February 2009

  • omnium annalium monumenta : ANNALS, EPIC AND DRAMA in Republican Rome Call for papers – contents of previous attachment now in body of the email Seminar to be held at the Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Rome, April 24–25, 2009 That the study of Roman Republican Historiography is a very dynamic field of research is evident from…

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  • CLASSICS 08 AND SACE ANCIENT LANGUAGES SUMMER SCHOOL 2009: 27th JULY – 7th August Our one and two week intensive courses in Ancient Languages, taught by our own subject specialists, are now being planned for Summer 2009. Suitable for students aged 14+, the summer schools will provide those new to Classics and the Ancient World…

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  • This Day in Ancient History

    ante diem iv idus februarias 60 A.D. — Paul is shipwrecked on Malta (by one reckoning) 120 A.D. — martyrdom of Irenaeus and Hyacinth 1998 — death of Paul MacKendrick (The Greek Stones Speak, among others)

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    pied (Wordsmith) osteopath (Dictionary.com) anecdote (Merriam-Webster)

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  • Thracian Wine Complex

    Apparently the folks who had the rep of drinking their wine undiluted also had major complexes (complices?) where they made their wine and news.bg reports the discovery of same near the Kardzhali village of Yagnevo. The brief (and somewhat awkwardly translated, as often) piece gives an age of 3000 years b.p. for the site and/or…

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