July 14, 2011
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Tip o’ the pileus to the ARLT blog for pointing us to an excerpt from Hansard from Monday past … the matters being discussed are assorted things about education, including curriculum: Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab): The baccalaureate’s emphasis on ancient history and Latin will allow our students to cope admirably with the Roman invasion…
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Image via Wikipedia The incipit of a piece in the Charlotte Observer: Just off the English Channel’s gray beach that runs along the eastern edge of Royal St. George’s golf course, there’s a rutted pathway that follows the shore. It’s only slightly more narrow than the paved road that winds nearby, threading around the scene…
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From ANA/MPA: A 48-year-old man from Florina, northwestern Greece was arrested on Thursday charged with antiquity smuggling. The suspect, while driving his car near Vassiliada village in Kastoria prefecture, met up with a police roadblock. A search of his car and later of his house in Florina revealed a large number of Roman and Byzantine…
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pridie idus quinctilias Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges
rogue classicism 