November 22, 2010
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This is the sort of thing that makes me kind of uncomfortable to mention. From Ralph Luker, who oversees the Cliopatria blog: David, Nominations are open until midnight 30 November for the Cliopatria Awards, 2010. There are six awards, for Best Group Blog, Best Individual Blog, Best New Blog, Best Post, Best Series of Posts,…
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From Adnkronos: An almost 2,000 year-old Roman temple dedicated to Diana, the goddess of virgins and wild animals, has been unearthed in a protected park in the Italian region of Tuscany. The ancient religious sanctuary, found in the Maremma national park is 350 square metres large, and was discovered in perfect condition by a team…
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Brief item from the Jerusalem Post: Archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a 1,800-year-old bathing pool in Jerusalem built by soldiers from the Tenth Roman Legion, the Legion that destroyed the Temple a few years before, reported Israel Radio on Monday. Remains of the pool were discovered during excavations in the Jewish Quarter where…
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These are really good, as mentioned … this one would be a good one to begin a class on what went on in the arena, albeit from a popculch sort of view. There are some things that might be discussion-worthy here (e.g. the presentation of the pollice verso)
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ante diem x kalendas decembres c. 70 A.D. — martyrdom of Philemon and Apphia c. 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Cecilia
rogue classicism 