May 27, 2009
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seen on the Classicists list: The Erotics of Narrative’ An international KYKNOS conference KYKNOS, the Swansea and Lampeter Centre for Research on the Narrative Literatures of the Ancient World 15-17 July, Gregynog Hall For booking information see: www.kyknos.org.uk Conference organisers: John.Morgan AT swansea.ac.uk m.plantinga AT lamp.ac.uk; I.Repath AT swansea.ac.uk Theme…
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Interesting item in the North West Evening Mail on how much it would cost if they were to build Hadrian’s Wall today … here’s the incipit: Carillion, which is working on the Waterfront business park on Barrow Island, which includes some traditional stone walls, calculated that it would take around 1,500 construction workers about two-and-a-half…
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… seen on the Classicists list: Dear all, you can listen to the latest episode of Warwick’s ‘Classics in Discussion’ podcast. It is on ’Epic Poetry: from Homer to Virgil’. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/podcast It is also available on iTunesU; see http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/warwick.ac.uk.2015041076
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from the Classics list: ARCHAEOLOGY ADMINISTRATOR (AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN SOFIA) The American Research Center in Sofia (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs) seeks to appoint an archaeology administrator. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in archaeology from a North American university, experience in both American and Bulgarian excavations, and fluency in Bulgarian. The position involves handling the solicitation…
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ante diem vi kalendas junias 189 A.D. — birth of P. Septimius Geta, son of the emperor-to-be Septimius Severus and Julia Domna and brother of the emperor-to-be Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla) 270 A.D. — martyrdom of Restituta at Sora (?) 302 A.D. — Martyrdom of Julius at Durostorum 1265 — birth of Dante Alighieri
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