January 21, 2012
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Ages ago (back in 2007) we mentioned Roger Travis’ regular connections in the classroom between Halo and the Aeneid (Roger Travis and Halo). By pure chance this week, I came across an article for Escapist that Travis wrote on that very subject back in 2006: Bungie’s Epic Achievement: Halo and the Aeneid … interesting comparanda…
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Regular readers of rogueclassicism will recall an item back in October wherein forensic techniques were causing a bit of a rethink of what was carried in amphorae (Some Potential Amphora Use Revisionism) and it appears the study is getting a bit more coverage, although there doesn’t seem to be much new to report. Even so,…
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io9 has a post on Romans’ use of lead (acetate) as an artificial sweetener: The first artificial sweetener poisoned lots of Romans … which really should be read with Kristina Kilgrove’s post as a potential grain of salt: Lead Poisoning in Rome – The Skeletal Evidence … and if you have time, some of our…
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Corinthian Matters: Learning rom Mistakes: Wasters at the Potters’ Quarter. [From the AIA/APA poster session ..]
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History of the Ancient World: The construction of Hadrian’s Wall.
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