August 2010
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Image by Gauis Caecilius via Flickr ante diem xv kalendas septembres 29 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Divus Julius (and associated rites thereafter) 2nd century A.D. — martyrdom of Florus and Laurus in Illyria 328 A.D. — death of Helena, mother of Constantine
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I think we’ve mentioned at least one of these coins before; I’m currently in a very low bandwidth internet situation, so I’ll just provide the link for now: via BBC – Treasure claim after Roman coins found near Manchester.
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[seen on Classicists] CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GREEKS Inaugural Queensland Greek History Conference 22-23 October 2010 The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia CONVENOR Dr David Pritchard (The University of Queensland) http://www.arts.uq.edu.au/?page=138090&pid=105822 Registration is now open for the Inaugural Queensland Greek History conference, which will be taking place at The University of Queensland on Friday 22…
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[seen on the Classicists list ….] You are cordially invited to attend the conference ‘EPIDEMICS IN CONTEXT’, to be held on 12 and 13 November at the Warburg Institute in London. Please download the poster here: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/colloquia/posters/epidemics.pdf . I would be grateful, if you could put it on your noticeboards. We are also making our…
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Yay! Canisius College will introduce a new bachelor’s degree in classics, the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations and the Greek and Latin languages, in fall 2010. The new classics major will prepare students for graduate work in the field and also train a new generation of Latin teachers to meet increasing demand across…
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