April 21, 2012
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Years ago it was all about badger, badger, badger … now, it seems, moles are digging up Roman artifacts at Epiacum … from the Journal: EARTH burrowing moles are responsible for digging up some of Roman Britain’s deepest secrets in a remote corner of West Northumberland. They may be the bane of farmers across the…
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Nice item about our longtime interent friend Judith Lynn Sebesta! From the Yankton Press and Dakotan: Judith Lynn Sebesta, Ph.D., professor of classics and chair of the department of history at the University of South Dakota, is the 2012 recipient of the Monsignor James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award. Presented by the College of Arts and…
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Okay, this is officially ridiculous … first it was the Volvo nonsense, then Lamborghini with its Deimos nonsense, and now some town in Turkey has managed to trademark Julius Caesar’s phrase? From Hurriyet: The municipality of Zile in the northern province of Tokat has announced the acquisition of the Turkish patent license for the Roman…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Abstracts and program for the first event on SENECA THE ELDER, Montpellier 22-23rd November 2012 in the series READING ROMAN DECLAMATION have now gone live on the conference website. https://sites.google.com/site/readingromandeclamation/home To register please e-mail roman.declamation AT gmail.com Further events will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 25-26 September 2013 (QUINTILIAN)…
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Seen on the Classicists list: The Classical Association of Scotland presents the CAS annual event 2012 Classical Theatre and the Contemporary Stage A panel discussion featuring DAVID GREIG (playwright and director) LIZ LOCHHEAD (playwright and Scots Makar) DAVID STUTTARD (author, translator and founder of Actors of Dionysus) in conversation with Professor DOUGLAS CAIRNS (University of…
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