February 17, 2013
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Here’s the tease: In the years following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, internal Roman power struggles—combined with the increasingly negative response to Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony’s romantic partnership—led to the deterioration of the relationship between Egypt and Rome. The conflict ultimately came to a head with the Battle of Actium in…
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This looks like it’s going to be really really really really good:
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2013.02.29: Sarah Nooter, When Heroes Sing: Sophocles and the Shifting Soundscape of Tragedy. 2013.02.28: Maurizio Bettini, The Ears of Hermes: Communication, Images, and Identity in the Classical World. 2013.02.27: Tyler Jo Smith, Dimitris Plantzos, A Companion to Greek Art (2 vols.). Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture. 2013.02.26: Francesco de Angelis,…
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Nice video from the Smarthistory folks:
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… all empty, alas … Here’s the story from Al Ahram: During routine archaeological survey at an area known as the “27 Bridge” in Al-Qabari district, one of Alexandria’s most densely populated slum areas, archaeologists stumbled upon a collection of Graeco-Roman tombs. Each tomb is a two-storey building with a burial chamber on its first…
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