November 2009
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ante diem xvi kalendas decembres ludi Plebeii (day 13) — the Jupiterfest is still going on 42 B.C. — birth of the future emperor Tiberius
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I’m sure folks have all heard/read about the latest news from the Egyptian desert — presented with varying degrees of credulity by a less-than- incredulous media –about the claimed discovery of remains of Cambyses’ ‘lost army’ by the brothers Castiglioni. Google, fora, lists, discussion groups are all agog at this apparently amazing discovery ‘proving’ one…
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idus novembres rites in honour of Jupiter epulum in honour of Jupiter rites in honour of Feronia rites in honour of Fortuna Primigenia rites in honour of Pietas (?) ludi Plebeii (day 10) — the Jupiterfest goes on and on and on (much of the above must be connected to it all)… 36 B.C. —…
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In the wake of the threat to Classics at MSU, it has been brought to my attention that the Classics program at UMD College Park is also threatened, although to what extent at this point isn’t certain (merger with other departments is the current suggestion … maybe). From what I’ve been able to gather, UMD…
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Richard Ackland in the Sydney Morning Herald, inter alia: It was not until 2002 that St Andrew’s threw open its doors to women. Having lived there as a student in the 1960s I went back a few years ago for dinner and was bowled over at the change. What was once a vomitorium was now…
rogue classicism 