August 19, 2011
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We mentioned Vladimir Putin’s little aquatic adventure at Phanagora t’other day, and it (the ‘adventure’, not our mention) garnered quite a bit of media attention. Rosemary Joyce has a nice oped on the whole spectacle, which concludes with some interesting views on archaeology in Russia nowadays: […] Nationalist politics puts a special spin on the…
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From Hurriyet (with some egregious typos in regards to names): New excavation work in the ancient city of Tlos in Muğla’s Fethiye district has unearthed several ancient sculptures of Roman emperors. The archaeological team found sculptures of Roman emperors Hadrian; Antonius Pius and his daughter Faistinaminor; Mareus Aurellus as well as the Goddess Issis, according…
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Interesting article by Christopher Krebs (of A Most Dangerous Book fame) in History Today: via Tacitus: The Continuing Message | History Today. … responding/reconsidering this item from back in 1981 in the same publication by Irene Coltman Brown: Tacitus and A Space for Freedom
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ante diem xiv kalendas septembres Vinalia — the second major wine festival of this name celebrated by the Romans 43 B.C. — the future emperor Octavian enters his first consulship; Octavian’s adoption by Julius Caesar formally recognized 14 A.D. — Augustus dies at Nola 232 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Probus 304 A.D.…
rogue classicism 