pridie kalendas februarias

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• 36 B.C. — birth of Antonia (“Minor”), daughter of Marcus Antonius and Octavia and future mother of hope-to-be-emperor Germanicus and emperor-to-be Claudius
• c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Metras/Metranus in Alexandria
• c. 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Saturninus, Thrysus, and Victor in Alexandria

History of the Ancient World: The Madness of the Emperor Caligula.

American Philological Association: APA Blog : In Memoriam Valerie French.

Épigraphie en réseau: Techniques de l’épigraphiste : le pense-bête de Prosper..

History of the Ancient World: Waiting for Sulla.

Adrian Murdoch continues the series with a guy who probably doesn’t get as much credit as he should:

• Constantius II: Emperors of Rome

• 2012.01.50:  Perrine Galand-Hallyn, Fernand Hallyn, Carlos Lévy, Wim Verbaal, Quintilien: ancien et moderne études réunies. Latinitates, 3.
• 2012.01.49:  Marie Verdoner, Narrated Reality: the Historia ecclesiastica of Eusebius of Caesarea. Early Christianity in the context of antiquity, 9.
• 2012.01.48:  Claudia Bolgia, Rosamond McKitterick, John Osborne, Rome across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas, c. 500-1400.
• 2012.01.47:  Annunziata Rositani, Harvest Texts in the British Museum. Rivista degli studi orientali, nuova serie. Supplemento, no 1, vol. 82.
• 2012.01.46:  Concetta Luna, Alain-Philippe Segonds, Proclus, Commentaire sur le Parménide de Platon. Tome II, livre II. Collection des universités de France. Série grecque, 476.
• 2012.01.45:  Mabel Lang, Thucydidean Narrative and Discourse.

ante diem iii kalendas februarias

• 58 B.C. — “official” birthday of Livia, wife of Augustus
• 9 B.C. — dedication of the Ara Pacis
• 133 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Didius Julianus
• 228 A.D. — martyrdom of Martina (?)
• 311 A.D. — martyrdom of Savina of Milan

Pop Classics: Ben-Hur dir. Fred Niblo, 1925.

A Don’s Life by Mary Beard: Which academics have turned down honours?.

graecomuse: War Minus the Shooting: Ideals behind the Ancient Olympic Games.

Powered By Osteons: Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XIII.

Imperium Sine Fine: Temple of Antenociticus and Vallum Crossing at Benwell.

Classical Archaeology News: I totally caved in to pressure from academic peers and made one….

ArcheoRivista: Quadrato del Sator: nuove ipotesi interpretative.

About.com Ancient / Classical History: The Death of Nerva.

Blogging Pompeii: Quiz: Would you have survived the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79?.

History of the Ancient World: Observation and Prediction in Ancient Astrology.

ASCSA News: John Traill on Agora Inscriptions and Daniel Geagan’s New Agora Volume.

[a weighty and learned tome by one of my former profs]

jenniferlockett:  15 Opportunities for Free Online Education.

[I'll be highlighting some of these from time to time as well]

lizgloyn: Seneca and the impossibility of purchasing knowledge.

History of the Ancient World: On the Explanation of the Wealthy Slave in Classical Athens.

[thesis]

salve magistra: Wednesday: Teaching Ideas.

[Latin teaching, of course]

American Philological Association: APA Blog : National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week.

History of the Ancient World: Animal spectacula of the Roman Empire.