August 2, 2012

  • As I notice an emperor (whose birthday was yesterday) pining on twitter (and I sort of feel responsible ): Can't say how jealous I am Pliny the Elder has his own beer @plinytheelder -I'm hoping for a Claudius Cider very soon! pic.twitter.com/DxWb4wbs — Emperor Claudius (@Claudius_God) August 2, 2012 Allow me to draw folks’ attention…

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  • Menestheus Revisited

    We’ll be generous and ignore the Olympic Games connection in this one, but if you’re looking for something to show the kids when dealing with the funeral games of Anchises, ecce:

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  • One of the things that annoys me regularly when trying to cover auction things is that I can never seem to find the original press release when announcements are made of items which aren’t available in a calendar yet. A case in point is the coverage of the following item, which is coming to auction…

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  • Scoop has an interesting reprise of an interview with Gore Vidal by our long-time correspondent (in the ‘original’ sense that we have corresponded by email, not that she works for us) Susan Mazur … here’s the part that pertains to us: […] My chat with Gore Vidal follows: Suzan Mazur: Did you eventually see the…

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  • This one is from Romania Business Insider and is kind of short on specifics, but we should probably get it ‘on record’: Several metal archeological objects and over 280 silver coins were discovered by archeologists on the track of the future Sibiu – Nadlac highway in Romania. One of the discoveries, a small iron replica…

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