January 2011
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ante diem vii idus januarias 43 B.C. — dies imperii (officially) of Octavian ?? A.D. — the future emperor Tiberius becomes one of the VIIvir epulonum
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ante diem viii idus januarias 1822 — birth of Heinrich Schliemann (excavator of Troy, Mycenae)
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Image via Wikipedia I love when my spiders bring back things which are completely unexpected, in this case, the text of a speech given last year to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Marhoom Al Haj Dr Tuan Branudeen Jayah, whom I confess to have never heard of before, but is clearly a…
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The University of Cincinnati is doing a nice job hyping its AIA/APA powow participants … in addition to the item from yesterday (scroll down a bit), we have a nice feature on Kathryn Gutzwiller’s work with mosaics which appear to depict hitherto unnoticed scenes from Menander. Here’s PhysOrg‘s version: At the Jan. 6-9 meeting of…
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Interesting idea from the Hexham Courant: A CONTROVERSIAL archaeologist has turned received wisdom on its head to explain the purpose of the 112km vallum running the length of Hadrian’s Wall. The trench – 6m wide and up to 3m deep – is unique in Roman construction and has long been the source of debate. Located…
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