Year: 2009

CONF: Oxford Ancient History Seminar Series

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The programme for this term’s ancient history seminar series at Oxford is as follows:

Centre and Region in the Hellenistic Mediterranean

13 Oct.

Dr Jonathan Prag (Oxford)

Epigraphic habits in the hellenistic western Mediterranean

20 Oct.

Dr Alex Mullen (Cambridge)

‘La Provence grecque’. Regional identities and language in Southern Gaul

27 Oct.

Dr Al Moreno (Oxford)

Hieron and Pontic-Aegean Networks

3 Nov.

t.b.c.

10 Nov.

Dr Rebecca Sweetman (St Andrews)

Crete: Hellenistic seclusion to Roman network hub

17 Nov.

Prof. Vincent Gabrielsen (Copenhagen)

Economic dynamism and Aegean aristocracies: Hellenistic Rhodes and its network

24 Nov.

Dr Alicia Jiménez (Madrid)

Roman coins in a provincial context. The Republican army and the camps at Numantia (Soria, Spain)

1 Dec.

Dr Lorenzo Campagna (Messina):

Exploring social and cultural changes in the communities of provincia Sicilia. New perspectives from the study of urban landscapes

All seminars take place at 5pm in the ground floor Lecture Theatre of the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU

Google map here: http://tinyurl.com/IoannouCentre

All welcome.

Please direct any queries to the organisers:

Alfonso.moreno AT magd.ox.ac.uk

Jonathan.prag AT merton.ox.ac.uk

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus octobres

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ante diem iii idus octobres

  • Fontinalia — a festival in honour of the divinity Fons, who presided over springs and wells; such sources of water were festooned with garlands for the occasion
  • 54 A.D. — death of the emperor Claudius, purportedly succumbing to a plate of poisoned mushrooms dished up by his niece/wife Agrippina; dies imperii of Nero (son of Agrippina)

Make Suggestions About the New Edition of Wheelock!

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posted with permission of Dr. Lafleur:

SALVETE, VOS OMNES! I thought I’d let folks who may be interested know that, having completed the new Latin reader SCRIBBLERS, SCVLPTORS, AND SCRIBES (a companion to Wheelock and other introductory texts, scheduled for publication Winter 2010), I am continuing work on a new, 7th edition of WHEELOCK’S LATIN, which will be available in paperback and hard cover and is due out winter/spring 2011, in time for summer/fall adoptions; I would very much welcome constructive suggestions from past, current, and prospective Wheelock users, but OFF-LIST, please.

My editors at HarperCollins have generously provided the considerable latitude and resources I requested, so that the new edition will be much enhanced; there’ll be 30+ additional pages, ca. 80 illustrations (vs. the 40 currently), updated maps from the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC, new and expanded readings (including inscriptions, graffiti, proverbs, and literary texts), a bit of conversational Latin too, an expanded end vocabulary, expanded and clarified grammatical explanations, expansions to the supplementary syntax section, new reading comprehension and translation tips, and an improved format, including totally new, more attractive fonts.

Again, I welcome and indeed solicit suggestions, which should be sent to me at rlafleur AT uga.edu

MILLE GRATIAS!!
Rick LaFleur

CFP: Classics Ireland

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Classics Ireland /is the journal of the Classical Association of Ireland whose members consist of those with a general interest in the Classical World including students, teachers and academics. It is published on an annual basis and contributions are welcome on all aspects of Classical Antiquity, especially if there is an Irish dimension, whether in the history of Classical scholarship or the reception of Classical values in Ireland. Contributions must be scholarly, but not technical and should appeal both to a wide readership and to the specialist. All Greek and Latin must be translated. Articles should not normally exceed 5,000 words and will be independently refereed before formal acceptance for publication. In addition, articles will be published on-line following the paper publication, at http://www.classicsireland.com/.

Expressions of interest and all manuscripts should be addressed to the editor:

Brian Sheridan,
Department of Ancient Classics,
National University of Ireland,
Maynooth,
Co. Kildare,
IRELAND

brian.sheridan AT nuim.ie