Ex Deo’s Latest: Battle of Actium
For all you metal fans, Ex Deo has released its next video on a significant day (Festival of Mars) … the Battle of Actium (I think Romulus was a bit better, but this one works too …). If you aren’t a metal fan, well … sorry.
Caesar’s Assassination @ Youtube
Interesting stuff to be gleaned at Youtube (besides the Wayne and Schuster sketch) … here’s a talk by Michael Parenti on the assassination (written for a general audience, it seems): Here’s the version from Joseph Mankiewicz’ 1953 film version of Shakespeare’s play: This one’s from a 1979 version of the play directed by Herbert Wise [...]
d.m. Kathryn Thomas
Kathryn Thomas was the person to go to if you ever needed an ancient recipe, a translation of a Roman tomb inscription or a tour of Grecian antiquities. Thomas, an associate professor at Creighton University, spent a lifetime studying and teaching the classics to students young and old. She died of cancer Wednesday at a [...]
Caesar’s Last Day
Not sure why I’ve never done this before, but here’s Suetonius’ account of Caesar’s assassination (via Lacus Curtius): More than sixty joined the conspiracy against him, led by Gaius Cassius and Marcus and Decimus Brutus. At first they hesitated whether to form two divisions at the elections in the Campus Martius, so that while some [...]
Akropolis World News in Classical Greek
Writer Miguel Delibes dies / Papoulias chosen President of Greece / Turkey summons Swedish ambassador / Beheaded vikings found in England
CFP: Atlantic Classical Association Annual Meeting
Seen in the Canadian Classical Bulletin: Call for Papers for the 2010 Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association October 15-16, 2010 at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax NS The Classics program at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax will be hosting the Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association on Friday October 15 and Saturday October 16, [...]
Boris Johnson on the Utility of Learning Latin
The mayor of London pens a lengthy piece in the Telegraph: Being an even-tempered fellow, and given that we have already put up with so much nonsense from the Labour Government, I find there are very few ministerial pronouncements that make me wild with anger. We have learnt to be phlegmatic about the mistakes of [...]
Rinse the Blood Off My Toga
It being the date that it is, it is necessary to perform the annual ritual of watching a classic in Canadian comedy, appropriate for the day:
‘Assassination Medal’
Obviously to coincide with the day, the British Museum is putting a gold ‘ides’ coin on display. For background, here’s the Guardian coverage: A unique gold coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar, which may have been worn as a boastful talisman by one of the emperor’s killers, will go on display at the British [...]
This Day in Ancient History: idus martias
idus martias festival of Mars continues (day 15) festival of Jupiter festival/rites in honour of Anna Perenna (Happy New Year!) 44 B.C. — murder of Gaius Julius Caesar ca. 1st century A.D. — martyrdom of Longinus (the soldier who is said to have pierced Jesus’ side with a spear) in Cappadocia
