
2009 and will continue until the position is filled; applications received
by February 24th will receive fullest consideration. Brown University is an
AA/EOE. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Some Sort of Series
I’ve been trying to avoid wholesale quoting of articles (other than obituaries), but it’s necessary for this item lest I be accused of taking something out of context and making it incomprehensible:
KINEAS and his Greek cavalry are dismissed from the all-conquering army of Alexander the Great and take up employment as mercenaries in the distant city of Olbia on the edges of the great grasslands of the steppes.
He is there to train the local citizens and turn them into a military force and immediately runs into political and deadly intrigue. Then comes the news that one of Alexander’s generals is to invade. Should the city state offer surrender or offer resistance? Their only hope is in an alliance with the wild Sakje tribesmen of the steppes.
Can Kineas and his men create a new army in time? Will an alliance with the Sakje last?
This is the first of a planned series set in the ancient world of fourth century BC. A wealth of wonderful characters including the warrior princess Srayanka and the Spartan Philokles fill the pages, along with battles, politics and even a love story. A terrific epic. Bring on volume two.
… not sure if this is a TV series, a comic book series, chapter books, trading cards, postage stamp or what.
- Epic bit of Greek fire (Huddersfield Daily Examiner
What To Do With A Classics Degree (sort of)
Well, not really … the Canadian Opera Company has a new musical director and the Star has an interviewish/background thing on him. Inter alia:
What would you be if you weren’t a performer?
I’d be an unhappy person. To be serious: I might have become a professor/teacher for classics. I was quite deep into ancient Greek when I was in school. Unfortunately, I’ve almost lost everything I learned, besides reading it. Walking around Greektown in Toronto, I was pleased to read some of the street signs written in Greek.
Breviaria 01/17/09
More cleaning of the inbox:
There’s a new issue of Iris Magazine out (I love this cover).
The recent AIA-APA shindig included a session on Podcasting and the Classics, which, of course, has a podcast presence on the web … personally, (rant) I think EVERY session should be thus covered as should every conference, ‘seminar’, etc. and folks should be taking advantage of places like Blogger to extend the discussion of papers beyond the conference room (/rant).
Caroline Bishop informs us (gratias tibi ago!) of a series of interesting posts by Don Ringe at Language Log on assorted IE linguistics things which should be of interest (the link takes you to the most recent; the previous ones are linked therein).
Biblical Archaeology Review has a nice online feature on Medicine in the Ancient World.
Elsewhere:
A couple more MPs are jumping on the repatriation of the Elgin/Parthenon marbles bandwagon:
This is a very old story on Alexander the Great which seems to be making a comeback; we note it here again just in case:
Albert Uderzo’s daughter isn’t a happy heiress:
- Asterix has sold out to the Empire (Guardian)
Wonder Woman has some new boots:
Touristy thing on Palmyra:
- Palmyra — past & present (Star)
Latest on the ‘Macedonia’ dispute:
A theatre item of potential interest:
- STAGE TUBE: South Coast Rep’s YOU, NERO (Broadway World)
Similiter:
- Stratford’s Caesar and Cleopatra coming to big screen (CBC … Christopher Plummer as JC)
I’m hoping to find a more substantial obituary for Vivian Swan:
Some inspiration/ideas for the teachers among us:
- New Dimensions students study Roman gods and goddesses (News Herald)
The ASCSA announces a new publication:
CONF: The Ancient World in Silent Cinema
[This looks severely interesting]:
UCL Department of Greek & Latin
presents
THE ANCIENT WORLD IN SILENT CINEMAan afternoon & evening of silent film screenings with piano accompaniment and related talks on
Wednesday 28 January 2009,
at UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
http://www.thebloomsbury.com/The event is open to the public and admission is free.
