July 13, 2010
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Dear all, I am contacting you in anticipation that you will be able to assist in efforts to ensure that Latin does not disappear from the curriculum in Scotland, particularly in the state sector. The examination board, the…
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Image via Wikipedia I’ve been waiting for my spiders to bring me this one … but they seemed to have stopped at Francesca Tronchin’s first (tip o’ the pileus). Brief item from Balkan Travellers: An archaeologist has discovered unique wall paintings in an ancient residence in the late Roman town of Novae, located in northern…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Franz Cumont, who is back from the dead, living on Facebook, and posting interesting things every now and then. This one comes from Le Monde: Pistillus était un grand potier. Du moins par l’abondance de sa production. Pour le goût, c’est une autre histoire. Ses céramiques auraient leur place au…
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With all the crises going on in Greece, it’s probably not surprising we haven’t heard much about the campaign to get the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles back for quite a while, but interestingly, over the past few weeks there’s doings afoot in Australia, of all places. First I read of an impending legal challenge in an article…
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Obviously marking his birthday: Julius Caesar | Oxford DNB: Lives of the week. In case this shifts over the next few days, here’s the ODNB main page …
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