June 2009
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Seen on the Classicists list: The Faculty of Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is pleased to announce an international conference on ‘Episcopal Elections in Late Antiquity’, 26-28 October 2009. The conference programme will include fourteen keynote lectures and eleven short paper sessions. Registration, travel and accommodation information is available on the conference website, and…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Hengstberger Symposium 2009 Political Communication and Public Opinion in the Ancient World Dates: Friday, 10 July — Sunday, 12 July 2009 Venue: Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg (http://www.iwh.uni-hd.de/index.html) Numbers are restricted. There are only a few places left. If you would like to attend, please register by email to…
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ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias 2nd century A.D.
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ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias 212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio 1716 — Alexander Pope’s translation of the Iliad is published 1813 — birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist) 1937 — birth of Erich Segal (Classicist, known to Classicists for his work on ancient comedy; known to the rest of the world…
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ante diem xvii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 3 of a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva ) Quando stercus delatus fas ("When the ‘trash’ is taken out") and the Temple of Vesta is closed to the public 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Vitus (and companions)
rogue classicism 