February 2009
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Brock University Archaeological Society 20th Annual Scholarly Symposium Saturday March 14th 2009 Pond Inlet Brock University 11:30 am to 5:30 pm Banquet to follow Michael Carter Brock University Department of Classics Living the Nightmare: When Your Gladiatorial Dreams Come True Judith Fletcher Wilfrid Laurier University Archaeology and Classical Studies Oaths and Oracles in Greek Tragedy…
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Critical Approaches to Ancient Philosophy University of Bristol 21-22 March 2009 (2 pm Saturday- 1 pm Sunday) While the diversity of disciplines influenced by classical philosophers is a testament to their works’ fecundity, all too often it happens that specialists approaching them from the perspective of the history of philosophy, literary theory and “continental” philosophy,…
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From the ASCSA site (no … I do not understand why McMaster University has nothing mentioning this): With great sadness, the School reports that Daniel Joseph Geagan passed away at St. Joseph’s Villa, Dundas, Ontario, Canada on Friday, February 6, 2009, in his 72nd year. He is survived by his wife, Helen Augusta von Raits…
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My driving-to-work-and-back listening yesterday was a very interesting edition of In Our Time featuring Mary Beard, Jo Crawley-Quinn and Ellen O’Gorman. The topic of the conversation was the destruction of Carthage, but it went much beyond that and gave a very good overview of Rome’s dealings with Carthage in general, and there was much mention…
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Every now and then, this story about the purported Roman origins of hopscotch pops up … most recently in the East London Advertiser: The game involving hopping between squares on a chalk grid dates back to Roman times. It was used originally for military training when foot soldiers ran in full armour and field packs…
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