July 21, 2011
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Image via Wikipedia From AFP: Bucharest issued an archaeological discharge certificate for an area in northwestern Romania where a Canadian firm wants to establish a gold mine, the culture ministry said Friday. The decision was criticized by groups defending the patrimony of the region’s ancient Roman site. “The department for culture and national patrimony in…
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Hmmm … L’Osservatore seems suddenly interested in syncretism in the wake of that Hypogeum of the Aurelii find a few weeks ago: There is an interesting document of Roman history that goes from Hadrian (117-138 of the Christian era) to Carino (283-285): it is the Historia Augusta, named by the erudite Swiss historian of the…
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Last week we mentioned an item from the UK’s Hansard in which Michael Gove suggested the UK was going through a ‘renaissance’ of Latin learning … here’s a response of sorts from the Times Higher Education which might be of interest: A leading educational researcher has called for a revival of “classical education” that goes…
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ante diem xii kalendas sextilias Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsquent victory ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving…
rogue classicism 