August 2011

  • Some items that caught my eye as I was lounging with my iPad: The sanctuary of Hecate at Lagina August 21, 2011 Dorothy King PAS Survey PhDs August 21, 2011 Paul Barford On This Day in Ancient History – Consualia August 21, 2011 (N.S. Gill) explorator 14.18 August 21, 2011 david meadows Polyremes from the…

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  • ante diem xi kalendas septembres 1540 – Death of Guillaume Bude 1752 – Death of William Whiston (translator of Josephus, among other talents)

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  • Western Influences Art in the East August 19, 2011 Dorothy King A maxim by Libanius, on the love of learning and literature August 19, 2011 Roger Pearse Round-Up: August 20 August 20, 2011 (Laura Gibbs) Slimming Roman Style August 20, 2011 Caroline Lawrence More Tunisian Mosaics August 18, 2011 Latin Resources A Brief History of…

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  • From PressTV: A team of Albanian and American archaeologists has found the remains of a Roman ship off the Karaburun Peninsula in Albania’s southern coast.Researchers discovered the 30 meter-long ship wreck at a depth of 50 meters and believe it to date back to a time between the second and first century BCE, BalkanInsight reported.…

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  • Audio + transcript at NPR: ‘Sword Of Damocles’ Reference Sometimes Misused : NPR.

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