March 29, 2011
-
Very interesting item from the Wine Spectator which actually answers some long-held questions I’ve had about wines from Mt Massico: Our image of ancient Roman drinking—bloated patricians, slurry sophists and jezebels washing down coarse wine from jars—is only part of the story. Ample evidence exists that ancient Rome had a fine wine culture much like…
-
I’m not familiar with Philippine customs, so I don’t know if donning a toga for an impeachment proceeding is tradition or theatre … coming into the incidents in medias res isn’t helpful for interpretation either, so FWIW: SEN. PANFILO Lacson reported for work Monday, after going AWOL (absent without leave) for more than 13 months.…
-
They’re having a conference to mark his retirement at UT Austin: The Department of Classics at The University of Texas at Austin will host a conference on “Greek Law in the 21st Century” to celebrate the career and retirement of Professor Emeritus Michael Gagarin, March 31-April 2. The event is free and open to the…
-
Nice when the big guns step in … from the Harvard Crimson: Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas joined students, parents, and other Massachusetts professors yesterday evening at a public hearing at F.A. Day Middle School, urging the Newton Public School Committee to reconsider the implementation of a proposed budget that would eliminate Latin courses at…
-
ante diem iv kalendas apriles 119 — martyrdom of Secundus at Asti ca. 311 — martyrdom of Pastor, Victorinus, and companions at Nicomedia
rogue classicism 