December 2012

  • posted with permission: Cicero’s Practical Philosophy. Edited by Walter Nicgorski. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012. Pp. xiii + 313. Hardcover, $42.00. ISBN 978-0-268-03665-2. Reviewed by Sean McConnell, University of East Anglia This collection of papers is a useful starting point for those seeking to get an insight into current trends at…

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  • Honours for Jeremy Rutter

    An excerpt from the concluding half of a piece in the Valley News: [ …] In the archaeological universe, there are people who prefer to sit at a remove from a site, analyzing material in a lab: these are, said Rutter, the “cleans.” Then there are the other people, who like nothing better than getting…

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  • I’ve always thought the AIA and APA should coordinate a bit better this time of year as each seems to be doing something really well that the other should also be doing. In the APA’s case, all the abstracts for the sessions are online and available … if you’re one twitter and/or have liked the…

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  • Nuntii Latini (YLE)

    Latest Latin news: Tria principia defensionis Finniae JULKAISTU 31.12.2012 KLO 10.03 Regimen Finnorum relationem de politica securitatis et defensionis comprobavit. Consilia de novis armis acquirendis in posterum differuntur sed tres rationes fundamentales integrae servantur. Pro primo: Finniam manere extra confoederationes militares, pro secundo: militiam esse obligatoriam, pro tertio: totam patriam esse defendendam. alia: Anno vergente…

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  • Ancient Greek Hairstyles

    My spiders find some interesting things … over at Deviant Art, Ninidu has made sketches of some Greek hairstyles (with dates) which might be of use: Ancient Greek Hairstyles

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