August 2009
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Seen on the Classicists list: Thucydides: reception, reinterpretation and influence This four-year, AHRC-funded research project at the University of Bristol, led by Professor Neville Morley, will explore the history of the reception of Thucydides and his work since the Renaissance, including the history of scholarship and criticism on the text, the changing interpretative frameworks and…
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This one is making the rounds of the ‘eastern’ papers … here’s the ANI version via Daily India: A team of archaeologists has discovered the ancient port city of Bathonea, located in Istanbul’s Kucukcekmece basin in Turkey, which is estimated to be 1,600 years old. According to a report in Today’s Zaman, Dr. Sengul Aydingun…
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Interesting item from Ha’aretz … some excerpts: Remains of an ancient cult to the goddess of love have come to light in the southern Golan Heights site of Susita At the site, on a 350 meter-high-plateau overlooking the eastern shore of Lake Kinneret, archaeologists found a cache of three figurines of Aphrodite (whom the Romans…
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ante diem xiii kalendas septembres 2 A.D. — death of Augustus’ grandson/adoptive son Lucius Caesar in Massalia
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ante diem xiv kalendas septembres Vinalia — the second major wine festival of this name celebrated by the Romans 43 B.C. — the future emperor Octavian enters his first consulship; Octavian’s adoption by Julius Caesar formally recognized 14 A.D. — Augustus dies at Nola 232 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Probus 304 A.D.…
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