January 2011
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): University of Reading Department of Classics Research Seminar Spring Term 2011 Wednesdays at 4 pm, Ure Museum Jan 19 Andrew Laird (Warwick), “Classical humanism and ethnohistory in early colonial Mexico. A Latin letter from the…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Classical & Archaeological Studies Research Seminars 2010–2011, Spring term Thursday 27 January, 5.15 p.m., Cornwallis NW SR8 Professor Jun’ichiro Tsujita, Kyushu University, Japan ‘Romanization and State Formation: A Comparative Approach to Cultural Change in World…
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ante diem xiv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 3) c. 155 A.D. — martyrdom of Germanicus in Smyrna 169 A.D. — martyrdom of Pontianus c. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Messalina
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Image via Wikipedia Interesting item from the Times of India: Coins are not only used as a mode of exchange but they also reflect heritage. Indian-Roman relations was one such area where coins played a major role in establishing and strengthening ties between two countries. At a special exhibition on Roman coins and other Roman…
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Hot on the heels of Adrian Murdoch’s podcast on the nutty emperor, and just a few weeks before we mark the anniversary of the nutty emperor’s assassination, comes nutty news from the Guardian (tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin, who first ‘broke’ the story on Facebook last night): The lost tomb of Caligula has…
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