Yet Another Cleo Biography
Image via Wikipedia From an interview in the New York Times: Gail Collins: Your new biography of Cleopatra is coming out this fall, right? I’m reading it, and I’m pretty sure that from now on, whenever I hear elected officials complain about the treachery of their opponents, I’m just going to say: “Ha! You should [...]
Pausulae Discovered?
From Adnkronos: Aerial photos taken on Monday from a police surveillance plane have revealed what is believed to be a large ancient Roman settlement near the eastern Italian city of Macerata. Archaeologists say the site could be part of the mysterious city of Pausulae. The city is described by 1st century AD historian Pliny The [...]
Classical Ink III
This just in … from Jim “Meech” K: … for all you fans of Simonides …
Statue of Liberty … from Perge?
One of the reasons for the paucity of posts over the past while was that I was in a very low/expensive bandwidth situation which didn’t give me the luxury of checking stories which landed in my mailbox. This excerpt from some sort of travel site is a prime example: This in itself would be reason [...]
Did Pertinax Sleep at Lullingstone Roman Villa?
Image via Wikipedia An uncharacteristically-not-sensational item from the Daily Mail: Historians are becoming increasingly convinced that a villa uncovered 20 miles from London was once home to Britain’s Roman Governor. Since Lullingstone Roman Villa was first uncovered in the 1930s experts believed it was once the home of a leading Roman or wealthy Briton, but [...]
Templum Pacis to Come to Light! (and more!?)
This is potentially very exciting and I’m surprised it hasn’t been picked up by more English press coverage … the conclusion to a Rossella Lorenzi piece at Discovery News: The centerpiece of the Forum of Peace was indeed the temple. Built in 71-75 A.D by Vespasian, the Temple of Peace celebrated the brutal pacification of [...]
d.m. Bernard Knox
From the New York Times: Bernard M. W. Knox, an authority on the works of Sophocles, a prolific scholar and the founding director of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, died July 22 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 95. The cause was a heart attack, said his son, MacGregor. An American born and [...]
Classical Ink II
None of you classically-inked types have taken up my request for submissions of your bodyart yet, so we’ll post one that showed up in another blog (tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin via Twitter for this one): That one is from Archaeopop, which is always worth a look … As long as we’re talking [...]
Classical Role Models?
An account of the opening of a new high school in Fontana, California includes the following excerpt: “This will have a positive impact across the district,” said Fontana Unified Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks. “It will relieve overcrowding at Fontana High and benefit students instructionally.” The mostly indoor campus is organized under a Greek theme. Teachers will [...]
Sharing Ancient Wisdoms Project
Image via Wikipedia … looks interesting … here’s an excerpt from the project’s webpage: With the support of a team at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, and the Cente for e-Research at King’s, Charlotte Roueché will be working with experts on such collections in Greek (Denis Searby, of Uppsala) and in Arabic (Stephan [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas septembres
Image by Gauis Caecilius via Flickr ante diem xv kalendas septembres 29 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Divus Julius (and associated rites thereafter) 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Florus and Laurus in Illyria 328 A.D. — death of Helena, mother of Constantine
