Classicist Smackdown over Two Year Degrees in the UK
Image via Wikipedia Someone of importance in the UK has apparently suggested that two year degrees are feasible … if not desireable. In the Telegraph, Classicist Harry Mount seems to agree: The myth still exists that giving students lots of time to themselves to work produces much better results than locking them up in a [...]
Citanda: Hercules Flick in the Works?
Hmmm … been working on it for three years but it’s still in the ‘development stage’ … kind of sounds like a Hannibal flick that we kept hearing about that still hasn’t materialized … Brett Ratner’s Herculean task? | Los Angeles Times.
Citanda: Gladiator School
Another journalist makes the trip to Rome to learn gladiating with the fine folks at Gruppo Storico Romano … this one’s actually a good read: Strap on your sword and sandals for gladiator school | Houston Chronicle.
This Day in Ancient History: idus quinctilias
idus quinctilias Mercatus — gotta stock the cupboards! probatio/transvectio equitum Romanorum — the semi-annual parade of the horsey set
