November 2010
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Brief item from the Jerusalem Post: Archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a 1,800-year-old bathing pool in Jerusalem built by soldiers from the Tenth Roman Legion, the Legion that destroyed the Temple a few years before, reported Israel Radio on Monday. Remains of the pool were discovered during excavations in the Jewish Quarter where…
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These are really good, as mentioned … this one would be a good one to begin a class on what went on in the arena, albeit from a popculch sort of view. There are some things that might be discussion-worthy here (e.g. the presentation of the pollice verso)
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ante diem x kalendas decembres c. 70 A.D. — martyrdom of Philemon and Apphia c. 117 A.D. — martyrdom of Cecilia
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Seen on Classicists (please respond to the folks mentioned below, not rogueclassicism): ANCIENT ROME AND EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND POLITICS Interdisciplinary conference, Jesus College Oxford, 21-22 May 2011 Speakers include David Norbrook and Blair Worden CALL FOR PAPERS Ancient Rome was a source of endless fascination to the early moderns. Historians, politicians, divines,…
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Seen on Classicists (please respond to the folks mentioned below, not rogueclassicism): HISTORIOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUARIANISM (sponsored by CCANESA) 12-14 August 2011 University of Sydney, Australia CFP: Title and a 150 word abstract due 15 January 2011 This conference aims to expand a discussion on approaches to the past from Greco-Roman antiquity to the 17th century,…
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