April 2009
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Multilingualism from Alexander to Charlemagne: cross-cultural themes and perspectives 29th-30th May 2009 at the Faculty of Classics Organised by the Classical and Indo-European Linguistics Caucus, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge (Alex Mullen and Patrick James). Over the last decade, multilingualism has become a major research focus in the study of the ancient world. Our…
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Assorted items of interest which may or may not make it to the English-reading press: A pair of 5th/4th century B.C. burials found during sewer construction in Canosa: Canosa, dalla terra un tesoro Due tombe del IVsec. A.C. (Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno) From the same period come similar finds from Castellaneta; the site is clearly much…
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Somewhat tangential to our purview, but dealing with an exhibition I”m likely to go to (the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Royal Ontario Museum), we are just starting to hear rumblings of this … an excerpt from the Toronto Star: The Conservative government is staying mum on a letter from senior Palestinian officials opposing a…
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Excerpt from a piece at MTV’s Splashpage: About a year ago, news broke that Frank Miller was developing a “300” quasi-sequel. Snyder, who was in Las Vegas this week to pick up a Director of the Year award at ShoWest, revealed that he has indeed heard Miller’s idea for a graphic novel about the events…
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A rogueclassicism reader writes to ask whether the Domus Aurea has reopened yet and whether reservations to visit can be made. I do know the DA closed last December when flooding intervened, but I can’t find any mention of it reopening. Anyone know? Please answer in the comments.
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