This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas quinctilis
pridie kalendas quinctilis Outside of the twentieth wedding anniversary (!) of the rogueclassicist, the closest thing to anything ‘Classical’ for this date is the commemoration of the Protomartyrs of Rome (given a date of 64 A.D.) who were the Christians scapegoated by Nero for the big fire …
Cleopatra’s Death: Another Theory
The incipit of a brief item in the Telegraph: The Queen of the Nile ended her life in 30BC and it has always been held that it was the bite of an asp – now called the Egyptian cobra – which caused her demise. Now Christoph Schaefer, German historian and professor at the University of [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias
ante diem iii kalendas quinctilias 179 B.C. (?) — dedication of a Temple of Hercules and the Muses (and associated rites thereafter) 29 B.C. — restoration of the Temple of Quirinus
Garum Festival
Are Classicists aware of this event in Tunisia? The Garum summer festival was held on June 26 at the Sidi Slimane Cultural Center in Nabeul, at the initiative of the Safeguarding Association of the city. It is a gastronomic and scientific event highlights yet an unknown aspect of the ancient Roman city, Neapolis (Nabeul). Gurum [...]
“Classicist”
My spiders are really scraping, it seems … and it appears we Classicist types aren’t so good in puzzle situations, per se: Word classicist meaning. Word classicist definition. Free crossword dictionary. | Word Famous.
Citanda: How Did the Victims of Vesuvius Die?
Image via Wikipedia Since I seem to have a wonky internet connection this a.m., I’ll link to this very interesting blog post based on: a study just published in PLoS ONE by Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, Pierpaolo Petrone, Lucia Pappalardo and Fabio Guarino, entitled Lethal Thermal Impact at Periphery of Pyroclastic Surges: Evidences at Pompeii. How did [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias
ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias 4 A.D. –the future emperor Tiberius adopts his nephew Germanicus 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Irenaeus at Lugdunum c. 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Potamiaena 1701 — Death of Thomas Creech (translator of various Latin poets)
No … I Won’t Say ‘It’s All Greek to Me’ …
Ouch: From being on location in Syria and Tunisia on a movie set to reading the Greek classics such as Pliny the Younger, local teachers and school staff have their work cut out for them this summer. via Marblehead Patch, MA – Series Review: How Will Teachers Spend Their Summers?.
Lowell Edmunds in the Top Five!
The Wall Street Journal has a piece on the top five books on alcohol, and Lowell Edmunds’ Martini book is there … inter alia: 5. Martini, Straight Up By Lowell Edmunds Johns Hopkins, 1998 In the midst of his distinguished career as a classicist, Lowell Edmunds paused to focus his critical talents on a cultural [...]
Infanticide at Buckinghamshire Brothel? I Doubt It …
As is typical, when life is most hectic comes the time when the most interesting bloggables start flashing past me on Twitter, Facebook, and in email. I can’t get to them all today, but I do want to quickly comment an item from the Telegraph regarding possible evidence of infanticide associated with remains of a Roman [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas quinctilias
ante diem vii kalendas quinctilias ludi Taurei quinquennales (day 1) — an obscure festival possibly in honour of the di inferi (read Bill Thayer’s note on the ‘quinquennales’ part) 107 A.D. — the emperor Trajan arrives in Rome and celebrates his second triumph over the Dacians
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis
ante diem viii kalendas quinctilis under Servius — dedication of two temples to Fors Fortuna (and associated rites thereafter) 1 B.C. — birth of John the Baptist (traditional date) 79 A.D. — dies imperii of the emperor Titus 109 A.D. — the Aqua Traiana are officially dedicated 1741 — Birth of Alexander Adam (Classics educator) 1989 — death of Russell Meiggs [...]
Roman Fort in Cornwall?
Image via Wikipedia From the Telegraph: Pottery and other evidence suggesting the presence of an ironworks have been found at the undisclosed location near St Austell, Cornwall. Experts say the discovery challenges the belief that Romans did not settle in the county and stopped in neighbouring Devon. The site had previously been regarded as an [...]
More from Sofia/Serdica
On the heels of last week’s announcement of the opening of a major Roman site to the public, the Sofia News Agency tells us that archaeologists are on the trail (they hope) of Constantine’s palace there too: A large ancient building located under the St. Nedelya Cathedral in downtown Sofia might turn out to be [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias
ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias 47 B.C. — birth of Caesarion, a.k.a Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor (son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra) 79 A.D. — death of the emperor Vespasian 1986 — death of Moses Finley
Comparanda: Epic Tibetan Epic Performance
If you ever have folks who doubt the ability of someone being able to recite Homer alone: ‘Divinely Inspired’ Young Tibetan Sings World’s Longest Poem | Huffington Post.
Citanda: Latin Cognomina at NRO
Onomastics Corner has a brief item on some of the ‘better’ Latin cognomina: via Onomastics Corner – John Derbyshire – The Corner on National Review Online. … of course, if you want more of this sort of thing (and I’m sure you do), check out N.S. Gill’s large list …
Gladiators in York: Followup
Image via Wikipedia Brief item from York Press: A SKELETON – thought to be the remains of a Roman gladiator – has gone on display in York. The skeleton is on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre from today. It is one of 80 skeletons unearthed in the city by York Archaeological Trust over the [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas quinctilis
Image via Wikipedia ante diem x kalendas quinctilis 217 B.C. — Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III at the battle of Raphia (by one reckoning) 168 B.C. — Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeats Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, bringing the Third Macedonian War to an end 109 A.D. — the Baths of Trajan open
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias
Image via Wikipedia ante diem xi kalendas quinctilias 546 B.C. — death of Thales of Miletus (source?) 217 B.C. — Hannibal deals the Romans a major defeat at Lake Trasimene
Cleveland MOA’s Ancient Galleries Reopening
Image via Wikipedia Nice series of articles in the Plain Dealer: A new era for ancient works: Cleveland Museum of Art’s renovated 1916 galleries open June 26 (Intro; nice photo) An epic adventure through time: New 1916 galleries at Cleveland Museum of Art open Saturday (General overview; slideshow) Cleveland Museum of Art’s new galleries include [...]
Citanda: When Roman Statues Play Pranks
Image via Wikipedia Souren Melikian writes in the New York Times on the unbelievable prices reached by a couple of antiquities with interesting stories at Sotheby’s latest (including that Serpents and Satyrs piece we pondered for a while): via When Roman Statues Play Pranks – NYTimes.com.
Digging Idalion
A press release from Cyprus’ Press and Information Office: The Ministry of Communications and Works (Department of Antiquities) announces the completion of the twentieth excavation season of the Department of Antiquities’ systematic excavations at the site of ancient Idalion. Excavations at the site began in 1991 and continue until today under the direction of the [...]
Roman Post Hole in Jersey
A few days ago it was Berkeley, now it’s Jersey … still not in North America, though. Brief item from the BBC: Excavations were made at Grouville Church as part of work to extend the building, when archaeologists were called in to monitor the work. The Reverend Mike Lange-Smith, rector of the church, said a [...]
Roman Remains in Sofia
AFP seems to be the only one covering this … I can’t find that we’ve mentioned anything about this before either: The remains of an ancient Roman town were on Thursday unveiled to the public in the centre of the Bulgarian capital Sofia. Excavation of the site — which currently includes a Roman palace, baths [...]
