Philip and Alexander’s campaigns in this one:  

OMG!  The whole Crassus-lost-army-siring-Chinese-folks thing is getting increasingly silly. We mentioned the other day a piece from a Chinese source which brought up the story again, reminding folks of what the “study” in question actually said.  As far as I can tell from the original report, there hasn’t been any ‘new’ study other than the [...]

Since the Pompeii one (below) is kind of depressing, here’s one that will put a smile on your face:

This one’s a bit different … good for establishing a mood or closing off your class about the eruption of Vesuvius:

Image via Wikipedia ante diem viii kalendas decembres 29/30 A.D. — partial solar eclipse in the eastern Mediterranean which is sometimes associated with the crucifixion 62 A.D. — death of the satirist Aulus Persius Flaccus (source?) 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Felicissimus and Firmina 1977 — the discovery of a tomb believed to be that [...]

Use this one to recruit folks to take your ClassCiv course or Latin or whatever:  

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, [...]

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 [...]

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)  

Seen on Classicists (please respond to the folks mentioned below, not rogueclassicism): The Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway College, University of London is pleased to announce a conference entitled: Eight Years in Babylon: Classics and the Iraq War Eight Years On. In Western Europe and North America, one of [...]

Seen on various lists (please respond to the folks mentioned below, not rogueclassicism): UGA’s 2011 Summer Institute courses have been announced! To view the flyer: http://classics.uga.edu/temp%20images%20pdfs/summerinstituteposter11.pdf Each year the Institute offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate Latin and Classics courses, including, in odd-numbered years, a methods course for Latin teachers and Intensive Beginning Greek [...]

Seen on various lists (please respond to the folks mentioned below, not rogueclassicism): American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School This six-week program is designed to provide qualified graduate students, mature undergraduates, and middle school, high school, and two-year college teachers with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome [...]

From Cambs Times: The find reveals a new junction on the historic Fen Causeway road which runs underneath Whitemoor Marshalling Yards, the site where Network Rail are building a brand new railway reycling centre worth £23 million. The discovery points towards the town’s ancient history as a centre for settlement and trade, and provides evidence [...]

Zeus changing to Athena. … Hera warned him about hanging out with Teiresias

Paul Halsall and Lyn Green alerted me to a pile of videos at YouTube which y’all might enjoy … we’ll post one a day or so until they run out: