May 2, 2012
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Nice feature in the News Observer: In a narrow seminar room at Duke University, Peter Burian leads 14 students through ancient Rome to the palatial Baths of Caracalla, where 1,600 Romans at a time could soak in pools of cool, warm and hot water. His mellifluous voice narrates the slideshow from his laptop. The imperial…
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From the Observer: Over Spring Break, 10 Notre Dame graduate students enrolled in a classics seminar taught by Professor Martin Bloomer gained hands-on experience with ancient texts and manuscripts at the Ambrosian Library in Milan, Italy. The class, composed of students from the classics, literature and history departments as well as the Medieval Institute, joined…
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ante diem vi nonas maias Floralia (day 6) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course)…
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The ASOR Blog: Changing attitudes to looting. What are your ideas?.
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Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: In Spe et Labore.
rogue classicism 