July 2010
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This one’s been making the rounds of various lists, but in case you missed it … it’s a useful little tool for getting those Inscriptiones Graecae and Sylloge numbers in line (anyone else refer to them as ‘iggy’ and ‘ziggy’?)… Konkordanz IG – SEG
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Interesting parallels to the column of Marcus Aurelius and ‘triumph investigations’: Civilian casualties, leaks and the ancient view | Times .
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ante diem vii kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 7) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome continues (day 9) 110 A.D. — martyrdom of Hyacinthus 1893 — birth of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational)
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So there was a bit of twitter chatter about the Daily Mail’s claims about celebrity tattoos ‘causing’ a revival of interest in Latin, and it was decided that we’d start a new feature here which possibly is a bit more realistic in regards to Latin and tattoos by showcasing the Latin/Classical ink festooning the dermises…
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This one just started filtering in this a.m. … here’s the Reuters coverage: A team of marine archaeologists using sonar scanners have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with intact cargoes of wine and oil. The remains of the trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the 5th-7th…
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