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 [...]

Adrian Murdoch continues the series with the guy who messed up at Adrianople: Valens: Emperors of Rome

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

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 [...]

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

Posted with permission J. C. McKeown, Classical Latin: An Introductory Course. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 2010. Pp. xx + 421. Paper, $39.95. 978-0-87220-851-3. Classical Latin: An Introductory Course Workbook. Paper, $19.95. ISBN 978-1-60384-206-8. Two-volume set: Paper, $53.95. ISBN 978-1-60384-207-5. Reviewed by Alden Smith, Baylor University Nowadays it is not uncommon to find a [...]

2012.02.50:  Chantal Martin Pruvot, Karl Reber, Thierry Theurillat, Ausgegraben!:Schweizer Archäologen erforschen die griechische Stadt Eretria. Eine Ausstellung der Schweizerischen Archäologischen Schule in Griechenland in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig. 2012.02.49:  Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Carmela Raccuia, Elena Santagati, Tyrannis, Basileia, Imperium: forme, prassi e simboli del potere politico nel mondo greco e romano [...]

If this wasn’t in Arutz Sheva, I might not even bother posting this: Antiquities Authority officials over the weekend arrested a gang of Arabs who were using an ancient manuscript as a “treasure map,” as they proceeded to dig up a well-know archaeological site in the Modi’in area. The site, Khurbat Kharuvta, has been raided [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Classics@Kent is proud to present their first performance of Greek drama, Aristophanes’ "Thesmophoriazusae". It will take place on Wednesday 14th March 2012 (2pm and 7.45 pm) at the Gulbenkian Theatre on the University of Kent campus (Canterbury). The play will last approximately one and a half hours. We will portray [...]

Seen on the Classicists list: Sponsored by: Ryerson University, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the University of Athens, Hydrama Theatre & Arts Centre, and the University of Southern California THE WOMEN AND WAR CONFERENCE July 3-5, 2012 Hydra Island GREECE CALL FOR PAPERS/WORKSHOPS/VIDEOS/FILMS We are pleased to announce The First [...]

ante diem iv kalendas martias 116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 2) 1874 — birth of F.M. Cornford (author of Before and After Socrates, among several other works)

History of the Ancient World: Cynicism Then and Now.

Mike Anderson’s Ancient History: Edward Gibbon and Reasons for The Decline and Fall of Rome.

salve magistra: How Do Ruins Work?.

The Homer Multitext: Exegesis of the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer. [not sure if I posted this one already ...]

History of the Ancient World: A Historical Study of Athletics in Ancient Athens to 322 B.C..   [another thesis for the pile; from McMaster!]

Pop Classics: Spartacus Vengeance: Empty Hands.

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ISAW Papers 4 Preprint, 2/2012: The Cosmos in the Antikythera Mechanism.

American Philological Association: APA Blog : Summer Workshop on Philology, Palaeography, and Codicology.

Past Horizons: Lead poisoning in Rome: The skeletal evidence.

Laudator Temporis Acti: Lord of Trees.

Consuming Greek Antiquity: Olympia revived. [some interesting photos ...]

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New From Trismegistos: A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae.

Langues et Cultures de l’Antiquité | Scoop.it: Pompei: le foto esclusive del crollo dell’intonaco del Tempio di Giove.

Classical Prep: The Voice of Silent Film in the Latin Classroom.