Daily Archives: January 14th, 2012

Blogosphere ~ Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XII

Bone Girl: Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XII.

Blogosphere ~ Round-up on Women/Gender/Sexuality in the Ancient World

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Round-up on Women/Gender/Sexuality in the Ancient World.

Blogosphere ~ Links to AIA Live-Tweeted Papers

Powered By Osteons: Links to AIA Live-Tweeted Papers.

Blogosphere ~ A Huge Delight

Laudator Temporis Acti: A Huge Delight. [Robert Browning ... "My Father was a scholar and knew Greek...."]

Blogosphere ~ Lessons from Live-Tweeting the AIA

Bone Girl: Lessons from Live-Tweeting the AIA.

Blogosphere ~ The Agonalia

About.com Ancient / Classical History: The Agonalia.

Blogosphere ~ My First History Teacher by Caroline Lawrence

The History Girls: My First History Teacher by Caroline Lawrence.

Blogosphere ~ The Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology

History of the Ancient World: The Intellectual History of Catacomb Archaeology.

Blogosphere ~ Prayer for Clean Air?

Laudator Temporis Acti: Prayer for Clean Air?.

Blogosphere ~ Women and the History of Classical Archaeology #1: Caroline Bonaparte

res gerendae: Women and the History of Classical Archaeology #1: Caroline Bonaparte.

Blogosphere ~ In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king

History of the Ancient World: In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king.

Podcast: Actium Preliminaries Part 1

History According to Bob: Actium Preliminaries Part 1

Blogosphere ~ The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how his legacy has been interpreted

History of the Ancient World: The influence of Hannibal of Carthage on the art of war and how his legacy has been interpreted.

Blogosphere ~ The Earliest Roman Ghost in Britain

Beachcombings Bizarre History Blog: The Earliest Roman Ghost in Britain.

Blogosphere ~ Arminius and the Forest

Bread and Circuses: Arminius and the Forest.

Blogosphere ~ The Brygos Painter’s Troy Cup

TeeGee: Opera Nobilia et al. : The Brygos Painters Troy Cup.

Blogosphere ~ A Greek obol modified in antiquity

A Gift For Polydektes: A Greek obol modified in antiquity.

Roman Texting

Meant to mention this one last week … the Daily Mail had a sort of reviewish/excerptish thing about Mark Forsyth’s The Etymologicon (which I might pick up some day) which included the following: How the Romans gave us text messages [...] It’s all thanks to Quintilian, the great 1st century Roman orator. In his book [...]

Roman Villa from Peterborough

No … not the Canadian one around the lake from me (which would be REALLY interesting) … from Peterborough Today/Evening Telegraph: PETERBOROUGH’S history books are set to be rewritten after a stunning Roman villa was found by archaeologists in Itter Cresent. The villa was the home of Peterborough’s rich and famous 2,000 years ago but [...]

Hallaton Helmet

Plenty of coverage of this one … We’ll begin by looking at that of the Harborough Mail: THIS amazing 2,000-year-old Roman helmet unearthed in Hallaton ten years ago is coming home after an incredible restoration project at the British Museum. When archaeologists unearthed it in 2001, at the spot where hundreds of Roman and Iron [...]

Blogosphere ~ Searchable Greek Inscriptions: A Scholarly Tool in Progress

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Searchable Greek Inscriptions: A Scholarly Tool in Progress. The Packard Humanities Institute.

Blogosphere ~ Zenobia’s Blog

Zenobia: Empress of the East: Zenobia’s Blog. [belated happy blogiversary to Judith Weingarten!]

Blogosphere ~ Some More Corinthian Bodies

Corinthian Matters: Some More Corinthian Bodies. [commentary on a mosaic in the South Stoa at Corinth]

Blogosphere ~ Watson’s Latinity

Laudator Temporis Acti: Watson’s Latinity. [John Selby Watson ... context linked to in post]

Blogosphere ~ Cicero’s Birth

About.com Ancient / Classical History: Cicero’s Birth.