July 2009
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ante diem iii idus quinctilias ludi Apollinares (day 8)– games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo 431 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of Apollo outside the pomoerium (and associated…
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Denis Rousset posted this to the Inscriptiones-l list: Le supplément 2009 du Guide de l’épigraphiste a été mis en ligne à l’adresse habituelle : http://www.antiquite.ens.fr/txt/dsa-publications-guidepigraphiste-fr.htm Toutes les remarques et suggestions pour ce supplément 2009 et pour la suite sont les bienvenues à : guide.epigraphiste AT ens.fr
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Seen on the Latinteach list: Rose Williams will be leading a webinar in Bolchazy-Carducci’s summer series for Latin teachers on July 16th, 6-8PM Eastern: “Making Room for History in a Busy Latin Class”. Rose will give a brief overview of Roman history for use very early in the first term which can be used as…
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ante diem iv idus quinctilias ludi Apollinares (day 7) — games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo 100 B.C. (?) — birth of G. Julius Caesar 67 A.D. — martyrdom of…
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From Hurriyet: Archaeologists in the Turkish Aegean town of Çanakkale are celebrating the new discovery of a 2,200-year-old sarcophagus in the ancient city of Parion, one of the most important centers of the Helenistic era. Golden earrings, rings and crown pieces have been found in the sarcophagus, which is believed to have belonged to a…
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