March 30, 2010
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Seen on the Classics list: The Classics Department at the University of Arizona is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor for the academic year 2010-2011 beginning in August of 2010. This is a full time and benefits eligible position. Candidates should be broadly trained classicists prepared to teach six courses (three courses per semester), including one…
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This one’s making the rounds and is in multiple copies in my mailbox … excerpts from a very interesting item at the National Geographic. A 1,700-year-old sarcophagus found in an abandoned city near Rome could contain the body of a gladiator or a Christian dignitary, say archaeologists who are preparing to examine the coffin in…
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The incipit of a piece from ANSA (tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin): Part of the ceiling of Roman Emperor Nero’s Domus Aurea collapsed on Tuesday.Some 60 square meters of the baths built on top of the Golden House by the emperor who succeeded Nero, Trajan, came down because of seepage from recent heavy…
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ante diem iii kalendas apriles 317 B.C. — death of Phocion (?) 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Quirinus at Rome
rogue classicism 