Daily Archives: September 29th, 2012

Romulus, Remus, and the Lupa From???

Sorry … lots of questions tonight (I’m poking around a forum written largely in Arabic and Google translate isn’t being helpful) … has anyone seen this before and/or know where it might be (possibly in Turkey)?

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Has This Inscription Been Published?

Does anyone know if this inscription has been published (I’m trying to figure out if this is a new find that hasn’t been reported or is something that has long been known):

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Meteorite Worship in the Greco-Roman World

My Explorator email box is slowly filling up with a much-publicized story about the recovery of a Tibetan statue made of meteoric iron which was discovered by the Nazis and is quite interesting (see, e.g., PhysOrg’s coverage: Buddhist statue, discovered by Nazi expedition, is made of meteorite, new study reveals)  … of course, plenty of Classics/Art History types were immediately reminded of the Magna Mater (as were Terrence Lockyer and Hasan Niyazi on Twitter), and so I piped up with mention of this very interesting article:

Absolutely!

Tip o’ the pileus to Andrew Reinhard on Twitter:

Keep Calm and Carry On

So last night I was wondering why departments aren’t festooned with posters like this and/or students sporting the latest memeish Ovidian attire:

… just in case someone searches for “Keep Calm and Carry On” in Latin; we Classics types were keeping calm and carrying on since the fall of the Republic or thereabouts … the full quotation is
perfer et obdura! dolor hic tibi proderit olim;  saepe tulit lassis sucus amarus opem (Ovid, Amores 3.11a.7-8 (from the Latin Library … can’t seem to find it in Perseus) or perfer et obdura; multo graviora tulisti (Tristia, 5.11.7) … created with the Keep Calm-o-matic

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas octobres

ante diem iii kalendas octobres

106 B.C. — birth of Gnaeus Pompeius

61 B.C. — Pompey celebrates his third triumph in recognition of his victories in the third Mithridatic War

48 B.C. — Pompeius Magnus, in the wake of his defeat at Pharsalus, is murdered as he steps ashore in Egypt (another possible date)

290 A.D. — martyrdom of Rhipsime, Gaiana, and companions

Blogosphere ~ Child Sacrifice in Carthage

Beachcombing’s Bizarre History Blog: Child Sacrifice in Carthage.

Blogosphere ~ Christian Askeland on the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: Forgery?

Mark Goodacre: Christian Askeland on the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: Forgery?.

Blogosphere ~ Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XXI

Powered By Osteons: Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival XXI.

Blogosphere ~ Using the iPad in Class

Pompeii Today: Bill Jennings: Using the iPad in Class.

 

[nice use of an iPad in a Latin class]

Blogosphere ~ History and Importance of Bath in Ancient Times

History of the Ancient World: History and Importance of Bath in Ancient Times.

Blogosphere ~ The end of the Olympic Games in the Ancient World: Abolishment or Vanishing? Observations

History of the Ancient World: The end of the Olympic Games in the Ancient World: Abolishment or Vanishing? Observations.

Blogosphere ~ Pliny, Nero, and the ‘Emerald’

History of the Ancient World: Pliny, Nero, and the ‘Emerald’.

Blogosphere ~ Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews

History of the Ancient World: Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews.

Blogosphere ~ BETRAYAL IN BIRMINGHAM

The Edithorial: BETRAYAL IN BIRMINGHAM.

Blogosphere ~ On This Day in Ancient History – The Last Days of Pompey

About.com Ancient / Classical History: On This Day in Ancient History – The Last Days of Pompey.

Blogosphere ~ The West Wing: A Proportional Response

Pop Classics: The West Wing: A Proportional Response.

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