June 2011
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Speaking of Malta (see next item), Joseph Anthony Debono writes to inform us that the Malta Classics Association now has a web presence: Malta Classics Association
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From the Independent (Malta): Outside Xlendi Bay, near the fort, is a spit of land with some salt pans at its tip. The cliff face right outside that promontory descends from just a few metres under sea level to an awesome 60 metres and there, right under the cliff, lies the remains of a Roman…
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Allan Terry sent along this link (thanks!) to a paper by Damian Conway which concludes, inter alia, that “Latin is a surprisingly good fit for Perl.” via Lingua::Romana::Perligata — Perl for the XXIimum Century.
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Seen on the Classicists list: Greek Paleography has a longstanding tradition of studies at the University of Pisa, where courses held at the Department of Classics have traditionally catered also for students of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Its teaching will be cancelled from next Academic Year. Please consider signing the petition to save…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Andreas Alföldi in the Twenty-First Century University of Wales Trinity Saint David 31 August – 2September, 2011 Professor Andreas Alföldi (1895-1981) was an eminent ancient historian, numismatist, archaeologist and epigraphist. His scholarly output was not only immense, it was also extremely diverse, covering archaic Rome, late Republican Rome, the provinces…
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