December 6, 2012
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I finally got a chance to check out Pedar Foss’ latest blog-related project … here’s an intro from his very self: This begins a series of posts that will translate and comment upon Pliny the Younger’s two letters (6.16 and 6.20) about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79–the disaster that buried Pompeii, Herculaneum,…
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posted with permission: Review–Discussion: Alexander’s Diadochs and their Destructive Wars Dividing the Spoils: the War for Alexander the Great’s Empire. By Robin Waterfield. Ancient Warfare and Civilization. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xv + 273. £18.99/$27.95. ISBN 978-0-19-957392-9 (UK); 978-0-19-539523-5 (US). Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great…
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posted with permission: A Culture of Freedom: Ancient Greece and the Origins of Europe. By Christian Meier. Translated by Jefferson Chase. With a Foreword by Kurt Raaflaub. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii + 315. Hardcover, £18.99/$29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-958803-9. Reviewed by Paul Cartledge, Clare College, Cambridge (pac1001 AT cam.ac.uk) There was,…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Joseph Yarbrough for alerting us to this item in the Gyrene Gazette: “Salvus sīs!” says your classmate, walking into the room. You smile as you respond, “Salvē! Ut valēs?” “Bene. Et tū?” “Nōn male.” Soon, the room is sparkling with foreign chatter—before the professors have even arrived. Sermo Latinus Hodiernus…
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I know this is probably an honest mistake, but every time I go to a bookstore looking for something about ancient history, this seems to be the case: Source …
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