Interesting item from the Irish Times: FIRST CENTURY AD. The Roman General Agricola reportedly says he can take and hold Ireland with a single legion. Some archaeologists have claimed the Romans did campaign in Ireland, but most see no evidence for an invasion. Imperial Rome and this island on its far western perimeter did share [...]

Interesting news out of Southampton: A University of Southampton led project, exploring how people of antiquity viewed the geography of the ancient world, has been backed by $50,000 of funding from Google, Inc. via its Digital Humanities Awards Program. Google Ancient Places (GAP) is developing a Web application which allows users to choose a classical [...]

I continue to be confused about how Didaskalia is published, but I’m beginning to suspect it’s now an annual thing with pieces posted from time to time. So … first we’ll catch up with volume 8: 8.06 Interview: Satyrs in L.A. [PDF] Mary Hart 8.07 KOSKY – The Women of Troy: Barrie Kosky, The Sydney [...]

Back when I was teaching at the university level, I often likened Alcibiades’ last minutes to the closing scene of Scarface … I guess if I were teaching now, it would look something like this: via: Yes(Chronos Mystic’s Compendium)

From the Guardian: My friend and colleague Brian Shefton, who has died aged 92, was a distinguished scholar of Greek and Etruscan archaeology. One of his most significant achievements was a collection of Greek and Etruscan artefacts which he established in 1956 when he was given a grant of £25 to purchase three Greek pots. [...]

Seen on the Classicists list (this sounds awesome!!!) EUROCLASSICA THE 15th ACADEMIA HOMERICA 6-15/16 July 2012 The 15th Academia Homerica will take place 6-15 July 2012, in Athens and on the island of Chios. The student programme will include: · In Athens on 7 July a visit to the Acropolis, the new Acropolis Museum, and [...]

I saw this earlier in an Italian piece and wasn’t sure if I was reading it right … alas, I was … via ANSA we learn that a chunk from the Temple of Jupiter: A yard-long piece of plaster fell off the ancient Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii on Wednesday, the archaeological superintendency said. The [...]

2012.02.43:  Vishwa Adluri, Parmenides, Plato, and Mortal Philosophy: Return from Transcendence. Continuum studies in ancient philosophy. 2012.02.42:  Mark Woolmer, Ancient Phoenicia: An Introduction. Classical world series. 2012.02.41:  Anna Maria Wasyl, Genres Rediscovered: Studies in Latin Miniature Epic, Love Elegy, and Epigram of the Romano-Barbaric Age. 2012.02.40:  W. V. Harris, Rome’s Imperial Economy: Twelve Essays. Oxford; [...]

ante diem vii kalendas martias Traditional end of the Roman year (followed by a period of intercalation) Terminalia — a festival in honour of Terminus, the divinity who presided over boundaries. In Rome itself, Terminus had a shrine within the Temple of Jupiter beneath an opening in the roof because, it is said, when they [...]