July 19, 2010
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It seems to be a bit of a slow news day, and while I procrastinate finishing the office clean up, I’ve done some housekeeping items which I’ve had on the list for a while. Specifically, my ‘Classical Blogosphere’ (i.e. the blogroll) is now in the sidebar ‘below the fold’. At the bottom of the page…
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Image via CrunchBase From the New York Times: “A blinding vision.” That’s how the first century B.C. Roman architect and theoretician Vitruvius described the fresco technique popular during his time, and it’s an apt description for the newly revamped rooms of an ancient villa that is showcased at the Palazzo Massimo, part of the Roman…
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I’m semi-surprised there hasn’t been a bit more hype for this upcoming anniversary … I know they’re planning a number of ongoing events at Oxford, but really haven’t heard much else. This item comes from Reuters: Exactly two and a half millennia after the Battle of Marathon, an event widely acknowledged to have ensured the…
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Image via Wikipedia Tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin for this one from the Glasgow Herald, but which appears to be only available from findarticles.com for some reason; I don’t think we had an obituary for Dr MacDowell: AN esteemed professor has stunned the Scottish academic world by leaving a pound(s)2 million fortune to…
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Ecce: Starz casts Spartacus prequel | Reuters.
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