March 2011
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From the Guardian:
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Adrian Murdoch continues the series with Dom-the-fly-impaler: Domitian: Emperors of Rome
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pridie idus martias Festival of Mars (day 14) Equirria — the second of two days of horse racing (the first was on February 27) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season 222 A.D. — Severus Alexander is given the title Augustus
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From the Harvard Gazette: Professor Ernst Badian, John Moors Cabot Professor of History Emeritus, died on Feb. 1. After teaching in the universities of Sheffield, Durham, and Leeds in Britain, and at the State University of New York, Buffalo, he was appointed to Harvard’s Department of History in 1971, and was cross-appointed to the Department…
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Seen on the Classicists list (the date has past on this one; folsk might want to be aware of it though): TEACHING ROMAN COMEDY Sponsored by the American Classical League and organized by Timothy Moore, University of Texas, Austin and Mary C. English, Montclair State University The American Classical League invites scholars and teachers of…
