March 2011
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As the reviews of The Eagle from this side of the pond seem to have subsided (none left in the ‘Sword and Sandal’ section at the bottom of the main page) and have been largely ‘meh’, from what I’ve seen, it’s interesting that a couple of apropos news articles from the other side of the…
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The Toronto Sun (and likely other members of the Sun chain) has a feature on bad movie accents in 20 or so movies, and Brangelina form a Classical duo at numbers five and six: WHO: Brad Pitt as Achilles. MOVIE: “Troy” (2004.) ACCENT SUPPOSED TO BE: Ancient Greek (which, in most Hollywood movies – becomes…
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From Euro Weekly News: FOLLOWING on from the recent discovery of archaeological remains in the heart of Denia, a new excavation has brought to light the structures of an ancient salting factory under the town’s modern buildings. The remains appear to be late Roman, dating from the 4th and 5th centuries, when old Denia went…
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A few versions of this one popping up and disappearing this week … AFP via the Edmonton Journal: Archeologists in Greece have located long lost fragments from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon built into the outer walls of the Athens Acropolis, a supervising official said on Thursday. The fragments were pinpointed after a vertical scan of the…
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ante diem iv kalendas martias Festival of Mars (day 4) 51 A.D. — the future emperor Nero is given the title princeps iuventutis ca 254 A.D. — martyrdom of Gaius
