An item in the Telegraph about binge drinking in the UK includes, inter alia: Dr Phil Withington, a Cambridge University lecturer, claims the drunkenness on Britain’s streets is a reflection of the binge-drinking fun enjoyed by these Oxbridge students. He said: “These classically-educated students emulated the carousing drinking camaraderie of Ancient Greek and Roman culture. [...]

biome, n. October 26, 2011 Oxford English Dictionary catachresis October 27, 2011 (Merriam-Webster) animadvert October 26, 2011 (Dictionary.com) perdition October 27, 2011 (Dictionary.com)

Roman supply camp found at Olfen on the Lippe October 26, 2011 Adrian Murdoch Broglio di Trebisacce. Rivelata la natura di acropoli templare del sito October 26, 2011 Martina Calogero Il Cnr ricostruisce virtualmente la tomba etrusca Regolini Galassi October 26, 2011 Martina Calogero Guess Who October 26, 2011 (N.S. Gill) Sooner or Later October [...]

ante diem vi kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 2) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 43 B.C. — Marcus Junius Brutus commits suicide in the wake of the defeat at Philippi (by one reckoning) 113 A.D. — the emperor Trajan departs from Rom e [...]

Round-Up: October 25 October 25, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Open Access Journal: Herculaneum Archaeology October 25, 2011 Charles Ellwood Jones Epigraphy Workshop week 2 October 25, 2011  Epigraphy Workshop week 3 October 25, 2011 Can you excavate love? October 25, 2011 Katy Meyers Hannibal and Kocaeli, part 2 October 25, 2011  (Jim Davila) Papyri Groninganae online [...]

ante diem vii kalendas novembres ludi Victoriae Sullanae (day 1) — games held in honour of Victoria commemorating Sulla’s defeat of the Samnites in 82 B.C. 1656 B.C. — Noah enters the ark (this must be Bishop Ussher again) 31 A.D. — suicide of Apicata, wife of the disgraced Praetorian Praefect Sejanus ca 250 A.D. [...]

Doing a bit of catching up: <a title="the worthless word for the day is: bibliopole [fr. L. bibliopola, bookseller today’s wwftd is… bibliopole October 21, 2011 wwftd

Around the Classical blogosphere and environs hesterno die (seems like some are missing …): Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor: Minoans and Mycenaeans abroad October 24, 2011 History of the Ancient World Classical Precariousness vs. Modern Risk: Lessons in Prudence from the Battle of Salamis October 24, 2011 History of the Ancient World Setting the Record Straight [...]

Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the guy who pretty much has the title ‘most boring emperor ever’: #39 Florianus: Emperors of Rome

From BMCR: 2011.10.50: Il calamo della memoria. Riuso di testi e mestiere letterario nella tarda antichità. IV (Raccolta delle relazioni discusse nel IV incontro internazionale di Trieste, Biblioteca Statale, 28-30 aprile 2010). Polymnia, 13 2011.10.49: The Cave of the Cyclops: Mesolithic and Neolithic Networks in the Northern Aegean, Greece. Vol. II: Bone Tool Industries, Dietary [...]

I might have missed a couple: Diogenes of Babylon: A Stoic on Music and Ethics October 23, 2011 History of the Ancient World Snow White’s Apple And Claudius’ Mushrooms: A Look at the Use of Poison in the Early Roman Empire October 23, 2011 History of the Ancient World Pirates, Warfare and Failing States in [...]

ante diem ix kalendas novembres 31 A.D. — execution of Strabo, son of the Praetorian Praefect L. Aelius Sejanus 51 A.D. — birth of the future emperor T. Flavius Domitianus, better known as Domitian

Found this one lurking in the bottom of my mailbox because I had vain hopes it might get some coverage in the major English speaking press, what with it being about damnatio memoriae and all that … here’s the basic story from the Bucharest Herald: An inscription carved in stone, proving the political conflict between [...]

Nice coverage of the second ’round’ of the the Classics Renewed conference at Brown last week: For a dead language, Latin showed an awful lot of life at last week’s “Classics Renewed” conference on the poetry and prose of late antiquity. The conference, which ran from Thursday to Saturday, brought 19 speakers from four continents [...]

Michael Helfeld puts an interesting spin  on things in a Southern New Hampshire University press release: It was 7 p.m. on a quiet autumn evening, when I received a call from my alma mater asking me for a donation. When I told the young lady that I had graduated with a degree in Classics, she [...]

The Telegraph seems to be one of the only newspapers mentioning this … the salient excerpts: Severe flooding led to tourists being shut out of the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre as well as the nearby Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, and the ancient Roman port of Ostia, west of the capital. The Colosseum was particularly badly [...]

This might be a little specialized for some folk (like me) since the presentations are all in Greek … the ASCSA has four talks: “Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library”

A couple days’ worth … some appear to have disappeared amidst computer problems at school and IOS5 installation nuttiness: Freaky Friday: Hannibal vs Ulysses Grant vs Uber Cool Hipster October 21, 2011 Open Access Journal: Iris Online October 21, 2011 Charles Ellwood Jones Leigh Hunt on Book Catalogues October 21, 2011 Michael Gilleland Friday Funnies–Ancient [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: ANIMATING ANTIQUITY: HARRYHAUSEN AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION Wednesday 9th November 2011, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. National Media Museum, Bradford, BD1 1NQ Co-organised by Steve Green and Penny Goodman (Leeds) The conference takes a ‘Janus-like’ approach to the relationship between Ray Harryhausen’s films and the classical world of myth by [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS Masks, Echoes, Shadows: Locating Classical Receptions in the Cinema 29 May 2012, Institute of Classical Studies, London Cinema’s fascination with the classical past can take many forms. In recent years, scholarly and popular attention has mostly been directed at films that recreate and reconstruct the narratives of [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: APA 144th Annual Meeting: 3-6 January 2013, Seattle, WA Campanian Cultures: Poetics, Location and Identity Panel Organizers: Ian Fielding (Warwick); Carole Newlands (UC-Boulder) The region of Campania was an important point of intersection between the cultures of antiquity. As the center of the Greek colonial presence in mainland Italy, Campania [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS: TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE A panel to be held at the Seventh Celtic Classics Conference, with, and at, L’Université de Bordeaux III and the Ausonius Institute, Bordeaux, 5th-8th September 2012. Confirmed speakers include: James McGlew (Rutgers), Ivan Jordovic (University of Novi Sad), Greg Anderson (Ohio State [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS The Long Reach of Antiquity April 27-28, 2012 Columbia University Keynote Speakers: Prof. Leonard Barkan (Princeton University, Comparative Literature) Prof. Joseph Farrell (University of Pennsylvania, Classics) This conference addresses the legacy of Greece and Rome in the literary arts from Classical Antiquity to Early Modernity. Graduate students [...]

Seen on the Classics list: Crowned Victor: Competition and Games in the Ancient World 4th Annual Center for Ancient Studies Graduate Conference University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Friday, March 2 to Saturday, March 3, 2012 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2012 The graduate students of the University of Pennsylvania seek abstracts for the fourth annual Center [...]