July 2009
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This has finally hit the newswires, it appears … excerpts from the Reuters coverage: A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a “graveyard” of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene. The trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the fifth century…
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ante diem x kalendas sextilias Neptunalia — an obscure festival (obscure in the sense that we really don’t know what went on) in honour of Neptune ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 4) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 6) 79 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollinaris 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Phocas the Gardener
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Seen on the Digital Classicist list: Volume 49 (2009) will be the last volume of GRBS printed on paper. Beginning with volume 50, issues will be published quarterly on-line on the GRBS website, on terms of free access. We undertake this transformation in the hope of affording our authors a wider readership; out of concern…
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Meredith Dixon is alerting folks to the existence of a number of videos from this year’s Conventiculum … the first two are an overview of the thing: At the ‘user’ page, there are also seven videos of Fabulae Scaenicae … looks like a fun time!
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This is good news … from ABC: The Vatican Museum, full of priceless paintings, sculptures and archeological treasures is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, and one of the most visited places in Italy. Anyone who has been to the museum will recall the long lines snaking around the outer wall…
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