December 4, 2012
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Wow … no sooner does Hurriyet mention it and the Dallas MoFA returns it … from the Star-Telegram: The Dallas Museum of Art has returned an ancient mosaic to Turkish officials after discovering it was stolen. The mosaic was returned to Turkish officials at a ceremony Monday in Dallas. Museum officials also launched an international…
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posted with permission: The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Fourth Edition. General Editors, Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth; Assistant Editor, Esther Eidinow. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. lv + 1592. Hardcover, £100.00/$175.00. ISBN 978-0-19-954556-8. Reviewed by Peter Green, University of Iowa First, some comparative figures. The fourth edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary…
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From a University of Kent news release: The department of Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent has helped confirm a helmet unearthed in Kent dates back to the 1st century BC. The helmet, found in farmland near Canterbury in September, is made of bronze and was discovered alongside a brooch by an…
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pontificate (Dictionary.com) decimate (Wordsmith) ambidexter (Wordnik) Extemporaneously (Newswordy) Latinitweets: noun 2: gladius , gladii, m => sword http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) December 4, 2012 oculus: eye: noun. Example sentence:Magis te quam oculos amo meos.Translation:I love you more than my own eyes. http://t.co/Bdgz2wI3 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 4, 2012
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pridie nonas decembres ca. 235 — martyrdom of Barbara
rogue classicism 