July 2011
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Ages ago I mentioned the Classics Confidential folks and trusted youtube to inform me of updates … so I’m way behind … in this one, Dr Paolo Monella explains a paper he presented which draws on the ancients to rethink the idea of copyright:
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ante diem iv kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 10) 67 A.D./C.E. — fighting in Jerusalem between pro-surrender-to-the-Romans groups and their counterparts; the former set fire to some food supplies which apparently contributed to the fall of the city three years later (!) (need to track this one down) ca. 260 — martyrdom of Lucilla…
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An item in the Connecticut newspaper The Day: To boldly go where no one has gone before led me to a very interesting site to follow Robert Ballard’s latest endeavours. He’s currently doing the sidescan sonar thing off Turkey looking for potential sites etc., and it’s all being streamed live … there isn’t a heckuva…
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The BBC is on the story: The 1,800-year-old human remains were exhumed in the city over the past decade and will be displayed in an empty shop throughout the summer. Archaeologists say the discovery suggested the site was only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery in the world. The exhibition will feature the skeletons and objects which…
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Around the Classical blogosphere the past few days … The Tombstone of Regina (South Shields) July 28, 2011 Dorothy King Bibliographies: Aeschylus July 28, 2011 classicslibrarian APA Blog : Spring 2011 Newsletter July 28, 2011 What Did the Romans Use for Toilet Paper? July 28, 2011 (N.S. Gill) Bibliography: A Hellenistic Bibliography (Post-Classical Greek Poetry)…
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