Some (all?) of the papers from this panel have been made available at the APA site: New Approaches to the Political & Military History of the Greek, Roman, and Late Roman Worlds Man it would be nice if every panel did this sort of thing … or at least had podcasts of the presentations … [...]
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APA Panel: Military History of the Greek, Roman, and Late Roman Worlds
Posted: March 7, 2009 by rogueclassicist in Uncategorized2
If you haven’t visited Laura Gibbs’ Latin via Fables blog yet, you really should as she’s past the ‘fifty fable’ mark … Latin teachers especially will find this ‘slideshow approach’ to learning the language (as opposed to the words) a useful addition to their arsenal … The HCA (History, Classics, Archaeology) Subject Centre Newsletter (pdf) [...]
Some associations have recently put their newsletters online: Egyptian Exploration Society (pdf) CANEns (pdf) The APA has posted the latest info on its Campaign for Classics, including some demos (videos) of how the ‘gateway’ is going to work. They have also put up a Slate of Candidates for Election in Summer 2009.
A smattering of items on the ongoing vivacity of Latin: A general piece on assorted Latin words and phrases still in use: Latin still on our lips (Barbados Advocate) On the resurgence of Latin in Athens, Georgia: Latin resurges in classrooms (Banner Herald) And a tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin for Retweeting these [...]
Some brief items which passed ‘neath my caerulean brow this past week or so: They’re starting to ponder proposals for a ‘facelift’ for Housesteads Roman Fort: Major facelift at Roman fort (Courant) Construction workers in Highworth dug up a Roman ‘pot’ (actually, a 2nd century or so cremation vessel): Builders dig up ancient Roman pot [...]
One of the reason I have been skeptical of efforts to return assorted items to Greece is the fact that access to such items always seems to be affected by strikes (heck, on our honeymoon, a trip to Corinth was bypassed because of a ferry strike) … this week, e.g., folks couldn’t visit the Acropolis: [...]
I’m trying out some new ‘organizational principles’ for certain types of post … one category will be devoted to items where a particular Classicist and/or their work is the focus, to wit: Paul Cartledge: The myths of ‘ancient Greece’ dispelled (Charlotte Higgins in the Guardian) Robert Graves: From Meccania to Atlantis – Part 9: Goodbye [...]
A piece from the L.A. Times features an interviewish thing with soon-to-retire NHL referee Ron Schick … inter alia: Among his fondest memories, he said, is working the outdoor game between the Kings and New York Rangers in 1991 in the parking lot outside Casears Palace in Las Vegas. “Kelly Hrudey wore the Hrudey-cam, Caesar [...]
According to the World Weekly News (which seems to still exist online), Poseidon is taking credit for the fires in Australia … hmmmmm THE RETURN OF POSEIDON
The incipit of a piece in the Los Angeles Times: The gladiators charge each other with a great clashing and crashing of arms and armor. It’s hard to say who looks more fearsome: Atropo or Taurus. Atropo, the towering Germanic barbarian, wears a mask of black war paint, a headband over her blond hair and [...]
Richard Griffiths sent this one in (tip o’ the pileus!) — I think for my Explorator newsletter, but it seems better here. It’s a nice Picture of the Day from NASA of a phenomenon of the moon being distorted by the Earth’s atmosphere and the image dubbed (by Jules Verne, no less) an Etruscan Vase [...]
The incipit of a piece in the Melrose Free Press: The Latin word duco means “to lead” and according to Dr. Laurence Kepple, Latin teacher at Melrose High School, Latin can lead students to the best possible college — and better financial aid offers. Take for instance “duco,” one of many Latin words used everyday, [...]
From Hurriyet: The statues of Roman emperors Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius are being kept in a depot at the Burdur Archaeology Museum due to a lack of exhibition space. The statues stirred up international excitement when they were unearthed. Hadrian’s giant statue, found in 2007 during the now 17-year-old excavation at Sagalassos, was on exhibition [...]
Another one I misfiled, then found a pile of others on the same subject (this is what happens with sausage fingers on an iPod Touch) … Assorted media outlets are reporting that Silvio Berlusconi is trying to move the Riace Bronzes to Sardinia for the July G8 Summit, and as might be expected, there is [...]
As I try to cleanup the backlog caused by assorted technical things over the past couple of weeks, I have come across an item I misfiled which I find to be very interesting. The Sunday Herald (February 27, 2009) reports on the ‘sudden’ (for want of a better term) decline in tombaroli. It begins thusly: [...]
