November 4, 2011
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This one’s slowly making its way to the English press … here’s the Adnkronos version: The noble descendant of a 17th century pope is fighting a battle against government plans to dump Rome’s garbage at a site near one of the western world’s most celebrated archeological sites – Hadrian’s Villa. Prince Urbano Barberini, whose bloodline…
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James Romm was on the Leonard Lopate show talking about his latest book: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
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Saw this on the CAMWS site … figured someone might be interested: NEH Summer Institute – “Roman Comedy in Performance” An NEH Summer Institute for College and University Faculty, “Roman Comedy in Performance,” will be held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from June 24th through July 20th, 2012. Co-directed by Professors Sharon L. James (University…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Ego primos iambos ostendi Latio: Re-evaluating Horace’s Epodes Horace proclaims his Epodes an innovative triumph (ego primos iambos/ ostendi Latio, Ep. 1.19.23f.) yet until very recently they have remained in the gutter of the Augustan canon; this unashamedly low poetry collection has suffered an equally low status in scholarship. For…
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pridie nonas novembres ludi Plebei (day 1) — a major festival in honour of Jupiter 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Agricola
rogue classicism 