ALL ARE WELCOME.This is a remarkable opportunity. Almost all of the films to be screened
are not available for purchase in video or DVD format, and are rarely
shown in cinemas. They survive as viewing copies in film archives. Further
details about the films and our event can be found at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GrandLat/newsandevents/events/silentcinemaTHE AFTERNOON: ANCIENT GREECE
2-4pm Screenings of silent films set in ancient Greece
Amour d’esclave (Fr 1907) 7 mins
La Morte di Socrate (IT 1909) 5mins
Elettra (IT 1909) 6 mins
La Légende de Midas (Fr 1910) 8 mins
La Caduta di Troia (IT 1910) 19 mins
L’Odissea (IT 1911) 29 mins
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (US 1927)4-4.30 pm Tea/Coffee break
4.30-5.45pm Speakers
Pantelis Michelakis (Department of Classics & Ancient History, University
of Bristol) and Ian Christie (School of History of Art, Film and Visual
Media, Birkbeck, University of London)THE EVENING: ANCIENT ROME
7.15-7.45pm Speaker
Maria Wyke (Department of Greek & Latin, University College London)8pm-10pm Screenings of silent films set in ancient Rome
Julius Caesar (US 1908 ) 9 mins
Giulio Cesare (IT 1909) 7 mins
Cléopatre (Fr 1910) 9 mins
Lo Schiavo di Cartagine (IT 1910) 8 mins
Dall’amore al martirio (IT 1910) 11 mins
Patrizia e Schiava (IT 1919) 11 mins
A Roman Scandal (US 1924) 6 mins
Jone O Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei (IT 1913) 43 minsTHE ANCIENT WORLD IN SILENT CINEMA (2)
A second afternoon & evening of silent film screenings with piano
accompaniment and related talks will be held on Monday 22 June 2009, from
2-6 and 7-10 pm at the Bloomsbury Theatre. On that occasion the films will
have settings in Biblical or Near Eastern Antiquity.
details tbaORGANISERS
Maria Wyke (Department of Greek and Latin, UCL)
Pantelis Michelakis (Department of Classics, University of Bristol)These two events are linked to the launch of an international,
collaborative research project on antiquity in silent cinema, which Maria
Wyke and Pantelis Michelakis are planning. If you have any queries about
the research project or about these events please contact Maria Wyke
(m.wyke AT ucl.ac.uk).
We are deeply indebted to the BFI National Archive and its staff for their
investigations on our behalf, and for the loan of these precious films
from their collection.Supported by UCL Futures
– Encouraging Innovation & Opportunities
CONF: Short Notices
Some upcoming calls for papers/conferences with a web presence:
- Call for Submission for Volume 13 (2009) on GREEK TRAGEDY (Animus … a philosophy journal from Canada)
- Gods of SMALL THINGS (UReading … still in the CFP stage)
- Homo Romanus Graeca Oratione: from 2nd to 4th centuries: 300 years of Greek culture in the Roman Empire (Barcelona)
- XI Convegno Plutarcheo (pdf .. Milan)
CFP: Irony and the Ironic in Classical Literature
IRONY AND THE IRONIC IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
A conference at the University of Exeter, 1st-4th September 2009
Call for Papers
What precisely do we mean when we talk about ‘irony’?
The term ‘irony’ is often bandied about – as a glance at the Index of any commentary or literary-critical monograph will attest. Both ‘irony’ and the adjective ‘ironic’ are frequently (perhaps too frequently?) used as catch-all terms to describe a variety of effects within literary works, including unusual shifts of tone, slippage between overt and implied meanings, transparently deceptive or disingenuous narrative strategies and other self-conscious collusions with an implied reader or audience. But what sort of a phenomenon are we actually dealing with? Is irony (as many have thought) by its very nature too subtle, subjective or elusive a concept to be theorized? And what are its broader implications, once it has been identified?
These questions stimulate cross-cultural analysis, as irony may be understood differently in ancient and modern cultures. Although ironical effects, such as those outlined above, are found in abundance in ancient Greek and Roman literature, they were not theorized as such in antiquity. Instead, eiro-neia and related words were used to denote a more specific and limited mode of behaviour than we associate with irony in modern thought. Indeed, given that it has been thought that an ‘ironical’ outlook is a peculiarly modern concept, is our application of this outlook to ancient texts fundamentally anachronistic? What is the value of the concepts of irony and the ironic from the historicist perspective?
This conference is designed to open up the debate about this challenging concept, and to stimulate discussion from a diversity of perspectives. It is anticipated that proceedings of the conference will be published in book form. We invite papers dealing with irony in Greek and Latin literature, and we welcome also theoretical and comparative approaches to the concepts of irony and the ironic. Topics for consideration may include:
* frameworks for understanding ‘the ironic’, especially ancient conceptualizations of ‘the ironic’
* patterns of irony and the ironic
* irony and other strategies of collusion (e.g. parody, allusion, innuendo)
* the dynamics of irony – how is it effected?
* irony and intentionality – embedded or imported meanings?
