May 2010
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Very nice overview of the genre, right up to Agora, with comments hic et illic from Robin Lane Fox: The return of swords ‘n’ sandals movies | FT.
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Image via Wikipedia Some ClassCon in Maclean’s (Canada’s News Magazine): On a recent Tuesday evening, seven members of McMaster University’s classics club gathered in Room 719 of Togo Salmon Hall to watch Disney’s animated movie Hercules. So far this academic year they’ve screened Gladiator, 300 and the 1966 classic A Funny Thing Happened on the…
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Check this out: Here’s the official description: A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D. An Imperial commission, perhaps from an altar or other civic monument, superbly sculpted in high relief with the emperor Tiberius standing before a seated Genius with the goddess Concordia between them as an intermediary, Tiberius to the…
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pridie idus maias rites in honour of Mars Invictus procession of the Argei (images of humans made from bullrushes) in anticipation of them being tossed in the Tiber tomorrow c. 130 A.D. — martyrdom of Henedina
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ante diem iii idus maias Lemuria (day 3) 177 A.D. — martyrdom of Glyceria
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