August 18, 2011
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http://twitter.com/#!/ojarus/status/104198886696034305 … might have to take the drive to look at this one … UPDATE (an hour or so of websurfing later): I don’t think the item in question is Roman … here’s some comparanda: 08-05-09/19 ISRAELITE VOTIVE GIFT 10TH-6TH BCE (from Jerusalem) UPDATE II (a couple hours after that): I probably should mention that…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Vicky Alvear Shecter for this one … a very nicely-put-together article in History Today on the fire and the reactions to it: Galen and the Great Fire of Rome | History Today … for my part, I was unaware of the letter mentioned; not sure how I missed it.
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The Vindolanda Trust tweeted this item from Law Pundit … seems Apple needs to do some Classical archaeology courses: LawPundit: The “Wafer Thin” Writing Tablets of Vindolanda Precede in Design the Thin Tablet Design Claim of Apple for the iPad2 by ca. 2000 Years: Does Modern Greed Know No Bounds?.
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In contrast to some of the other ones posted yesterday, this video from the Royal Ontario Museum is pretty good. Christopher Smith of BSR fame gives us an intro to Roman Religion:
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… just a few posts from the end of the day; gotta keep the info flowing: Rome: These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero August 17, 2011 (Juliette) Modern-Day Amazons. Love it! August 15, 2011 Yurie Hong Increasing Fertility in the Roman Late Republic and Early Empire August 17, 2011 History of the Ancient…
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