September 26, 2011
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The Mayor has a really good rant on the subject in the Telegraph … here’s the meat of the piece: […] So this is not some trivial bureaucratic thing: it is a change with subtle but extensive cultural ramifications. I object, first, because no one is asking for this change. I once did a few…
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Interesting item from the Today’s Zaman: The Croesus Treasure, a collection of artifacts from the time of King Croesus’ rule of the Lydian Kingdom between 560 and 547 B.C., has had a turbulent history since its discovery back in the ‘60s, causing many to believe that the treasure, also known as the Lydian Hoard, is…
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Peter Jones, in addition to his regular Ancient and Modern column in the Spectator, has just penned (in the same publication) an item about the Classics for All effort Some 15 years ago, at the behest of the then editor Charles Moore, I wrote a jovial 20-week QED: Learn Latin column for the Daily Telegraph.…
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the guy who made his name (literally) taking on the Gothic threat: #35 Claudius Gothicus: Emperors of Rome
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What the bloggers were up to yesterday: Three days in Rome September 25, 2011 Peter Stothard Anti-Roman Insurgency and the Significance of Popular Support September 25, 2011 History of the Ancient World A Comparative Study Of The Historiography Of The Battle Of Mons Graupius September 25, 2011 History of the Ancient World Celtic Settlement in…