May 15, 2012
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June Samaras just posted this to the Classics list … happening tomorrow: Elliniko Theatro Brussels: 12 Hours for Greece Click here to WATCH THE EVENT LIVE [http://www.brusselsvideocrew.com/live/12hoursforgreece/] (16/05/2012 10am-12am CET) An independent citizens’ initiative at the heart of Europe, to express solidarity with the Greek people at this time of crisis. In the context of…
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BBC Magazine ponders the nature of dictators, and inter alia, chats with some Classicists: […] Roman Emperor Caligula was one of the earliest autocrats, known for his short temper and erratic behaviour. “He ordered boats to be rounded up and put in a line across the Bay of Naples, so he could walk across them…
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2012.05.25: Michael Davis, The Soul of the Greeks: an Inquiry. 2012.05.24: Hagith Sivan, Galla Placidia: the Last Roman Empress. Women in antiquity. 2012.05.23: Daniele F. Maras, Corollari: scritti di antichità etrusche e italiche in omaggio all’opera di Giovanni Colonna. Studia erudita, 14. 2012.05.22: Laura Ambrosini, Le gemme etrusche con iscrizioni. Mediterranea supplementi, 6. 2012.05.21: J.B.…
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accident (Merriam Webster) altiloquent (Dictionary.com) ides (OED) … and the Latin Word of the Day: illacrimare (Transparent Language) … the dead guys seem to be sleeping in …
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idus maias Festival of Jupiter rites in honour of Mercury rites in honour of Maia the Argei are tossed into the Tiber from the Sublician Bridge …. 251 — martyrdom of Isidore of Chios 392 A.D. — death of the emperor Valentinian II
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