September 18, 2010
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Interesting art thingy via Reuters: Raging fire will appear to consume Rome’s ancient Colosseum in a dramatic art spectacle over the next few nights aimed at igniting debate on the fragility of Europe’s cultural heritage sites. For artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz, engulfing the vast Roman amphitheatre in virtual flames will be the culmination…
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This is very peripheral to our purview, but what the heck … my kid plays Assassin’s Creed and the forthcoming Brotherhood installment looks very interesting. The trailer has this one set in Rome and one sees some very interesting monuments throughout … my spiders brought this one back because of mention of the Colosseum (which…
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This is an interesting story … seems to come from Lansing, Michigan: Hail, Spartacus! No, that can’t be right. Spartacus was a humble slave who broke out of gladiator school, gathered a slave army and fought the fat cats of imperial Rome. He wore burlap, probably was a socialist, and never pulled rank on his…
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From the world of UEFA Champions League soccer this week comes an item of interest … here’s a little excerpt from Sports Illustrated: The Union of European Football Associations said the banner reading “Romani ite domum” – Latin for “Romans Go Home” – was considered provocative. The slogan references a scene in the movie comedy…
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As I gear up to clear up the backlog, I feel it’s necessary to mention that I am not associated with this Rogue Classicist blog (which seems to be by a person with a Classics background and a semi-similar taste in music as me) … another one with the same Rogue Classicist moniker which I…
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