I had no internet early this a.m., so my blogging rhythm is a bit off today:

• Round-Up: September 26 September 26, 2011  (Laura Gibbs)
• AD vs CE September 26, 2011 Mary Beard
• Top Five Greek Gods September 26, 2011 (Juliette)
• An example of why abolishing AD and BC causes problems September 27, 2011 Roger Pearse
• Antiquities in Houston September 27, 2011 David Gill
• Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space: The Fantastika and the Classical World. A Science Fiction Foundation Conference in 2013 September 27, 2011 Tony Keen
• Holy Misogyny lecture series September 26, 2011 April DeConick
• Hesperia 80.3 Now Online September 26, 2011
• Haider’s transcription of the Minoan medicinal text September 26, 2011 Glen Gordon

My spiders brought back this really interesting page which has info on all the versions of Ben Hur (with plenty of eye candy posters) … definitely worth a look:

• Ben Hur: The Making of an Epic (blu-ray.com)

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• 48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt