August 21, 2010
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There’s a video at the link … not sure about this one: If this looks like a combination of football, rollerball and the Second Punic War, well, it kind of is. It’s called Harpastrum, an ancient Roman game practiced by Legionaries to prepare them for battle. Today it’s better known as Fight Football League, played…
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Angelika Franz sports a very nice ivy of Dionysus around her arm: As Dr Franz notes, she got her ink before she was aware of the ‘ptolemaic context’ of ivy tattoos (i.e. that Ptolemy IV had an ivy-leaf tattoo as well) …
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From Caroline Lawrence’s Roman Mysteries blog: Are you a budding young writer? Could you create the next Flavia Gemina or Falco? Well, here’s your chance. Burgess Hill School presents an annual writing competition now in its third year: THE GOLDEN SPONGE-STICK COMPETITION. This global competition is now open to all UK and International school &…
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Here’s one Tim Parkin (and others) and I have been chatting about on Facebook … AFP via PhysOrg: Archaeologists unearthed a Roman bust from the 2nd century AD hailed as the most important archaeological find of the last 50 years in Albania, experts said Friday. “It is an exceptional discovery, the most important in the…
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