While tracking down a claim, I came across a very interesting article from the BDA Dental Museum on various methods used by Romans to keep their teeth clean … there are (non-specific) references to ancient sources which could be tracked down …
Year: 2009
Classicists in the News
Congratulations to Caroline Lawrence for winning the Classical Association’s 2009 Prize:
… and to Laurier’s Judith Fletcher, who is only the second Canadian to win the AJP’s Gildersleeve Prize:
… and to Carl Huffman, who was among the recipients of the University Professor Award at DePauw:
… and to Princeton’s Dennis Feeney, who is among this year’s recipients of Guggenheims:
… and to Trinity Academy’s Shannon Walker, who has won CAMWS’ Manson A. Stewart Teacher Training Award:
Robert E. Wolverton has been surveying folks about ‘ugly’ and ‘pretty’ words:
The Daily Targum had a nice feature on T. Corey Brennan’s punk roots:
CONF: Fédération internationale des Associations d’études classiques
Preliminary programme available here …
CONF: Classical Association of Canada
The preliminary programme is now available here …
This Day in Ancient History
idus apriles
- ludi Cereri (day 2)– games in honour of the grain goddes Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C.
- rites in honour of Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Liber
- 150 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpus and companions at Pergamon
- 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus and companions at Silistria
- 1748 — death of Christopher Pitt (translator of Virgil)