September 22, 2009

CONF: Bristol Research Seminar, Autumn 2009

Seen on the Classicists list: Department of Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar Seminars are held in the Classics Seminar Room, G37, 11 Woodland Road, and start at 4.10 p.m. except where noted. All welcome, especially postgraduate students; any queries, please contact n.d.g.morley AT bris.ac.uk. 6th October: Neville Morley (Bristol): ‘Thucydides and the Idea of…

CFP: All Roads Lead From Rome

All Roads Lead From Rome : The Classical (non)Tradition in Popular Culture 9th April 2010 Department of Classics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Keynote speaker: Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania. The aim of this conference is to bring together papers that consider the many ways that classics informs the world…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas octobres

ante diem x kalendas octobres Mercatus — the Romans continue the shopping spree 479 B.C. — the Persian general Mardonius is killed in the Battle of Plataea (source? … seems a little late) 36 B.C. — the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus agrees to retire after losing all his military support to Octavian 19 B.C. —…