Month: January 2009

Recently on eClassics

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Andrew Reinhard writes:

Salvete,

Post-AIA/APA, it’s time to get back into the swing of all things Latin (and digital) over at eClassics. We have a LOT of new content, listed here for you. We also welcomed members this week from Romania, Japan, Italy, France, and Texas. We now have 976 members from over 50 countries.

Videos:

Troy (in Latin)
“Bizzare Latin Project” (Dickens meets declensions meets the “It’s” Man meets…)
Roman Idol (Latin for “hilarious”)
Aeneid, Book VI (in Latin)
“Puer et Agricolae” (thanks Laura Gibbs!)
Scene from Amarcord (for the Greek student in all of us…)

Blog Posts:

Podcasting and the Classics, APA 2009 (thanks Chris Ann Matteo!)
WiZiQ Virtual Classroom
Latinum Update: New Year’s Day 2009 (thanks Evan Millner!)
Reception Studies are Vital
Supporting Classical Studies in Norway

Discussions:

Impersonate an animal in Latin, win a prize!
Mobile Latin
Learning Ancient Greek Online

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Lingua Latina in ESO (new Spanish-language Latin pedagogy blog)

Thanks again for your continued support.

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This Day in Ancient History

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pridie idus januarias

  • 49 B.C. — Caesar crosses the Rubicon (yet another suggestion).
  • c. 230 A.D. — martyrdom of Tatiana in Rome
  • c. 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Arcadius in Mauretania

Remains of Ancient Bourgas From Bulgaria

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The city of Bourgas has a coat of arms which depicts a fortress, to wit:

… and according to the headline, that fortress has been found. Whatever the case, the Wikipedia article whence that image came clarifies things at bit, noting this was the ancient Pyrgos, which became the Roman colony of Dueltum. When one knows that, this salient info begins to make sense:

A text inscribed on a sign from the 2nd century AD sheds light on the name’s origins, which, literally translated from Latin, sounds like “Bourgos.” The text states that in Roman times many fortresses had been built along the frontier of the Roman colony Deultum. Deultum was established in the last years of the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD).

During December 2008, extensive research was carried out on the southeast entrance of the fortress on Foros peninsula near Bourgas, where the massive rectangular tower that had guarded the town gates can be recognised. The outer side of the fortress wall is 2.90m wide; 15m of its length seemed to be well preserved, Drazheva has said.

I’m not sure how old that coat of arms is, but I hae me doots that this is the fortress depicted thereon. Nice find though …

• Fortress depicted on Bourgas city coat of arms discovered (Sofia Echo)