Rethinking that ‘Roman Swiss Army Knife’
Francesca Tronchin has been expressing some doubts about that ‘Roman Swiss Army Knife’ story from the Daily Mail that’s been making the rounds (The Roman Swiss Army Knife 2010 January 30) and has suggested that it’s either a fake or dated too early. On the way into work this a.m. it suddenly struck me that [...]
Podcast: Renaissance Thought: the Lost Continent between Logic and the Occult
Seen on Classicists: Dear all, in the latest instalment of Classics in Discussion, Peter Mack and Maude Vanhalen discuss ‘Renaissance Thought: the Lost Continent between Logic and the Occult’. The podcast can be downloaded directly from the Warwick web site http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/podcast and should also be available soon on iTunesU http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/warwick.ac.uk.2015041076 Here’s the ‘official description’: Peter [...]
Save Palaeography at King’s College London Petition
There is now an online petition: Save Palaeography at King’s College London Petition. Here’s the backstory: Cuts at King’s College London?
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii nonas februarias
ante diem iii nonas februarias 316 a.d. — martyrdom of St. Blaise 1995 — death of John Pinsent (classicist and founder of Liverpool Classical Monthly)
