August 23, 2011
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Singling out a thought-provoking (hopefully) blogpost over at Wopro: More Reader Mail: How Do We Save Classics? … you’re invited to join the convo … for the record, I’m a big proponent of the ‘promotion’ side of things (obviously … I’ve been ranting about the lack of same from the ‘big organizations’ on that score…
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Several folks have sent this one in and/or mentioned it on Twitter and/or Facebook (tip o’ the pileus to too many to mention) … interesting essay in Slate about the course which is heir to Father Foster’s efforts … here’s the first bit: At the beginning of the last century, A.E. Housman, that cantankerous giant…
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This kept popping up on Facebook and Twitter the other day … here’s a bit of a tease to get you to check the item out at History Today … nice oppotunity to connect the ancient world with modern with a somewhat different spin than we usually get in those US-as-Rome pieces: As Libya collapsed…
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I have a backlog of things from Caerleon to post … we will get to them. For now, though, this seems to be the most important find … from the Guardian: Archaeologists have discovered only the second known port of Roman Britain, where soldiers would have arrived in numbers from the Mediterranean to aid in…
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Items that helped me fight antihistamine dozery yesterday: Is the historical novel the ultimate novel? – Emma Darwin August 21, 2011 Emma Darwin Pithekoussai: Oldest Greek Colony in the West August 22, 2011 History of the Ancient World Round-Up: August 22 August 22, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Gastrophobia – Unbearable. August 22, 2011 Did Marion True…
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