January 2011
-
ante diem xvi kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 1) 86 B.C. — death of Marius (or possibly on the 13th) 38 B.C. — Octavian marries Livia 6 B.C. — dedication of the ara Numinis Augusti in Rome 42 A.D. — consecration of Livia as divine
-
Got a few weeks’ worth of items here … things that caught my eye in the Classical Blogosphere (and elsewhere … I’m kind of getting cranky/annoyed that various ‘History’ carnivals and ‘umbrella sites’ routinely ignore most of the Classical Blogosphere): Matters mostly historical: Alexander’s Hair-raising Fight with the Oracle at Delphi [History With a Twist]…
-
Excerpts of interest: ================================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================ Byzantine burials from Jabal al-Sin (Syria): http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101088571/Travel/archaeologists-byza\ ntine-cemeteries-unearthed-in-north-eastern-syria.html Assorted Byzantine finds from Apamea: http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101138634/Related-news-from-Syria/sy\ ria-byzantine-coins-and-water-tank-unearthed-in-archaeological-city-of-apamea.ht\ ml ================================================================ ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================ Roman remains found during renovaitons of a Grouville church: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_\ 9359000/9359277.stm Another feature on the younger set learning Greek: http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/8790488.It_s_all_Greek_to_these_North_Ox\ ford_pupils…
-
Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): The first London Roman Art Seminar will take place this coming Monday (17th January) at 530pm. Cristina Boschetti will be giving a talk entitled, "An interdisciplinary study of the mosaics from the House of the…
-
Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Sympotic Poetry. A Colloquium Christ Church, Oxford. March 31st-April 2nd 2011 The symposiast’s couch is a key vantage-point from which to survey Greek poetry. Poetry was performed at the symposium from the beginnings of Greek…
rogue classicism 