June 2011
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It’s that time of year again when some lucky graduand delivers a speech in Latin at some Ivy League university. First up is Charles C. Bridge at Harvard: If you’d like the text, the APA blog has text and translation: Text and Translation of the Latin Oration Delivered at Harvard Over at Princeton, Veronica Shi…
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ante diem v idus junias Vestalia — festival in honour of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth 53 B.C. — the Roman army under Marcus Licinius Crassus (Dives) suffers a massive defeat at the hand of the Persians under Surenas near Carrhae; Crassus dies as a result of the battle 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini…
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ante diem vi idus junias 215 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Mens (and associated rites thereafter) 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 4) 65 A.D./C.E. — Jewish rebels capture the Antonia in Jerusalem (not sure about this one) 68 A.D. — recognition of Galba as emperor in Rome (?) 86…
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An interesting project and worth a look: Dear Mr. Meadows, I would like to announce the public launch of RomanVoices, a Stanford class wiki project featuring some extraordinary research and presentations by students of various obscure Roman primary source documents. Highlights include: Miles Untereiner’s presentation of a mining contract from Vipasca, Portugal: http://romanvoices.wikispaces.com/Labor+and+economic+regulations Lillian McBee’s…
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From the Daily Gleaner: It is with great sadness that the family of Prof. John Geyssen announce his death at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on Saturday, June 4th, 2011. Born on April 21st, 1962 in Oakville, ON he was the husband of Margaret Geyssen of Fredericton. John leaves behind his wife, Margaret; children,…
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