Also Seen: Galen and the Great Fire of Rome (of 192)

By rogueclassicist on August 18, 2011

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:

… for my part, I was unaware of the letter mentioned; not sure how I missed it.

Posted in: Uncategorized

Lorenzo dello Smerillo August 18, 2011 at 10:57 pm | Reply

Raoul McLaughlin places Thessalonika in modern Turkey, which is a very serious error in an otherwise informative article.

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

there is a discrepancy between the obit the CAC says was in the globe and mail and the one that is online at the g&m site 5 hours ago
how can you write an obit about trevor hodge and not use the word 'aqueduct'? 5 hours ago
rip trevor hodge ... looking for a much better obit than the one making the rounds 6 hours ago
fnord 6 hours ago
#classicalexhibit ~ Gods, Myths And Mortals" Brings Ancient Greece To Modern Chicago http://t.co/orb7cyKM 6 hours ago
strange how that 'gospel of mark' fragment claim isn't getting the same attention as, say, lead codices or crucifixion nails 6 hours ago
#nuntiilatini ~ Regimen Syriae condemnatur [YLE] http://t.co/oaqXljNm 6 hours ago
#nuntiilatini ~ Nuntii Latini Septimanales 24.2.2012 [Radio Bremen] http://t.co/q7TKNdEa 6 hours ago
#swordandsandal ~ Dwayne Johnson in Talks to Star in Brett Ratner's Hercules http://t.co/h504Toxn 7 hours ago
#ancientdrama ~ Theater concepts coexist in YSU’s ‘Medea’ http://t.co/1J3aSSqu 7 hours ago

rogueclassicism