September 14, 2012
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Seen on the Classicists list: Lecturer in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in the Classics Programme. The successful applicant will be expected to have primary expertise in Greek History, together with the ability to teach both Greek and Latin languages. The appointee will be expected to…
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posted with permission: From Logos to Trinity: The Evolution of Religious Beliefs from Pythagoras to Tertullian. By Marian Hillar. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xi + 320. $99.00/£60.00. ISBN 978-1-107-1330-8. Reviewed by Patricia Johnston, Brandeis University In this sweeping review, Marian Hillar attempts to trace the development of the Christian doctrine…
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From Novinite: Bulgarian archaeologists have stumbled upon a unique lion head stone sculpture from the times of the Trojan War. The discovery has been made in the so-called Womb Cave in the Eastern Rhodopes. It was German ornithologists who initially discovered the sculpture, local media inform. They stumbled upon the artifact while studying the behavior…
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ante diem xviii kalendas octobres ludi Romani (day 10 ) equorum probatio — the official cavalry parade of the equites (in conjunction with the above) 23 A.D. — death of Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Younger), son of the emperor Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina 81 A.D. — official dies imperii of Domitian (recognition by the…
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About.com Ancient / Classical History: On This Day in Ancient History – Titus Died.
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