February 2009
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Supplementary Call for Papers Identity and Identification in Antiquity International conference organised by: Department of Classical Studies, Bar-Ilan University College of Law, Florida International University SECL, Classical and Archaeological Studies, University of Kent Where? College of Law, Florida International University, Miami, USA When? Tuesday 7 April to Thursday 9 April 2009 Deadlines? Supplementary call for…
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idus februariae Parentalia (day 1) — a festival for honouring/appeasing the dead began on this day with a number of signs: temples were closed, altars did not have fires burn on them, people were forbidden to get married, and magistrates set down the trappings of their office. Fornacalia (day 1) — this was actually a…
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expurgate (Dictionary.com) idiolalia (Worthless Word for the Day)
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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. The older I get the less patience I have with this one … every year in the first couple of weeks of February, piles of journalists and/or their editors parade their stunning lack of critical thinking throughout the world (but mostly in the North American press) by claiming some sort of link between Lupercalia…
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pridie idus februarias 11 B.C. — the future emperor Tiberius marries Julia, daughter of Augustus
rogue classicism 