February 2010
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Timothy J. Moore, professor of classics at the University of Texas, will deliver Monmouth College’s 26th annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Lecture on March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wells Theater. Titled “Musical Comedy: Roman and American,” the lecture is free and open to the public. Moore will propose that for all their differences,…
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Seen in the Canadian Classical Bulletin (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): JUSTICE IN THE ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD The University of Western Ontario, Mar 5th-7th, 2010 This conference seeks to bring together scholars from around North America to present papers on aspects of law…
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As my one son works on a high school paper about Knossos, it’s interesting that they still find things there: Geophysical studies at Kefala Hill in the Knossos archaeological site on Crete island, have revealed findings of the most ancient farm houses in Greece, and perhaps in all of Europe, dating back between 7,000- 6,400…
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Not quite sure of the ‘military’ claim here: A hoard of 208 coins found in a Suffolk field could have belonged to a retired Roman soldier. The collection of silver denarii coins was discovered in an undisclosed area of north Suffolk last spring, an inquest heard. Greater Suffolk Coroner Peter Dean determined the find to…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Postgraduate workshop on Religion and Identity in the Ancient World, 22nd- 23rd April 2010 Durham University This postgraduate workshop, hosted by Durham University’s Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East (CAMNE) on…
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