October 12, 2012
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Tip o’ the pileus to June Samaras on the Classics list for alerting us to this accolade … here’s the incipit of how the Atlantic spun the tale: Ted McCagg is a creative director in advertising in Portland, Oregon. In his spare time, for the past five years or so, McCagg has been keeping a…
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A zillion versions of this one bouncing around the interwebs right now … the clearest seems to be AFP via France 24: Archaeologists said Wednesday they believe they have found the exact spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on March 15, 44 BC. The stabbing of the dictator by Roman senators…
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Excerpts from the LA Times, which really plays up the Classics angle: Khaled Holmes earned a degree in classics, so USC’s senior center is well versed in the tragedy and heroism found in ancient Greek and Roman literature. Ask him which character he most identifies with and the bearded, bespectacled Holmes pauses. “Most of them…
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zeugma (Dictionary.com) nuncupative (Merriam Webster) feint (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: verb 2: audeo , audere, ausus sum => dare http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) October 12, 2012 otium: leisure: noun. Example sentence:Otium sine litteris mors est.Translation:Leisure without literature is death. http://t.co/YnuNGP26 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) October 12, 2012
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ante diem iv idus octobres 19 B.C. — Augustus returns from various eastern campaigns 166 A.D. — co-emperor Lucius Verus celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Persians; future emperor Commodus is given the rank of Caesar
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