September 2010
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This is an interesting story … seems to come from Lansing, Michigan: Hail, Spartacus! No, that can’t be right. Spartacus was a humble slave who broke out of gladiator school, gathered a slave army and fought the fat cats of imperial Rome. He wore burlap, probably was a socialist, and never pulled rank on his…
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From the world of UEFA Champions League soccer this week comes an item of interest … here’s a little excerpt from Sports Illustrated: The Union of European Football Associations said the banner reading “Romani ite domum” – Latin for “Romans Go Home” – was considered provocative. The slogan references a scene in the movie comedy…
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As I gear up to clear up the backlog, I feel it’s necessary to mention that I am not associated with this Rogue Classicist blog (which seems to be by a person with a Classics background and a semi-similar taste in music as me) … another one with the same Rogue Classicist moniker which I…
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ante diem xvi kalendas octobres ludi Romani (day 12) 253 A.D. — martyrdom of Cornelius at Rome
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Classics Department Research Seminar Wednesdays at 3pm Room 101, Parkinson Building University of Leeds 2010-11 Semester 1 September 29th David Kovacs University of Virginia Horace, Odes 1.1, 2.20 and 3.30 October 6th Penny Goodman University of…
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