February 14, 2010

  • I think we mentioned this one (found as per the following item), from August 2008, but just in case you missed it: What the Romans did for us | BBC News Magazine.

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  • Found while digging through something Terrence Lockyer mentioned on the Classics list last week … from November 2007: Looking back at Orpheus | BBC News Magazine.

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  • Seen on Classics (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to take part in an archaeological fieldschool focusing on the remains of a large, 2nd century CE, probably imperial Roman villa in Genzano di Roma, about 20 miles south of the…

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  • Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): The Rutgers Classics Graduate Student Organization would like to invite you to our conference, "All Roads Lead From Rome." It will be held on 9 April 2010 at the Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. The…

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  • Hellenistic Tombs

    Haven’t heard of any reports of this in any greater detail, alas: Eight tombs dating to the Hellenist Period were partially revealed recently in the region of Gonous, Larissa prefecture, after flooding caused by heavy rainfall swept away a rural dirt road. The Archaeological Service subsequently conducted an excavation, which brought to light the tombs…

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