* irony and the reader/reading-cultures in antiquity
* irony as a political, rhetorical or pedagogical strategy
* the politics of irony: exclusivity and esotericism – who’s ‘in’, who’s ‘out’?
Please send abstracts of ca. 300 words to one of the conference-organisers (below) by 28th February.
Matthew Wright (M.Wright AT exeter.ac.uk)
Karen Ní Mheallaigh (K.Ni-Mheallaigh AT exeter.ac.uk)
ED: Conventiculum Bostoniense
The Classics Department of UMass Boston offers:
Conventiculum Bostoniense, Latin by the Sea
(held on the campus of UMass Dartmouth)
August 1 – August 9, 2009
Vocamus vos, o magistri, ut linguam Latinam nobiscum in ora maritima colatis!
The Conventiculum Bostoniense is a full-immersion residential experience, specifically designed for teachers in schools and universities, who want to gain some ability to communicate ex-tempore in correct Latin on a wide range of subjects. Two different graduate level courses are offered during the Conventiculum, one for first time attendees and one for returning participants as described below. Days are filled with instructional activities, opportunities for social interaction and excursions to the beach and local attractions.
Latin 570 – Active Learning Methodologies for Teachers of Latin (3 graduate credits)
Designed as the first-year experience at the Conventiculum Bostoniense, this course introduces teachers of Latin to theories of second language acquisition and engages them intensively in speaking and writing Latin.
Latin 575 – Living Text: Vergil’s Ecologues (3 graduate credits)
Designed for repeat attendees of the Conventiculum Bostoniense or other spoken Latin programs, this course engages the participants in intensive study of Vergil’s Eclogues.
Audit Option
This option is designed for international attendees, school teachers over the age of 60 or college faculty who would like to attend the Conventiculum but who do not need graduate credit for their participation.
Costs for 2009 are TBA. 2008 fees were $1500 for credit/$800 for auditors, which includes room, materials, all entrance fees and several meals.
For further information and application see: www.conventiculum.org or contact Emily McDermott at UMass Boston: emily.mcdermott AT umb.edu or 617-287-6124.
From the Italian Press
First order of the day is catching up with a pile of Italian items which may or may not make it to the English press … as always, in no particular order:
A brief item on the discovery of a ‘warrior burial’ dating from the 4th century B.C. at San Severo:
- San Severo, recuperati resti guerriero dauno IV secolo A.C. (Teleradioerre)
- Scoperte tombe e reperti archeologici a San Severo, 4 denunce (Il Paese Nuovo)
A 4th/5th century mosaic from Reggio:
- «Queste scoperte sono straordinarie» (Gazzetta di Reggio)
A 4th century sarcophagus of a (high rank?) child from Bari:
- Archeologia, a Bari Vecchia scoperto il sarcofago di un bambino (La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno)
Remains of a couple of ‘Roman’ houses from the 3rd/2nd century B.C. at San Donaci (not sure if you can call things in this part of Puglia from this time ‘Roman’):
Plans are afoot to extend the digging area around the Roman Villa at Mantua:
- Per la domus dei mosaici altri 400 metri di scavo (Gazzetta di Mantova)
A while back we were told of the sanitation crisis at the site of Pompeii … it appears not much has improved (and emergency services aren’t great either, as a British tourist had a fatal heart attack there):
In the wake of all those ‘theme park’ stories, Ostia feels it should be getting more financial/political attention:
There’s a new ‘infopoint’ (presumably an information centre) at Herculaneum:
- ERCOLANO, APERTO INFOPOINT NEI PRESSI DEL MAV (Il Mediano)
The archaeological museum at Milan has reopened its Greek section with a new exhibition:
- “IL MONDO DEI GRECI” La nuova sezione Greca del Museo Archeologico (Comune di Milano)
- MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO, APRE NUOVA SEZIONE DEDICATA GRECIA ANTICA (La Repubblica)
- Il mondo dei Greci. Inaugura la nuova sezione greca del Museo Archeologico (Mi-Lorenteggio … I think)
I’m surprised I haven’t seen anything about this in the English press yet … the recovery of some 573 items dated to the 4th/5th centuries B.C. (mostly coins) from auctions on eBay from someone in Palermo:
- L´archeologia venduta sul web (La Repubblica)
A brief (and vague) item on the recovery of antiquities from a couple of guys in Torino:
Italy returned a pile of items purloined from Bulgaria (the numbers vary):
