February 7, 2013
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seen on the Classics list: UGA CLASSICS SUMMER INSTITUTE Each year the Institute offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate Latin and Classics courses, including, in odd-numbered years, a methods course for Latin teachers and Intensive Beginning Greek and, in even-numbered years, Intensive Beginning Latin. The Institute curriculum is supplemented by workshops and guest lectures…
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I seem to have missed this UPenn video last week: Was there a Trojan War? Assessing the Evidence from Recent Excavations at Troy In the course of the latest campaign of excavations at Troy, in northwestern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a wealth of evidence that enables us to situate the site within the political and…
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posted with permission: The Romans and Germany: Selections from Tacitus, Caesar, Suetonius, Livy, Velleius Paterculus, Pomponius Mela, Frontinus. Edited with introduction, notes, and vocabulary by Herbert W. Benario. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2012. Pp. x + 71. Paper, $13.95. ISBN 978-1-4772-4066-3 (paper); 978-1-4772-4065-6 (e-book). Reviewed by Roger T. Macfarlane, Brigham Young University Scholarship on Tacitus and on…
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gastronomy (Dictionary.com) orismology (OED) transpontine (Wordnik) Latinitweets: verb 3 deponent: ingredior , ingredi, ingressus sum => enter http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 7, 2013 *eligo, eligere, elegi, electus* – to choose #etymology of English noun "election" — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) February 7, 2013 moenĭa, ĭum (gen. plur. moeniōrum) Gr. ἀμύνω, μύνη; defensive…
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ante diem vii idus februarias 304 A.D. — martyrdom of Adaucus in Phrygia 1845 — the small glass ‘amphora’ known as the Portland Vase, while on loan to the British Museum, was smashed by a guy on a drinking binge (it was subsequently restored) [photo]
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