June 2010
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Chuck Jones of Ancient World Online fame alerts us to L’Annee Epigraphique now being available in JSTOR: AWOL – New Ancient World Content in JSTOR. (woohoo!)
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ante diem xiii kalendas quinctilias 240 B.C. — Eratosthenes calculates the circumference of the earth (I have no idea what the source for this is) rites at the Temple of Minerva on the Aventine ca. 165 (?) — martyrdom of Protase 325 A.D. — Hosius announces the Nicene Creed during the First Council of Nicaea
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Alas … looks like we’re in for another round of ‘the race of Cleopatra’ silliness: Backlash over Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra | CNN(check the comments too!)
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ante diem xv kalendas quinctilias 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Nicander and Marcian 265 A.D. — martyrdom of Antidius
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Some press coverage of Lorna Robinson’s latest project: IT’S not every day you get the chance to learn ancient Greek. Now Dr Lorna Robinson is giving people in Oxford the opportunity to pick up the secrets of the language in parks across East Oxford. For the next nine weeks, the director of the educational charity…
rogue classicism 