September 9, 2011

d.m. Tomas Hagg

The Google translate version of the obituary from a Universitetet i Bergen press release follows (it’s pretty reasonable) … the original can be accessed at the link at the end: With Tomas Häggs (1938-2011) died on 11 August is the classical philology in Scandinavia and the historical-philosophical faculty at UIB lost a generation’s most prominent…

Circumundique ~ September 8, 2011

Latest gleanings from the Classical Blogosphere and environs Recent content in Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne September 8, 2011 Charles Ellwood Jones Bibliography: Hellenistic Babylonia September 8, 2011 classicslibrarian new publication from former LA Classicists September 8, 2011 Ann Ostrom Ancient and Modern September 10, 2011 (Peter Jones) Rome: Testudo et Lepus…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v idus septembres

ante diem v idus septembres ludi Romani (day 5) 490 B.C. — battle of Marathon (by one reckoning) 3 A.D. — Gaius Caesar, adoptive son/grandson of the emperor Augustus, is wounded at Artagira 9 A.D. — Quintilius Varus loses three legions (and his life) in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (a.k.a. the clades Variana)…