February 2012
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As long time readers of rogueclassicism — and even my Explorator newsletter — are no doubt aware, it is rather commonplace for Jesus-related claims to be made by folks of various qualifications as Easter approaches. In last year’s season, e.g., we were dealing with claims about lead codices (which seem to have disappeared off the…
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the guy who messed up at Adrianople: Valens: Emperors of Rome
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ante diem iii kalendas martias Equirria — the first of two days of horse racing (the second was on March 14) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season
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Tip o’ the pileus to Christopher Brunelle for sharing this item from the St Olaf College News: In the final week of Interim, students in Classics 129, The Neverending Myth, worked until the wee hours of the morning studying 15 different translations of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. They were not cramming for a final exam, but instead…
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Check this out (Kent German/CNet photo): It’s hype for a new smartphone from Huawei and is on display at the Mobile World Congress. CNet has the story behind the sculpture (including a video) and more photos at: Pegasus statue fashioned from 3,500 phones
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