June 26, 2012
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… I can only imagine what sort search engine hits I’m going to get from that headline … In any event, t’other day we mentioned that the coverage of the redating of the Capitoline wolf really didn’t satisfy in terms of presenting anything new (and the lack of coverage in English didn’t help me in…
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As the threat to Classics at UVa slowly fades away, Jon Mikalson (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics at UVa) sends along a letter from the Dean that is worth putting on the record in all this kerfuffle: It is troubling to hear that inaccurate assertions made in recent news reports have resulted in unwarranted…
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desideratum (Merriam-Webster) suasion (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: noun 1: terra , terrae, f => ground, land, country http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) June 26, 2012 natalis: birthday: noun. Example sentence:Spero te hunc natalem quam felicissimum acturum esse.Translation:I hop… http://t.co/FZ1opZ8C — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 26, 2012 con-sterno, strāvi, strātum 3, v. a. To strew over,…
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ante diem vi kalendas quinctilias ludi Taurei quinquennales (day 2) — horse races held every five years to appease the divinities of the underworld 23 B.C. (and several years after) — the emperor Augustus is given tribunicia potestas 4 A.D. — the emperor Augustus adopts Tiberius (son of his wife Livia) and Agrippa Postumus (son…
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About.com Ancient / Classical History: Death of Julian the Apostate.
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