pumpkinification, n. October 31, 2011 Oxford English Dictionary precipitate October 28, 2011 (Merriam-Webster) impetuous October 30, 2011 (Merriam-Webster) virga October 31, 2011 (Merriam-Webster) thanatopsis October 30, 2011 (Dictionary.com) nyctophobia October 31, 2011 (Dictionary.com)

Nuntii Latini:  Libya tyrannide tandem liberata  October 30, 2011 (YLE)  Nuntii Latini mensis Octobris 2011  October 30, 2011 (Bremen)  Nuntii Latini Septimanales 28. Oktober 2011 October 30, 2011 (Bremen) De proeliis Tunisensibus Lydia Ariminensis (Ephemeris) Increscit numerus terrae motus victimarum Herimannus Novocomensis (Ephemeris) Akropolis World News: Turmoil in China / Steve Jobs’ biography, published / [...]

… still kind of quiet: My First History Teacher by Mary Hoffman October 30, 2011 Book Maven More on Retirement Planning October 30, 2011 Michael Gilleland explorator 14.28 October 30, 2011 david meadows >> ” href=”http://arltblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/latin-on-the-timetable-for-pupils/”>Latin on the timetable for pupils October 30, 2011 arltblogger Scary Stories of the Ancient Greeks and Romans October 30, [...]

pridie kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 6) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 286 — martyrdom of Quentin

I’ve been sitting on a pile of items on the state of antiquities in Libya of late, but this item from the Daily Mail which just came in easilty eclipses them all, despite the source: A gang of Libyan looters have raided a priceless collection of gold and silver coins that are believed to date [...]

Kind of quiet these past few days: Round-Up: October 29 October 29, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Getty Museum Announces Antiquity in the Twentieth Century. Modern Art and the Classical Vision Symposium October 28, 2011 Freaky Friday: King of the World: Pompey the Great vs James Cameron October 28, 2011  Battle at the Milvian Bridge October 28, [...]

From BMCR: 2011.10.58: The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum: Archaeology, Reception, and Digital Reconstruction. Sozomena: studies in the recovery of ancient texts: edited on behalf of the Herculaneum Society, 1 2011.10.57: Le syntagme nominal en Latin: nouvelles contributions. Actes de l’atelier du centre Alfred Ernout. Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), 11 octobre 2008. Kubaba. [...]

The Telegraph has an item which opens thusly: The Chinese were baffled by what they described as a “guest star”, which appeared in the night sky in 185AD and lingered for 8 months. Astronomers solve 2,000 year old supernova mystery (Telegraph) Similarly, the Guardian piece on the same subject opens: A puzzle that has baffled [...]

This one’s been lurking in my mailbox for a few months, but the recent seismic activity in Turkey reminded me of it. Hopefully all museums are taking the possibility of earthquakes into account when they’re constructing displays …. the following is all in Italian, but it’s not difficult to figure out what’s going on if [...]

The Iris folks are putting some of their ‘back content’ up at their new website: An interview with Bettany Hughes

One of the more frequent things my spiders drag back to me are references to Pliny the Elder as a source for some strange fact in some newspaper article. Most of the time, they don’t come with a reference, of course, and a lot of times it seems like the press is just dropping the [...]

Another one which we hope will make it to the English presses, but this is one I just can’t sit on any longer. Tip o’ the pileus to Martin Conde for alerting us to Clementina Panella et al’s find of what is believed to be the house where Augustus was born. The identification is based [...]

Information for this Web Conference at: Ancient Civilization: Political Institutions and Legal Regulation … versions of some papers in Russian are already there (summaries in assorted languages).

Speaking of the Met (see next post), one of the things my spiders regularly drag back from the interwebs is a sarcophagus photo of some sort, usually from the Met, but sometimes from the Walters. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with these (since they are usually quite interesting) and so I’ll [...]

The Met has added another Roman-related ‘thematic essay’ to its Heilbrun Timeline of Art History: Roman Housing

I thought I’d mentioned this a few months ago when it first appeared in the Guardian (but maybe I just mentioned it on facebook or twitter) … whatever the case, Flavorwire has reprised (sort of) the Guardian‘s bit, but includes a slideshow of all the photos … not sure any of them really ‘catch my [...]

This is one I’ve been sitting on waiting for some coverage in English to share …  Adrian Murdoch (via his blog) and Lindsay Powell (via facebook)  first made us aware of German coverage of what is surely a spectacular find that will keep archaeologists busy for years … this a.m. we are getting some brief [...]

… or again, Up Over … from the Sydney Morning Herald: THE world of a young person increasingly consists of the right here and the right now but their studies tell a different story. A record number of high school students sat the ancient history HSC exam yesterday, now one of the most popular subjects [...]

I always feel like something is missing here for some reason: Round-Up: October 27 October 27, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) In Pompeii-land October 27, 2011 Mary Beard Qui Scribit, Obliviscitur October 27, 2011 Michael Gilleland 10/26/11 PHD comic: ‘Halloween 2011′ October 27, 2011  Isis and Valerius Maximus October 27, 2011 Roger Pearse Yet another wall collapses [...]

ante diem vi kalendas novembres 97 A.D. – The emperor Nerva adopts the future emperor Trajan 312 A.D – Battle of the Milvian Bridge; Constantine I has a vision and defeats Maxentius to become sole emperor