January 11, 2013
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The incipit of an Owen Jarus piece at LiveScience: Residents of a town under siege by the Roman army about 2,000 years ago buried two hoards of treasure in the town’s citadel — treasure recently excavated by archaeologists. More than 200 coins, mainly bronze, were found along with “various items of gold, silver and bronze…
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I’ll just post the headline/link to this one because I’m not sure if it’s a blog or what … some good points: ‘Gangster Squad’ is Seriously Violent, But Not Worse Than ‘The Iliad’ (Policymic)
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From an Open University press release: Professor Helen King has been awarded a prize by the Women’s Classical Caucus for the best article published in the last three years relating to their mission of ‘fostering the study of gender, sexuality, feminist theory, or women’s history’. The winning article by Professor King, Professor of Classical Studies…
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posted with permission: Trouble in the West: Egypt and the Persian Empire 525–332 BCE. By Stephen Ruzicka. Oxford Studies in Early Empires. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xxv + 311. Hardcover, $74.00/£45.00. ISBN 978-0-19-976662-8. Reviewed by Jan P. Stronk, Universiteit van Amsterdam Though ancient Greek historians frequently make it appear that…
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