June 2011
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A very nice video report from Rome Reports: … amazing … need more reports like this.
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ante diem xvi kalendas quinctilias 212 A.D. — martyrdom of Ferreolus and Ferrutio 1716 — Alexander Pope’s translation of the Iliad is published 1813 — birth of Otto Jahn (archaeologist and philologist) 1937 — birth of Erich Segal (Classicist, known to Classicists for his work on ancient comedy; known to the rest of the world…
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ante diem xvii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 3 of a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva ) Quando stercus delatus fas (“When the ‘trash’ is taken out”) and the Temple of Vesta is closed to the public 302 A.D. — martyrdom of Hesychius 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Vitus (and companions)
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The incipit of a potentially-disturbing item from CNN: NATO refused to say Tuesday whether or not it would bomb ancient Roman ruins in Libya if it knew Moammar Gadhafi was hiding military equipment there. “We will strike military vehicles, military forces, military equipment or military infrastructure that threaten Libyan civilians as necessary,” a NATO official…
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ante diem xviii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 2) — a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva 287 — martyrdom of Rufinus
rogue classicism 