A sort of catch up/latest news post … back in February (and still in my mailbox!) we read at PhysOrg (inter alia): Led by Professor Ian Haynes, the team is focusing its attention on the site of a major discovery of Roman altars 140 years ago. The site where the altars were found now forms [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: SOLINUS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Some of us who are fascinated by Solinus’ astonishingly influential and amazingly neglected Collectanea Rerum Memorabilum are gathering to talk about him and it in Craigard 26, School of Classics at St Andrews on Monday 13th June. Participants will include Eran Almagor (Ben Gurion), Kai [...]

pridie kalendas junias 70 A.D. — Titus captures Jerusalem’s outermost wall. 1st century — martyrdom of Petronilla 170 A.D. — martyrdom of Hermias at Cappadocia 1723 — death of William Baxter (grammarian and translator of Latin)  

Adrian Murdoch’s series continues with I’m-a-lawyer-not-a-fighter Macrinus: #22 Macrinus: Emperors of Rome

ante diem iii kalendas junias 339 A.D. — death of Eusebius (by one reckoning)

Pearls Before Swine

There is a Latin origin … not really Classical, but interesting: Science Diction: The Origin Of The Word “Syphilis” | Science Friday.

Seen on the Classicists list: Beyond Self-Sufficiency Households, City-States and Markets in the Ancient Greek World Durham, 2nd-5th July 2011 We are rapidly filling up our spaces for the ‘Beyond Self-Sufficiency’ conference, but if you wish to attend there are several spaces left; please contact the organisers if you hope to come along: Mark Woolmer [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: THEMES IN LATIN LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION: A COLLOQUIUM IN HONOUR OF NIALL RUDD Monday, 13 June 2011, 1.15 pm – 6.15 pm Bosanquet Seminar Room, School of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, 12 Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool The Department of Philosophy and the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology [...]

… from Business Weekly: Zeus wins top ‘cloud’ accolade … and we should be surprised because?

About a month ago we mentioned a vague item about some looting at the site of Elefsina; we now learn that arrests have been made. From ANA: Attica prefecture security police announced late Thursday that they have solved in cooperation with Culture Ministry the April 15, 2011 case of a major theft of antiquities from [...]

I’ve really got to start doing some serious stretching before I start reading email these days; I think I just injured myself shaking my head for the umpteenth time … from China Daily: Construction has begun on a 200 million yuan ($30 million) project to restore the ancient town of Liqian from its ruins in [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: *CALL FOR PAPERS* «POETIC LANGUAGE AND RELIGION IN GREECE AND ROME» SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, MAY, 31 MAY / 1 JUNE, 2012 We welcome paper proposals for the Conference on «Poetic Language and Religion in Greece and Rome», organized by the Research Group on Classical Philology at the University of Santiago [...]

Seen on the Classics list: Penn-Leiden Colloquia on Ancient Values VII CALL FOR PAPERS The Penn-Leiden Colloquia on Ancient Values were established as a biennial venue in which scholars could investigate the diverse aspects of Greek and Roman values. Each colloquium focuses on a single theme, which participants explore from a diversity of perspectives and [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: ANNOUNCING CA 2012, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER In 2012 the annual meeting of the Classical Associa­tion will be hosted by the Department of Classics & Ancient His­tory at the University of Exeter. The dates for the conference are 11th-14th April 2012. The plenary lectures and panels will be held on campus [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: New York University Classics Graduate Student Conference December 3, 2011 Keynote Speaker: TBA Ancient Aitia: Explaining Matter between Belief and Knowledge Why does a shepherd’s song echo in the mountains? What causes epilepsy? Why does the priest of Herakles on Kos wear women’s clothes? Graeco-Roman sources abound in myths of [...]

Seen on AegeaNet: The Department of Greek and Roman Classics at Temple University invites applications from candidates for a definite non-tenure-track, full-time position for 2011-12. This position has been authorized consequent to the appointment of Associate Professor Daniel Berman as Director of Intellectual Heritage/Mosaic for 2011-12. Since Professor Berman will in 2012-13 be the Professor [...]

ante diem viii kalendas junias rites in honour of Fortuna Publica Populi Romani Quiritium Primigenia on the Quirinal hill 585 B.C. — Thales possibly predicted the eclipse on this day 535 B.C. — the foundations for the Second Temple at Jerusalem were begun 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Julius of Durostorum and companions